Bill Turque writes at the Washington Post (9/28, Turque) reports "DC Schools Insider" blog, "Chancellor Kaya Henderson sketched a bleak statistical picture of life in DCPS middle schools at Tuesday's D.C. Council hearing, including a chilling survey finding that 10 percent of the school system's 4,000 eighth graders have tried to kill themselves." Turque notes that officials are taking this result with a grain of salt, since it is "self-reported by students who filled out the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey administered last fall by OSSE. They said they regard it more as a reflection of the despair that often pervades their world, and of an on-line culture in which stories and images of teen suicide are readily accessible."
Friday, September 30, 2011
DC Officials Ponder Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results
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That is horrible, they are only eight graders and they attempted suicide. Their lives would have been wasted if they succeeded. There are so many horrible behavior that an at-risk youth can exhibit.
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