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District presents Pennsylvania Youth Survey; administration outlines use for mental-health and prevention planning
Summary
Dr. Kristen Horton presented the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PACE) plan and timeline. The survey, administered online and offered to grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 the week of Nov. 17, is voluntary, anonymous and used to inform prevention programs, bullying initiatives and grant applications.
Dr. Kristen Horton, director of pupil services for Boyertown Area School District, told the board the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PACE) is a biannual, anonymous online survey administered to students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12. Horton said the survey probes school climate, mental-health attitudes and behaviors, alcohol/tobacco/other-drug use, violence and risk and protective factors.
Horton said PACE provides a snapshot of students' perceptions and helps identify trends by grade level; she gave the example that earlier survey data identified vaping behaviors at…
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