In article <4c422266$0$207$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>, Group_Troll
<GroupTroll@Pissed.Off.nl> wrote:
> taken from another news group i have not been in for months.
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> Condoms, Secrecy For Provincetown Pupils
> The Boston Globe
> By Jack Nicas
> Globe Correspondent June 24, 2010
>
> Students in Provincetown - from elementary school to high school - will
> be
> able to get free condoms at school under a recently approved policy that
> takes effect this fall. The rule also requires school officials to keep
> student requests secret, and ignore parents' objections.
>
> "The intent is to protect kids,'' said School Superintendent Beth Singer,
> who wrote the policy that the Cape Cod town's School Committee
> unanimously
> passed two weeks ago. "We know that sexual experimentation is not limited
> to
> an age, so how does one put an age on it?''
>
> "It's about availability,'' said committee chairman Peter Grosso. "We're
> not
> handing 'em out like M&M's.''
>
> The policy, which requires school nurses to supply condoms to any student
> who asks, drew criticism yesterday from some parents, a family-advocacy
> group, and even the town manager, who expressed alarm that children would
> be
> able to acquire condoms beginning next school year.
>
> Read the rest at:
>
> http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/06/24/condom
> s_secrecy_for_provincetown_pupils/
>
M&Ms are good.
Better than rubbers which are too big for 6yo kids. I think to get them
boys should have to pass a fitting test.
This is a serious idea, but I can't help thinking how many of us would
break an arm to volunteer to administer the test.
I am interested in what you think of the discussions here.
Any comments?
Anything to add?
Stir the caldron?
--
Grant
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