Burlington High to Conduct Risky Behavior Survey
Burlington Drug & Alcohol Task Force and the Burlington Community Life Center to conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 on Monday, Jan. 30.
Students at Burlington High School will soon take a survey to help determine risky behaviors among the student population. According to Principal Patrick Larkin, the school will team up with the Burlington Drug & Alcohol Task Force and the Burlington Community Life Center to conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 on Monday, Jan. 30. Through this survey, health risk behaviors can be monitored that will assist in the planning of prevention strategies and a health curriculum that will reduce behaviors that present the greatest risk. It is anticipated that results of the survey will be made available to the public in the Spring of 2012. "The Drug & Alcohol Task Force has been asking for a few years for us to …
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Barbara L'Heureux
7:57 am on Friday, January 13, 2012
I applaud this effort. The more information that parents and school administrators have about the dangers kids face, the more assistance they can provide in terms of helping them defend and protect themselves. I look forward to the results of this survey so I can discuss them with my own nieces and daughter. more ›