When I taught in Ohio, we had a program for the moms. IT was not in place until my second year there. It was run by a teacher who started with the girls in prenatal, worked with the students, any siblings, parents, etc. When they were out having their baby, we sent assignments to this teacher who delivered them to the students. She also requested biwieekly progress reports. Also when the girls were out in general, she let us know and requested assignments. She kept track of the girls and if the father was a student at the school as well (not too many were
) they were involved as well.
But she did not stop with pregnancy, if you were a mom or expectant mom, you were in the program.
When I was in high school, there was GRADS which was run very similiar to the aforementioned program.
The high school that I did my student teaching at had a nursery in the basement of the school. I don't remember too much about it but I had a student who was a mom and she said that if they were tardy so many times in a semester, day care privileges were suspended.
I believe there needs to be as many programs as necessary for expectant parents PERIOD in high school, middle school, and yes elementary school too. Young women are having periods younger and younger every day. Programs need to involve the students, teachers, social workers, and parents as much as possible. I am in favor of the maternity leave (their bodies need to heal too and they need to bond with their babies as well) and day care in the schools.
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