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School to Probe Controversial Field Trip to Planned Parenthood

MANCHESTER -- The city school board early this morning voted for an investigation into last week's field trip that brought middle school students to a Planned Parenthood office in Manchester. The school board instructed school administrators to investigate the matter, recommend any changes needed to school policies and decide if any disciplinary action needs to be taken. "It needs to happen immediately," Mayor Frank Guinta said about the investigation. He said it shouldn't take more than a few days. On Wednesday, students in the STAY program, a program for at-risk middle school students that is operated by the YMCA, visited the Planned Parenthood offices as part of a field trip to social service agencies throughout the city. They were confronted by pro-life groups who normally picket the agency. School board member Doug Kruse yesterday said the field trip violated the trust of parents. Full story...

Posted by Editor at June 12, 2007 01:50 PM