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High school, pregnancy don't mix
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High school can be tough enough with friends, homework and peer pressure. Toss a baby into the mix and it becomes a burden that could negatively impact the rest of your life.That was the message District Attorney Lisa Zavogiannis delivered Tuesday at Warren County High School when she spoke to freshmen about avoiding teen pregnancy in a campaign that’s called What’s the Rush?“There are long-term consequences to becoming a teenage parent,” said Zavogiannis. “Babies are adorable, but somebody needs to have them other than a teenager.”Zavogiannis said statistics show less than half of mothers who have a child before they are 18 graduate from high school, and less than 2 percent have a college degree by age 30.In Warren County, some progress is being made, according to school system nurse Debi Martin.