City Closes Schools for Pregnant Teens
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010
New York, NY —
No more special public schools for pregnant students. Education officials announced they're phasing out the city's four pregnancy schools, which were started in the 1960s, when pregnant students were often shunned by their classmates.
REPORTER: Cami Anderson, superintendent of District 79, which includes pregnancy schools, says pregnant teens will go to referral centers instead.
ANDERSON: In those centers, we'll have guidance counselors, who will know a range of options, talk about life goals, where they wanna go and be able to refer them.
REPORTER: The reorganization will include other alternative learning programs, including those for incarcerated students, and students over the age of 21.
