Sixteen-year-old Britany Vazquez thought becoming a mother might end her chances of graduating high school. Now she spends her school days just down the hall from her 7-month-old daughter, Camilla, inside Fort Myers’ Young Parents Education Program, a school designed specifically for pregnant and parenting students.
“When I got here, I realized I still have a future,” Vazquez said. “I know what I want to do now.”
Second Mile Education celebrated the ribbon-cutting last month for its Young Parents Education Program, known as YPEP, in Fort Myers. The program provides flexible, self-paced education for students in grades 7 through 12.
Students arrive on school buses each morning, leave their children at the daycare center inside the building and attend classes nearby…