[jimbo123]

[corkoman]

when there is a financial incentive to pop out babies the babies will pop out.

[Tzimisce]

The responsible people of the world once again paying for the irresponsible people.

Just another day in Obamaland. :(

[junta]

This crap is why non-government job white libs (excluding a few psychopaths who love to race bait) have taken to enviromental concerns and other such less depressing topics.

[Niuhuru]

“A shocking one in four students at a Bronx high school slated for closure is a teen parent or pregnant,”

This cannot possibly be the fault of society or of America in general. This HAS to be about the personal responsibility and it sounds to me like the school is struggling because the students are not trying and they are futureless, so they believe.

“It has since proposed shuttering the school — with, critics charge, no regard to the parenting teens.”

This is a school, not a daycare center for children. Really, these kids have ahd it bad enough, but they are just making things worse for themselves via getting pregnant in their teens.

[paul51]

a good start on the next generation of government dependents

[SamAdams76]

This is what happens when the government gives out "free" money for unwed mothers. A lot of young girls also see pregnancy as an excuse to drop out of school and spend the rest of their lives on the dole. As we are taking the "shame" out of the experience by issuing them EBT cards (which look like regular debit cards), we can only expect more of the same.

Unless this trend is reversed, eventually the system will collapse in on itself and it will be quite ugly for those who live in the cities.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

My bet is some of them got pregnant right on site at the school.

[Tucker822]

“critics charge, no regard to the parenting teens.”

They had plenty of “regard” when they argued that teens are “going to do it anyway” and that sex is a natural consequence of being a teen.

They’ve reaped what they’ve sewn in my opinion.

[oldbrowser]

Sounds like a future democratic stronghold.

Do people like these create the need for cradle to grave government programs?
Or do cradle to grave government programs create people like these?

[bgill]

These are kids being raised by two working parents (a male daddy and a female mama) with Christian values, right?

[Beowulf9]

http://www.city-data.com/school/grace-h-dodge-career-and-technical-high-school-ny.html

White students(%): 1.0% This school:
1.0%
State average from 4363 schools:
55.4%

Black or African American students(%): 32.0% Here:
32.0%
State average from 4343 schools:
22.0%

Hispanic or Latino students(%): 65.0% Here:
65.0%
State average from 4390 schools:
22.0%

Asian students(%): 1.0% Here:
1.0%
State average from 3851 schools:
7.1%

American Indian or Alaska Native students(%): 1.0% Here:
1.0%
State average from 1182 schools:
2.1%

Limited English proficient students(%): 16.0% Here:
16.0%
State average from 3206 schools:
10.9%

Students in the highest grade who were also enrolled during the previous year(%): 88.0% Here:
88.0%
State average from 4425 schools:
91.0%

Students eligible for free lunch(%): 99.0% This school:
99.0%
State average from 4568 schools:
42.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Maybe we need to go Biblical on unwed mothers.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Better test the water in the school swimming pool.

[SupplySider]

But hey, but Democrats got to sound compassionate, and feel like heroes, and get re-elected.

That's all that matters. To hell with the kids and their kids!

[Pontiac]

It has since proposed shuttering the school — with, critics charge, no regard to the parenting teens.

The critics are idiots. This statistic should be a Black Flag flying over this school (Plague Aboard).

This statistic shows that this school should be shut down. This statistic shows that being pregnant has become fashionable at this school.

Given that one would expect 50% of the students are male that would indicate that 50% of the girls at this school are or have been pregnant. This is beyond reason or imagination that this could happen unless it had become the expected social interaction of the students at this school. It has become the “In Thing” for girls to do.

This school should be shut down for no other reason than to get the kids out of the environment that encourages teen pregnancy.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If you import masses of illiterate and unskilled Central Americans and pay them to have babies, and punitively tax and regulate anyone who might offer them employment, what happens next? Class? Anyone? Bueller?

If the so called "education" system is little more than enforced indoctrination in greivance mongering, ensuring that the inmates will never achieve literacy, or even be able to function in the English language, even better.

Mission Accomplished! They are the broodmares filling the stables with new voters for the welfare state.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Obscene.

[Molon Labbie]

Remember when bastard used to a bad word?

Babymama/Babydaddy-no stigma, no shame.

[smokingfrog]

All new schools will be built with a maternity ward and onsite day care.

No wonder the cost of education is rising so rapidly.

[TXnMA]

25%?!?

Since, typically, approximately half (50%) of the students are male, that appears to imply that half of the girls have been knocked up...