From CBS2Chicago.com:
It is a Chicago public school full of energy and spirit. It has about 800 girls, and 115 of them have something in common – something you might find disturbing.
CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman reports.
All those young ladies are moms or moms-to-be at Paul Robeson High School. It’s not a school for young mothers, it’s a neighborhood school. And all of the pregnancies have happened, despite prevention talk.
If you want to know why, the people closest to the situation say there’s no simple explanation.
Chicago Public Schools says it does not track the overall number of teen moms in the district. But Robeson Principal Gerald Morrow knows the count at his school in Englewood: 115 young ladies who are expecting.
To put it in perspective, their school pictures would fill roughly six pages of their high school year book.
Are you currently a student at Robeson? Are you an alumni? Do you attend a school elsewhere in Chicago?
Tell us your stories in the comments!
