Teen pregnancy rate rises at RDHS (Rockland)

[Maine-ah]

There is a lack of information available to the students, Messing said. She wants to increase awareness about safe sex and teen pregnancy in order to decrease the number of teen pregnancies.

Messing said the RDHS Student Senate would like to prepare a student survey regarding the issue.

Carter said the district needs to realize that some students are having sex and the district curriculum of abstinence needs to be expanded. She said the students need to be educated on safe sex so they can make informed choices.


http://knox.villagesoup.com/Education/story.cfm?storyID=83651

now, I know that the average of 5 teen pregnancies per year may not sound like much, but the school only averages about 400 students.

[Dirtman 1]

1. This is sad.

Even 1 teen pregnancy is too many.
Parents (of teens and pre-teens) need to get involved both with their kids and in discussing how best to address this. I'm not convinced the school is the best answer for this problem, but perhaps they could play a role in fostering the discussion and involvement of the parents.