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Do you know if your kids drinking or doing drugs?
I just finished a series of stories on the Fairfield City School District’s Pride Survey. I am checking with Lakota to see if students participate in this survey or similar ones. I found it quite interesting that nearly half of the seventh-12th graders at Fairfield said they had used alcohol in the past year and nearly a quarter had used tobacco or illicit drugs.
This is apparently a state-wide and even national norm. Do you have a problem with this? What are your thoughts on stopping the trend? The average age students said they began drinking and taking drugs was 12 or 13. Have you talked to your children about drugs and alcohol? Did you realize it was an issue for those so young?
While Lakota has many programs available, I often hear of students saying it is easy for them to get their hands on drugs and alcohol. Many say they do it at friends’ houses. What safe guards do you have in place.
Here is a link to the pride survey results from last year. The president of the company told me the recent information would be posted within the next two weeks. He also said there are safegaurds in the survey to toss out those students they can tell are lying.
http://www.pridesurveys.com/Reports/index.html
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