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Waunakee board hears youth-assessment results showing rising vaping and high student anxiety; social workers urge earlier supports
Summary
The Waunakee Community School District Board of Education on a February regular meeting received a curriculum-committee briefing on the Dane County Youth Assessment and related school mental-health data showing increased vaping and a large share of students reporting frequent anxiety.
The Waunakee Community School District Board of Education on a February regular meeting received a curriculum-committee briefing on the Dane County Youth Assessment and related school mental-health data showing increased vaping and a large share of students reporting frequent anxiety.
The district presentation, led by Community Cares Coalition representatives and the district social-work staff, said the assessment is administered every three years to middle- and high-school students and is anonymous and voluntary. Participation in the latest round was about 600 students at the middle school and about 570 at the high school.
Committee presenters and social workers…
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