YOUR COMMENTS

Many years ago, when I was young and poor, I went to Planned Parenthood for affordable health care. And yes, those nasty people answered questions and gave me information that my parents hadn't. I'm old enough to come from a generation that didn't get a lot of information at home because my parents weren't all that comfortable talking about sex. Planned Parenthood isn't about abortions -- it's about information and informed choices. Something that is everyone's right in this wonderful country. And if sometimes when people are informed they make choices you don't like, that's why it's called "making choices.
- Bea B., Campton, NH

I don't understand these folks that say the Administrators think there is no hope for these kids. Clearly they see hope in these young people, otherwise they wouldn't have a special program for them that teaches them about real life. And the idiots that keep calling Planned Parenthood an abortion mill really need an education. As many have said, Planned Parenthood is a wonderful organization that teaches ALL aspects of reproductive health so that men and women of all ages can make informed decisions about their own bodies. Giving children knowledge and condoms is not giving up on them - it is trusting them to make smart choices with the right information. I am glad to see so many smart individuals that understand that the STAY program, YMCA, and Planned Parenthood DO have a lot of faith and hope for these kids - they have shown this by trusting them with the CORRECT information, not the lies espoused by abstenance only education which is proven to NOT work. Also, THANK YOU to the NH legislature for knowing that the parental notification law was a bad law and only served to hurt teens. It's been proven that the majority of teens DO notify their parents, and the law only serves to place barriers in front of those unfortunate teens who can't tell their parents. Besides, if they had visited a Planned Parenthood for birth control they might not be in that situation to begin with. I say - let the schools educate the kids with all the information they possibly can - b/c some parents clearly can't be trusted.
- N. Lynch, S. Royalton, VT

I would like to say that this sounds like a great field trip. They are giving kids more knowledge and more choices. I wish I had the chance to explore what planned parent hood had to offer when i was younger.
- Becky D., Derry NH

Knowing that this is an issue in Manchester NH is very upsetting. Manchester is a growing city and cities like this one should have the resources to assist our children. Planned Parenthood has saved lives and they should be credited for this. Children must be educated on sexual activites. Children will have sex eventually and they need to know the many consequences behind having sexual intercourse. After reading this article, I'm begining to think some adults may need to be updated on sex education as well.
- Mary Mullavey, Northfield NH

I think its interesting to read all these comments. I love the people who are complaining that this is a local newspaper! In case you haven't noticed, that apparently convinces people from all over the country to post comments. I think the more comments there are, the more opinions we all get to read! Keep posting! I personally see nothing wrong with taking kids to Planned Parenthood as a field trip... as long as the parents are informed.
- Jeanne, Manchester, NH

Planned Parenthood is to help anyone with any problems they may have bout sex, what you'll expirence during puberty etc. They are not just a clinic that gives abortions though they do give you that option. But they guide you on taking birth control. They give you a whole paper bag of condoms for FREE. and they say if you run out come back to get more. They are there to guide you and help you if you have no money they'll help you out and give you a discount if you feel like you can't go to your parents they are there to help. Why is everyone getting upset about your kids being educated on a subject that needs to be known expecially with young teens and that you may not have been ready to talk about for another couple of years and by that time it might be too late. As we all know kids are having kids at a much younger age than before, lets educate them as much a possible about it . The subject is nothing to be afraid of...... it's life, this is mother nature not some porn video. BE adults, start acting like one becasue if you don't teach your kids about it they are going to find out from someone else like a freind or a porno, but Planned Parenthood teaches it in a very clean, classy, professional manner.
- Danielle Adams, Londonderry, NH

Big flippin' deal. So the students went to Planned Parenthood. So what? Our children are being sheltered from the realitites of today's world in hopes of "protecting" them from whats out there. WAKE UP! Children know more than parents want to think or acknowledge. As parents, we want to protect our children. We need to stop sheltering children. Parents need to find the courage to bring these sensitive topics with thier children. Pamphlets and booklets are written for parents who may not know how to bring these topics up.
- Carrie Mandeville, Manchester NH

Has the YMCA forgotten their mission statement? " To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. "
- J. Lalmond, Windham, NH

Field trips arranged by schools should always require permission of a parent or guardian, whether the destination is an history museum or a health clinic. And from the comments here it's apparent that those most critical ignored that these were "at risk" students and have no idea what Planned Parenthood is or does.

These kids were not "goody-two-shoes" but kids with a difficult history and probably a fractured home life. I would venture to guess that most of them have already had sex and been exposed to drugs. They need guidance in how to cope with the real world, the one they inhabit, not the mythical one inhabited by Dick, Jane and Spot, and directions for how to escape it. The YMCA program sounds like a well-conceived program that offers much beyond the conventional academics for kids who need much beyond academics NOW and not tomorrow.

As for Planned Parenthood, at a typical clinic abortions account for fewer than 5% of patients and patients visits. . . . All clinics also depend on a large number of volunteers, without which they couldn't afford to operate.

How do I know this? I'm a long time escort at a Planned Parenthood clinic (meaning I shield patients and their companions from harassment, intimidation and lying by protesters) and I serve on the board of the local Planned Parenthood clinic.
- Keanus, Birdsboro PA

Let’s take all opinions out of this for an moment, as I sit here reading the comments of many posters the lack of knowledge (including my own) on both sides of the fence astounds me. Many of you asked where the parents are and call for keeping the school out of parenting. Well that's great in a perfect world but I looked up the definition of "At-Risk youth." Here is the best, most concise definition I found from the free dictionary by farlex http://www.thefreedictionary.com/at-risk "Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care:" there's your answer to where are the parents. My next question is what services does Planned Parenthood provide? I visited their website; I was particularly interested in their teen website. What I found was a website that dealt of course with birth control but also what to expect during puberty, comments on body image and tips on abstinence and virginity. Now I ask myself what is wrong with taking at-risk children who, by definition, have limited parental guidance and limited access to medical information to an agency that can provide children the medical education they should be receiving from their parents who are not around. That actually sounds like a field trip which is more educational and pertinent to "real-life" than Canobie Lake Park. Many of you have said adults in the community have such low-standards for these kids and have no respect for these kids but in fact after looking at the websites I may even say planned parenthood and they STAY organizers are the only people who have the most respect for these kids. They seem to think the children, with the proper education, can make their own decisions.
- Theresa Davis, Manchester, NH

Politics aside (since half of the points you are all making have NOTHING to do with what happened but rather your personal stereotypes- sad - and beliefs), with all of the great organizations in Manchester, why would you even bother to take a group of middle-schoolers to PP? Aren't there options that are less controversial? It's better to play it safe when kids are involved.
- Bob Moore, Hooksett, NH

"It was a field trip to Social Service agencies in the area"
Just from reading this short news (?)story we know few facts as of yet, other than: there are school officials playing CYA, lawyers looking at billable hours and politicians are wanting a sound bite on national television.
The bottom line is, Were permission slips signed by the parents? Did they list the the agencies they would be visiting that day? Were the parents kept informed of all stops? If so, then your stance on abortion means nothing here. The parents of the children were either 100% behind the field trip or not. If the children were taken off school grounds without parental permission then the school board needs to get involved. If they had permission, then please worry about the school budget, the safety and the education of your students and not what they think of you on CNN.
In the mean time it is simply a lot of hot air and accusations being tossed around by both sides. As a parent I have the right to keep my child informed of any issue I see fit. What my neighbor chooses for their child is THEIR business and not mine.
- carol ann peddle, londonderry nh

I am amazed to see the out pouring of concern for these children. But I wonder where the concern was when NH Parental Notification was struck down. Thanks to our NH legislature, parents are no longer needed to give permission for this kind of visit. Let's just be glad that they were not at PP to have an abortion, because in NH that does not require parents to be notified. It is also sad to see that we don't try to give these kids the tools so they do not remain "At Risk" children. We only want to give them information to perpetuate their situation. What happened to aspiring more for our children??
- Lisa, Bedford

Wow Mia Jamia. As if it were that simple. (pass on the new car and put your kids in provate school) How very Bedford of you. Although I am not opposed to this trip, I am oppossed to lowering my expectations of any school responsible for the education of children. I don't think the answer is to bail out, but to step up and help to shape our schools into the institutions they ought to be. I also suppose the kids in private schools don't have sex, or by no means abortions. Wake Up!! I saw more shady stuff attending Catholic school, including parents paying to clean up after their children's mistakes, than I ever did in the public system.
- K Paquette, Bedford, NH

Dear - Jon Fairfield, Louisville, KY
You have obviously never been to a Planned Parenthood clinic and had to pass through lines of "protesters" shoving pictures of mutilated embryos in your face JUST so you could get PAP smears and birth control you could afford because you don't have health insurance. I have had to endure that, and I stand by my original statement. Those people accosted the children. They could have let them pass by without doing that, but they were incapable of it because they are lowlifes. I personally do not endorse abortion, but I will not stand by and see people try to prevent others from seeking basic healthcare services without "calling them as I see them."
P.S. This is local newspaper. Go away.
- Donna Schmidt, Manchester, NH

It is not clear whether parents even knew that the side trip to abortion provider Planned Parenthood was part of the trip that was to include the library, and the Boys and Girls Club. I haven't heard anyone taking the Y to task. Oh and about PP think of this national statistic:The 2005-2006 Planned Parenthood Annual Report shows that the organization performed a record 264,943 abortions in 2005 yet did not record a single adoption referral. These students could also be at risk from more than an "unplanned pregnancy" when their PP contraception failed or when they came down with the many sexually transmitted diseases that are not stopped by condoms or pills. Now those are "Children At Risk!"
- JR, Loudon, NH

Dear Editor,
I am a former inner city middle school teacher. When the public schools can successfully guarantee that all 8th graders can write just five consecutive sentences describing - say - what the child had for breakfast - and do so with perfect spelling, grammar and punctuation - they have no business taking the students to an organization founded by one of the primary proponents of eugenics.
I can virtually guarantee you that neither the Manchester schools, nor any public 8th grade school in the country can produce an entire 8th grade that can pass the test I've just described.
Tell them to stick with what they as teachers already BARELY know and perfect it: i.e. the teaching of English.
Jim Anderson
- Jim Anderson, East Walpole, MA.

What a narrow minded collection of comments.
No one notices that this is a group of AT RISK kids -
No one notices that the kids visited the OFFICES , not the clinic- nor that this was part of a tour of several social service agencies.
I suppose they'd all rather the kids went and figured out how to get TANF, counseling, Birth Control, STD testing, and Food Stamps on their own, after the risks in the their lives add them to the welfare rolls.
- Kit Hosley, Tulsa Oklahoma

Michael Bellefeuille, Bedford, NH wrote

“I was required to attend a field trip to a church, despite my belief as an atheist that religion is the major cause of most of the violence and problems of intolerance in the world”

The biggest mass murderer of all time was the atheistic philosophy of communism. Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot – each of them by themselves - racked up more corpses than the religious conflicts combined.
- Taora, New York City

Is this in Vermont or New Hampshire?(!) This is soooo funny. I love reading about
the politics in your area of the country. The folks in the YMCA are absolute hillbillies! No, you don't take bright middle-schoolers to a Planned Parenthood shop. The kids aren't dumb, they know they're being brainwashed. The folks running the YMCA program are the ones that don't "get it." The kids in Manchester are smarter than their hippie-dippie 60's parents and/or YMCA program people (Thank God!) Keep it up; Manchester, NH! The rest of the United States loves a good belly-laugh!
- Lon, Hudson OH

For all of you out there thinking this outrage is ridiculous, how would you feel if the school had instead taken the class to a Catholic crisis center which specializes in arranging adoptions for pregnant teens? Somehow I think that seperation of Church and State would suddenly become key. It's no different to take them to a center which specializes in abortions. Regardless of your stance, the parents should have been notified and had the opportunity to approve or disapprove of their child's attendance on the field trip. Personally, I'd be suing just based on the fact that I wasn't notified.
- Amber Parsons, El Dorado Hills, CA

hmmmm. I wonder what would happen if I took a kid off school grounds and performed....a Baptism!!!!
- Michele, Spokane

Everything these days cause such an uproar. As a full time Grad. student in my early twenties, not much older than highschoolers...I need to say that kids in middle school are already much aware of intimacy and abortions. It doesn't take a field trip to show them...I'm sure they know what "google" is. It's not like the clinic handed them out condoms and said please have sex! Also, I hardly think that because it is a public school has anything to do with it...to think that is just snotty. Yet, that attitude right there is not a good thing to teach your child. It's great to teach and guide your children but to try and shield them from everything isn't going to do any good....they will find out on their own. Health class in school also taught about abortions so what is the difference?? Get over it and live on.
- Kris, Portsmouth, NH

Thank you Mike Ball, Manchester, NH. Nice to hear from responsible parent.

We need to stop complaining and take our schools back.
- Kim Kelley, Erie, CO

To Mr. Michael Bellefeuille, most middle school students are between the ages of 10-14 (6th-8th grades). While I am inclined to agree that 8th graders more than likely have the mental capcity to understand the concept of what an abortion is, I highly doubt the truly understand the procedure, social/moral ramifications, nor the health effects. As for the 6ixth and seventh graders, you're talking about students that are just now learning how to write the most simple of essays and mathmatical fractions and percentages. This is one of our nations most controversial issues. Exposing children, and I want to emphasize that they are indeed merely CHILDREN, to such either the participants or the protesters is NOT the function of an educational system. Is this what sexual education is in NH? I do not deny the need for sexual education, and will not subjugate this incident to part of the controversial pro-choice, pro-life debate. The simple matter here is that regardless of the intentions, the action of taking children to an abortion clinic is wrong. Let parents expose their children to that which they believe is appropriate, and leave child-rearing out of the school system.
- Dawn Ashley, Morgantown, WV

This is so stupid. Planned Parenthood does much more than offer abortions, and even so abortions are something young adults need to be made aware of, whether they agree with them morally or not. Middle school students are capable of digesting this information. As a student in Manchester schools, I was required to attend a field trip to a church, despite my belief as an atheist that religion is the major cause of most of the violence and problems of intolerance in the world. Yet, I understand that this trip was part of exposure to a diverse culture and world, and far less informative than a trip to a health clinic. Where was the Union Leader and the religious right when radical anti-abortionists staged a protest with mural-sized images of partially aborted fetuses outside McKelvie Middle School ten years ago? Surely, that should have been as great a cocnern to these people, except that it was aligned with their radical beliefs. Exposure to health care options, sex education, and yes even information on arguments for and against abortion are important for middle school students who are more than capable of understanding them.
- Michael Bellefeuille, Bedford, NH

Forget whether you're pro-life or pro-choice. A school should never have the freedom to subject students to whatever viewpoint it sides with, especially regarding social morals. That is why we have parents. For those parents that think such a field trip is appropriate, I might inject, maybe you should be parenting your children instead of the schools, regardless on which side of the debate you stand.
- Chris Colgrove, Huntington Beach

Planned Parenthood is an abortion mill. Between 30-35% of it's revenue comes from Abortion.

And the organization aborted 138 babies for every adoption referral to an outside agency.

Planned Parenthood provides contraception and kills babies. Period.

If a parent wants to expose his/her child to Planned Parenthood, then so be it. But the school department and the YMCA have no business trying to indoctrinate the children they are entrusted with.
- Lori Ann Ball, Warwick, RI

What would you expect from a public school? I don't know why everyone acts shocked. Pass on that new car and get your kids in a private school.
- Mia Jamia, Bedford, NH

Dear - Donna Schmidt, Manchester, NH,

A: "Planned Parenthood" is code for Abortion Clinic

B: WOW, people who want to fight to allow unborn babies to live are lowlifes? You are so confused.

So people who kill and vacuum out babies are good and those of us who think it should be illegal to kill unborns are lowlifes? God help you.
- Jon Fairfield, Louisville, KY

I would love to see the reaction and how quickly the ACLU would be in Manchester had the trip been to a Crisis Pregnancy Center that approves of carrying a pregnancy to term.

Also, to the author who compared Manchester to Romania...wow. What a ridiculous analogy. Apparently you haven't been exposed to the INCREDIBLY LONG lines of parents in America waiting to adopt children. But, you push the liberal tendency too far which is to claim that if anyone stands up for any moral stance that conflicts with yours, we will immediately turn into a fascist regime. Its nonsensica and illogical.
- Aldrich, London

All of my kids have attended Manchester Public Schools. They have NEVER gone on a field trip without a signed permission slip from me. Where are the parents of these kids and why did they allow this trip to take place? If you think this trip is inappropriate for middle schoolers, point your finger at the judgement of the parents. You know how our public schools are being run and you know the agendas being promoted. There should not be any surprise from this news. You get the public schools you are willing to put up with.
- Mike Ball, Manchester, NH

To anyone who feels that their middle schoolers either aren't having intimate contact with the opposite gender, or at least thinking about it: WAKE UP! Unless they've been raised in a home with only PBS on the television, they've probably been bombarded with inappropriate sexual messages from toddlerhood. Planned Parenthood is about PLANNING for responsible sexual behavior. The alternative is that your kids are going to have sex without protection...then they'll probably suffer the consequences of an UNplanned pregnancy. Since most adults are uptight about TALKING to their kids about sex, somebody's got to do it. Or would you rather nobody did, and we all get to support teen moms on welfare while they try to finish their education? Perhaps you'd rather they didn't get an education at all...that's the way it used to be. When I was in high school, one of my classmates got pregnant, and we had a sit in to force the school administration to let her back in school after the baby was born. They were afraid she'd be a bad influence. On the contrary, we saw how much harder her life was now, and we didn't want to have that for ourselves. We stampeded for the birth control clinic! If you guys had your way, no one would ever know one existed!

I DO think, however, that they should have skipped this particular trip when they were informed there would be protesters outside. There was no reason to subject the kids to those lowlifes.
- Donna Schmidt, Manchester, NH

Isn't it interesting that everyone is afraid to call an abortion mill, and abortion mill? The Manchester Health Dept. put out a pamphlet for Manchester students titled: 2007 Adolescent Resource Guide. In it, contains the address and services provided by the Planned Parenthood Penacook location. Yes, they do list ABORTION as a service they provide. SO yes, the location is an abortion mill, because they aren't serving milk and cookies to those kids! Wake up people.
- Kathy Henry, Amherst, NH

Sadly, Sandy Kremblin, and citizens like her, are very ignorant and judgemental. I hope Sandy does not have any children to pass these foolish traits onto.
- Natalie Scott, Formerly of Manchester

Schools aren't supposed to be politicizing children and teaching them how to have abortions.
How about teaching them morals so they can avoid NEEDING an abortion?
- Don Hank, Wrightsville

An abortion mill says Sandy from Manchester.I think you are being quite extreme.Wow your comment is way off base. I have gone to Planned parenthood many time and have NEVER had an abortion. I think your comments are unfair!
They help many young people so a abortion does not become a issue. If all they believed in was abortions they wouldn't be educating people on birth control.
- Laurie Frye, Allenstown

To call Planned Parenthood an "abortion mill" only proves how little people know about what these social workers do every day. And it's even more depressing that they have to risk their lives to do so because of morons like Sandy Kremblin. Planned Parenthood exists to educate young mothers, help underprivileged familes PLAN their pregnancy, and prevent unwanted pregnancies by distributing birth control to people who either cannot afford to go through doctors and insurance, or to young people who are too afraid. Schools should have MORE field trips to places like this. It's part of receiving an EDUCATION. Look into it, people.
- Caryn Greenberg, Los Angeles

i cant believe what my home town is becoming and i cant believe the people let it happen and turn a blind eye. itll get worst as long as the people let the progressive mindset rule their destiny. kudos for the union leaders leadership in reporting this nonsense. it wont be long when the great state of N is as liberal as MASS. and thanks for the folks in manchester this will happen. im ashamed to say the least
- keith belcourt, santa rosa beach, fl.

This field trip is an outstanding idea. The work Planned Parenthood's work for reproductive freedom and rights is absolutely first rate. I suggest that the opponents visit Romania where not long ago a dictator's insanity resulted in hundreds of thousands of unwanted births, filling orphanages to the rafters. As for Planned Parenthood's responsible promotion of condoms, I say more power to them; perhaps the earlier writer would feel more comfortable in a state with vastly limited freedoms.
- MikeValli, Arlington VA

After reading this, I'm kinda glad I left the Manchester school system less than a couple of years ago. This is hardly an appropriate field trip.
- John Montgomery, Essex Junction, Vermont

this woman who is the principle of this middle school should be fired on the spot, ther is no need to make a determination to who is responsible.
When the person in charge of the school is responsible.

You see womwn can not have it both way, demand equality and respect, then ask for understanding because " I was flustered by a reporters phone call". If she get's flustered by a phone call, then imagine how she would handle a terror situation, or an emergency.

perhaps this will make some people in this state wake up, and see that these people we have abdicated our parental duties to, could care less about these children.

As long as they can get their six to seven months a year off, teach our kids that America sucks and it's ok to have two mommies public education is fine, but if you want good old fashion morals reading, writting and math skills. well that's another thing.

What's next field trips to whore houses.

Let's wake up New Hampshire, and let's do what we shoud have done a long time ago, run all these scum bag socialists from our state back to mass where they belong
- chuck kroll, manchester

I dont know if I would call Planned Parenthood an abortion mill. But, it probably wasn't a smart choice for the teacher to allow the stop there. If the class wanted to talk about Planned Parenthood as a social service, I would be okay with that as long as it was an unbiased discussion. The school administrator probably shouldn't have allowed that stop to happen. I am not sure why she would want to take on a topic that is so touchy with most people. I can understand why parents are angry. If my child was taken to a pro-life seminar, I would be pretty upset about that.
- Elizabeth Jordan, Dallas, TX

We had a similar situation here in Bucks County, PA. Schools students were taken to a Planned Parenthood facility under the auspices of political activism. While they were fully versed on the abortion views of Planned Parenthood and its supporters, they were prevented from hearing from the pro-life protesters.
- Robert Morrison, Newtown, PA

If this is a program for at risk kids it makes perfect sense to take them to planned parenthood because most teenage pregnancies are to at risk children, further most at risk kids aren't getting a lot of guidance from their parents at home. I'm sorry, but I fail to see the morality in not fully informing children and then letting their lives be destroyed by having a child that they aren't able to take care of. Not to mention the detriment to both the child having to grow up in that situation or society in having to deal with another "at risk" child. I'm sure we'd all be better off if some of these at risk kids parents had gone to a planned parenthood.
- Sue Dill, Manchester

I saw this article on Drudge. This is just another example of how the left uses OUR schools to brainwash OUR children to think the way they want OUR children to think. Unless parents wake up and DRIVE these people away you will lose you children to their ideology.
- Chi Vikos, Irvine, CA

I've got a wonderful idea for the Manchester administrators. Since they obviously think these kids have no hope, why not include a field trip to the best drug dealers in town.? That way they can make sure that when they choose to use drugs, they are buying them from those drug dealers who make sure the needles are clean, and the Cocaine is of the finest quality?.
In addition to this, maybe the YMCA can provide an after school alcohol party for all the 12 and 13 year olds who are bound to drink alcohol. You know, the AT RISK KIDS!! After all, they have no hope of turning down alcohol, so why not provide them the safe atmosphere to get blasted in??
Has the YMCA and Manchester school administrators lost all sense of logic? It's like the inmates are now running the jail!
- T. G. Rowing, Manchester, NH

You people sound as if you are from Kansas. When are you going to realize that we are all safer when we have more information on which to make our life decisions, not less. Do you plan a book burning next?
- Alan Welles, Lawrence, Kansas

I was in the STAY program at Parkside middle school and i absolutly loved it.

The teacher was not just a teacher but a friend. That program helped me out alot. I'm not totally sure about going to planned parenthood was ok but look at our society today. How many little girls do need their help. Maybe it was good to know they can have help.

That program is very benificial towards teens and issues they may come against.
- nicole, manchester Nh

Flustered? First Dawn Michaud called this a job fair. Now there's yet another contradiction which indicates that she was aware of the visit but then told her supervisors she had no knowledge of the stop?

Kruse is obviously seeing what many parents see....something just isn't right with these ever changing stories and excuses about a field trip to an abortion mill called a JOB FAIR!

What at risk kids need is, an adult who tells them they have MORE value than what Planned Parenthood thinks of kids.

They happily accept boys using girls as objects. THey happily accept girls believing their self worth is tied up in their sexuality. They simply hand them birth control and if that fails, they accept their hundreds of dollars to kill off their baby.

It's a win/win situation for Planned Parenthood and I'm sure they couldn't be happier that they have Manchester school officials willing to bring in new customers for their abortion business.

Planned parenthood doesn't need a marketing scheme, they have Manchester school officials willing to do their dirty work for them.
- Ann Marie Banfield, Bedford, NH

Why is Frank Bass defending Michaud? Michaud said she viewed a field trip to an abortion mill as a job fair. A principal considered a field trip to an abortion mill a JOB FAIR?? IS she looking to recruit these kids into becoming abortionists? This is a Principal in charge of children?

Bravo to Doug Kruse who can see the obvious problems with a school administrator who can't keep her story straight.

Parents deserve more than a school administration who is so willingly ready to give up on the youth. Cart them off to an abortion mill and hand them out condoms like candy because they have no hope of ever having something called self worth.

How sad for the Manchester students and parents who have to entrust their children to adults who continue to hold such low standards for these kids!
- Sandy Kremblin, Manchester, NH