Schools

School Health Clinic to Offer Contraception

A school-based health clinic proposed for Round Lake High School would be a first for Lake County.

Students attending Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will have access to contraceptives at a health center anticipated to open at the high schoolΒ in 2014, reported the Daily Herald.

The school-based clinic wouldΒ be the first of its kind in Lake County. The Lake County Health Department was awarded a $500,000 federal grant to help fund it,Β according to the Herald.

Read the full story at www.dailyherald.com.

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