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County prevention official: Avon Grove youth report largely positive school climate despite mental-health pockets
Summary
Chester County prevention manager Kathy Collier presented preliminary student-survey results showing declining lifetime alcohol use, high feelings of safety in Avon Grove schools, but continuing mental-health concerns affecting roughly one-third of youth; trustees asked for building- and grade-level breakdowns.
Kathy Collier, prevention manager at the Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services, told the board on April 7 that preliminary survey results show Avon Grove students generally report feeling safe at school and declining lifetime substance use, but that mental-health struggles remain a serious concern.
Collier said the county administers the survey in schools to reach the largest sample of youth and that the tool includes validity checks “so if a student says yes to [a fake substance] they are very clearly lying in that answer,” a measure the county uses when interpreting trends. She urged caution in reading…
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