Paul Robeson High School Chicago

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    • Principal: Gerald Morrow
    • Out of 800 female students, 115 of the girls were either pregnant or had kids already
    • The school has a teen parenting program
    • The principal said there are several factors "in the home" that lead to the staggering number of teen pregnancies in his school http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5677...
    • There are plans to transform an old crack-house into a day care facility across the street from the school
  • Over 100 teenager students at Paul Robeson High School in Chicago, Illinois, were pregnant or already had children in October 2009. In fact, CBS2 in Chicago reported that out of 800 female students 115 were pregnant or were teenage mothers. When asked about the teen pregnancy situation, the school's principal, Gerald Morrow, said, "It can be a lot of things that are happening in the home or not happening in the home." He added that absentee fathers were also to blame.http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Robeson.High.School.2.1251642.html

    To deal with the issue, developers are going to transform a run-down building once used as a "crack-house" into a day care facility for students.http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Robeson.High.School.2.1251642.html?ref>

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