Pregnancy Tests But No Prayer in School Please!!

Things that go on in public schools never cease to amaze me. In a day where the need for more parental involvment in the education and lives of children is the school’s battle cry, one school in Nevada City is underfire for stepping way over the line. What’s all the fuss about? Parents in the school district are up in arms over the 12 year old girl who was forced by the school’s counselor, Steve Davis, to take a pregnancy test.

The counselor cited various rumors at the school that Celine Randall was pregnant. He took it upon himself to pull her from class, confront her about the rumors, and then forced her to take a pregnancy test. The biggest shock of all is that Randall’s parents were never contacted. They knew nothing of the rumors, and more importantly they knew nothing of the pregnancy test their twelve year old daughter was forced to take. A lawsuit was filed by the girl’s parents in late October 2008. You can read more about the story here: http://www.theunion.com/article/20090211/NEWS/902109975/1053/rss