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Salisbury Township SD presents 2023 youth‑survey results: declines in many substance‑use measures, vaping and suicide risk remain concerns
Summary
Salisbury Township School District leaders presented highlights from the 2023 Pennsylvania Youth Survey, reporting high participation, declines from 2021 in many substance‑use measures and strong school‑connectedness metrics for younger students, while flagging vaping increases in some grades and notable suicide‑risk indicators.
Salisbury Township School District officials on a recorded Zoom presentation summarized key findings from the 2023 Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS), saying most substance‑use measures fell from 2021 to 2023 but that vaping and mental‑health risks require sustained attention.
Superintendent Lynn Feeney Hinton said the district received 470 valid surveys from grades 6–12, representing about a 92% participation rate for those grades, and placed those local results alongside data from the Carbon‑Lehigh Intermediate Unit (10,656 valid surveys) and the state (roughly 262,000 surveys). She said the statewide report is produced by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD).
The elementary fourth‑grade pilot (103 respondents) showed high social‑emotional indicators: "84 percent of the elementary school students reported being happy within the past month," the presenter said, and "100% of the students felt that an adult at school cares about them," language used by the presenter to underscore…
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