I wonder what the boredom rate in this area is?

I wonder what the boredom rate in this area is?

hahahahh I laughed when I read this......

well this happened in the biggest city in Maine. It's not a country hick school like most of the towns around here. There's more to do in Ptld than anywhere else I'd imagine.

I grew up in Portland. It's a pretty busy happening place.

The school's should teach self-control, not dispense birth control.

if anything yes. I just wished they stay out of the sex business totally. Leave it to the parents to deal with. Let's get back to reading, writing and arithmetic.

good it did what it was intended.



Yes, but of course my parent's birds n the bees talk wasn't overly something I provoke either.

Mom: Did you know condoms have a 20% failure rate?

Me: Huh?

It was straight up out of the blue kind of comment. But they just didn't know any better. I know for me I will at least be more open about it especially when it comes to the changing hormones in the body. I agree it should be from parents not from secular schools.

sorry the pill does not protect from stds.

Is he sorry the pill does not protect from stds, or is he sorry that you said they did, when you didn't say that at all? I just don't know!

yes

6th graders are getting more action than me...and that's sad.

~Zoo

This made national news tonight and it wasn't presented as favorable.

Most seemed pretty shocked.

O'Reilly did a pretty good job denouncing it as well.

i am sorry but you need to learn to write above a 1st grade lvl.

I don't think it's responsible for anybody to be encouraging or enabling anybody the age of a middle schooler to be engaging in sexual intercourse.



It seems like people are outraged as well they should be, I would be very wary of sending my children to a school district where this became a reality. The stated idea that they were doing this to protect "the at risk kids" who have "irresponsible parents" is silly and really is outrageous. As if there are sufficiently mature 12 13 14 and 15 year olds, able to have the foresight to perform family planning, and in need of birth control, but yet also in need of confidentiality of the same two people who are responsible for the proper care and development of their well being is outrageous.



Kids are kids, until they are legally responsible for their behavior and actions. A small number of juniors, sexually active at their peril, peril of damaging their reproductive organs, contracting STD's, uh getting preggers lol, does not make the case for the majority needing access at that age group. It is sad that those who work in the public profession of education, have chosen to set this kind of example. Rather then engaging the students and finding out effective ways, of making the case why sexuality is not something to engage in before you can accept the consequences, physically, emotionally, and financially.

I have absolutely no pity for the women in my high school when I was attending for their situation when they got pregnant, because sexual intercourse is something you choose to do.

Does anyone here have a case for a legitimate reason for kids to be having sex, or trying to get pregnant before 18? Hell before college? Sure sex, once you know how it works, and are responsible to take care of yourself, after being 18, but does anyone really think making reasonable or educated plans for starting a family at the ripe age of 15 or 16 makes sense? Economically, education wise or in any other way?

If you can't present the facts and make a compelling case with your kids on that, I fail to see the logic or good decision making by the community, saying kids are just gonna screw anyway, and making birth control free cheap and easy, will fix that lol.

Heck, I'll take it one step further. Is there any legitimate reason why kids should "date" while they are in middle school/high school? I mean real one on one serious dating? Nowadays they feel there's something wrong with them if they don't have a significant other by the end of 8th grade.

We brought up our kids with the thought that dating wasn't even something they should be concerned with. They weren't ready for marriage so why even go there? When they were ready, dating would be something that could/would lead to a life long committment. But at 12, 13, 14, they weren't ready for all this. Why encourage it? So we encouraged group get togethers and with school, sports and work they didn't have the much time anyhow. We stressed academics and sports. Not birth control and sex.

In our case it worked. One son did date in HS (junior year) but he eventually married this same girl. My other two boys met their gals in college with one of them getting married to this same girl next spring.

But I'll tell ya, there was a push for moms to set their daughters up with our boys. I even had one mom drive her 12 year old daughter to my house inviting my son to go to the movies with them.



Absolutely agree with you on this. It's not responsible no matter how hard they try to convince us otherwise.

Agree. I don't think the actual number of an age really matters. There are some 16 year old who are ready mentally and emotionally to handle the burdens and responsibilities of an 18 or 20 year old. But financially no way. Some dead beat mom and dads in their 20's and 30's who can't.

No two average 15 16 year old children, never mind younger, are equipped with all the skills and demands to even deal with the potential of having to accept that type of responsibility.

They all seem to think it was the best thing to happen to them, I'm here to tell you not getting a girl pregnant when I was 17 or 18 was the best thing to happen to me, by far exceeding the alternative of raising a grade schooler at my present age.

To think otherwise is to encourage ideas like birth control for tweens and young teens. Grow up educators. LOL.

Yes. Do you remember what it was like at that young age? If a parent said to me...."you shouldn't do this, BUT if you choose to do this, this is what you need to do" that immediately would say to me....."I just got permission." I would hear what I wanted to hear and go with it. If my parent said, "if you do this, you WILL PAY the consequences." I would hear that loud and clear also.

The latest news tonight is there's a local movement for a recall of these school board members who voted for this.

Our local news has said very little while at the national and world wide level much has been written and broadcasted. I heard Fox News had Portland, Maine as their "Loser of the Week."

I also heard that there was an article written in a newspaper in India!! Wow.

I'm sure educators all over the nation/world are waiting and watching to see how this goes over, and it's only a matter of time before this new idea spreads.

Please, KFC, lying by omission is still lying.

'It worked.' Ok, then answer me this, why was one of your son's weddings put together in a rush because his g/f was pregnant? Obviously, it didn't work as well as you'd hoped, and your hypocrisy astounds me.

Granted, they were adults when this happened, but it still makes me throw up in my mouth a little to see you sit here bragging about your superior parenting skills and the successes you've had with your own uber-godly offspring, when reality paints a very different picture indeed.

At least one of your children had sex before marriage, sex that resulted in an unplanned pregnancy.

To expect other parents to instill values in their children that even YOU were unable to instill in your own is absurd.