**HOT TOPIC CHAT...what do u think?**

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**HOT TOPIC CHAT...what do u think?**
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Tue, 01-22-2008 - 10:48am
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7899096

Maternity for High School Students--share your thoughts.


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Tue, 01-22-2008 - 2:15pm

While I love a good hot Topic.. this one has me torn. This statement from the article:


Two counselors from East High School approached the school board last month, saying the policy at their school is unfair and inconsiderate because it forces new moms to return to school the day after being discharged from the hospital or face being charged with unexcused absences.


What concerns me is.. "unfair and inconsiderate". What's inconsiderate is that the girls getting pregnant are inconsiderate to their own education. The cold hard facts are.. schools are not put into place to work around teenage Mothers.. they are there to educate children. How about a little personal accountibility on the girls behalf?

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Tue, 01-22-2008 - 6:01pm

I guess that coming from NY where pregnancy/postpartum can fall into the disability category, I find it as appalling that girls would be expected to return to school 2 days after giving birth, 5 days after major surgery as I do that women in those states are expected to return to work in that amount of time with no disability compensation.

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Tue, 01-22-2008 - 6:43pm
Well any child can get an exemption from school with a Dr.'s note. If you are in the hospital with a brain anurism (which I can't spelll) they don't make you go back to school the day after surgery. You get a Dr. note saying you will be out of school for X weeks. Why would an ob/gyn not give a girl who just had a baby the same note? It seems that there is already a mechanism in place to leter pregnant girls have the time off (Dr. note or parental note) so why would you need a specific rule for this? I guess I just don't get it. I know kids who take time off for reasons alot less valid than giving birth.

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Wed, 01-23-2008 - 9:36am

Childbirth is a major medical event. I can't imagine anyone going back to work/school 2 days after giving birth. I agree that a doctor's note should be sufficient in excusing the child from school for a period of time. If they do not complete their studies from home they would have to make up the time - perhaps in summer school or by possibly doing the grade over if necessary.

 

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Registered: 09-26-2003
Wed, 01-23-2008 - 2:09pm

I think this is a topic that schools need to consider but I also believe they also have to really tow the line.


I believe we have to be realistic and teen pregnancy is real.


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Wed, 01-23-2008 - 2:13pm
I am sure it is just a lot of extra red tape and if they hae a rule it just eliminates that red tape.

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Wed, 01-23-2008 - 2:39pm
Maybe its different in Canada. I can walk into the school at any time and tell them that Kristen will not be back for a month (and I dont' even have to tell them why), please supply me with the work she will be doing and they can't do a thing about it. Its legal, they have to allow it. My right as a parent. I agree that we have to keep these girls in school otherwise we can be starting a vicious cycle. I have no problem with the daycares, if it gets them a degree and they don't end up on welfare its way cheaper in the long run than the price of a daycare.

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Wed, 01-23-2008 - 2:41pm
Yeah that isn't how it works here in the US, you have to have a doctors note to be gone that long and then to return even.

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Wed, 01-23-2008 - 3:20pm

**I agree that we have to keep these girls in school otherwise we can be starting a vicious cycle. I have no problem with the daycares, if it gets them a degree and they don't end up on welfare its way cheaper in the long run than the price of a daycare.**


ITA, Tam...I knew too many girls growing up who dropped out & got GEDs because they couldn't return to school.

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