How early is too early? I guess that depends on the kid. My first sexual experience happened at age 13* (seventh grade), though it was, like most, more about smoke than fire. The sex education class I'd attended at the end of sixth grade was nowhere in my head at the moment, so the only thing that prevented a disaster was inexperience, and a bit of luck. A classmate would not be so fortunate a year later-- in eighth grade, we had one pregnancy (her water broke in fifth period in May, IIRC), though in some districts now I guess that would be a good year. (This was in 1981.) And I wasn't even one of the "cool" kids; looking back, there was a lot going on that flew totally over my head.
   So having been one of that 4%- perhaps less at the time- I can sympathize with the school nurses and principals who have to deal with this minority on a daily basis. If you have any kind of heart (an open question when it comes to vice principals), it must be wrenching to see these young lives derailed- in potential or in actuality- so early on, and feel compelled to try and help~. But what is a public employee to do when this contradicts the rosy image of parents and the community?
    One would hope for a mature public discussion about the needs of the many balanced against the needs of the few, and perhaps a tacit agreement not to take political advantage of exceptions to the rule-- but I'm not holding my breath.
    As far as the oral contraceptives are concerned . . from what little I've read and heard about adult use, I suspect very few of them will get picked up at the King Health Center either. But maybe times have changed.

    *With two girls even, though not at the same time. Seemed the most natural thing in the world.
   ~It took a while, but I've developed a greater sympathy for cops, because they constantly have to deal with only the worst of society. Domestic abuse? Child beatings? Drunken assholes at 2 AM? Yep, that's the cops' job too, no matter what speeders may grumble to themselves when pulled over at the curb.

Ex ignorantia ad sapientiam; e luce ad tenebras

I applaud those behind the effort to offer oral contraceptives to middle school students.  While hand-wringing Pollyannas might want to fervently believe that kids at this age don't have sex, the stark reality is that some of them do, and being sexually active should include being proactive in birth control methods.

It was grade nine when I first started having sex on a regular (catch-as-catch-can) basis, and my girlfriend at the time was on the pill before we first did the deed.  Of course, since her parents were fairly recent (15 years) immigrants from Holland, their parental outlook on sex and the sexual activities of their offspring was based in pragmatism rather than hysteria.

(For those who don't read the subqueue comments, I noted that Topeka had a thing with free condoms available in the nurse's office.)

It turns out that the basket of condoms and AIDS informational pamphlets in the nurse's office at Topeka High was not the doing of a nonprofit org, but rather the individual initiative of a student who had been inspired by the work of a nonprofit.  Once the story broke yesterday, the school board immediately ordered the basket's removal, disavowing any involvement in or prior knowledge of the student's actions and citing policy that anything of that sort could not be implemented without approval of parents' groups (translation: we know there's enough hysterical lawsuit-happy parents in town that there's no way this would ever be allowed, so we're going to hide behind their metaphorical skirts rather than take a stand on an important issue).

I predict some sort of rebellious "everyone pins a condom to their shirt" sort of display in the next week.  :)  (Hopefully pinning it in such a way that it's still usable, of course.)

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I hope King Middle School administrators take non-grade related information security seriously, because they're about to create a very attractive nuisance. No one really cares about who gets asthma inhalers or aspirin from the nurse's office. But a list of who's on the pill? That shit is gossip gold. I would really hate to be the school principal if a "Who puts out at King?" web page gets set up with a list of all the girls getting birth control.

"It is staffed by a pediatrician, nurse practitioner, dental hygienist, oral health care manager, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and two clinic assistants"

Combined with school lunches, all that's needed are some sleeping dorms and the kids can move into the school and by fully raised by the state. Their incompetent parents can be put to work in a mine somewhere.

Just heard it on the radio...Of course, they also aired a brief interview with a parent that disagreed with the plan.  She said something like she understands that some children are sexually active at that age, but it's the job of the parents to "instill values" or such the like.
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No fucking DUH!  Of course it's the parent's job to watch out for their kids and teach them that it's best that they not have sex...blah blah blah.  Problem is...too many parents are not doing the job...hence programs like this.  

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Thing is, see, there's nothing to do in Maine. Except smoke pot and have sex. So that's what teens do. Dunno about middle schools, sixth graders particularly. That seems a little young for sex and drugs. Probably they should buy Xboxes to keep the boys busy.

Teens High School are schools where the teens get the most hygienic environment for the studies. Students can focus towards their life ambition. Students can select a field which can help in their near future. So in high schools the students can study, play, learn personality development etc.
http://www.teensprivateschools.com/