School Trip to Planned Parenthood To Be Investigated

The Manchester New Hampshire school board has ordered an investigation into a recent field trip to Planned Parenthood for middle schoolers.

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.

"The STAY program must go because they have not demonstrated they are responsible for our children," Kruse said.

He also pointed out that Dawn Michaud, the principal at Parkside Middle School, told the New Hampshire Union Leader that she was aware if the visit, but told her supervisors she had no knowledge of the stop.

It seems like every week, stories like this come out. What are the adults in this situation thinking about?

This is not a trip to the local hospital, fire or police station, a museum or other educational trip, this is a trip to a family planning facility. This is simply not the proper subject for 11, 12, and 13 year olds. I hope heads will roll, but I doubt they will.