Pregnancy school

Pregnancy school

A pregnancy school is a school exclusively for pregnant girls. New York City opened a series of these schools in the 1960s and moved pregnant girls out of their regular high schools into these special schools. As of May 2007, the city is planning on shutting these schools down due to a history of low test scores and poor attendance.

Pregnancy schools also exist in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Madison, Wisconsin, although attendance has been declining in all of them.

References

* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/24/africa/school.php Schools dedicated to pregnant girls fading away] , International Herald Tribune


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