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ore and it can still take up to four months to recruit and replace a vacant teacher positionl Teacher sh0nages are due to overall low wag~, the need for the school district to hire qualified and licensed child care teachers for class size reduction and an increase in the school age population. Funding to support the building of public child care facilities is also scarc~ Supervised Youth Activities - Background Information The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) developed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia was administered to 682 students in grades 8-12 in May of 1997. This survey monitored six categories of health-risk behaviors including behaviors that contribute to unintentional and imentional injuries, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, unhealthy dietary behaviors and physical activity. The YRB~ is the only source of information data on the sexual behavior of our middle and high school students. Thirty-two (32%) of the students survey~ stated that they had experienced sexual intercourse. Sexual aaivity reportedly increased with age: 12-14% of eighth graders had engaged in sexual intercourse; 56-60% of twelfth graders. Of studants who had sexual intetcours~ nearly 24% drank alcohol or used drugs prior to their most recent s~tual experience. Only 58% of students experiendng sexual intercourse stated that their partner used a condom. Nearly 5% of students reported they had been pregnant or had gotten someone pregnant one or more times. Seventeen percent (17%) of females in the grade 12 surveyed had been pregnant. Pleasanton School Age Mothers had participated in the survey so the numbers may be higher than the percentage for the overall 12'h grade population. This survey did show that students spending three or more hours alone after school without personal contact with a parent or guardian are more likely to engage in sexual activities. In the alcohol and other Chug use categon~ alcohol and marijuana were the most commonly used drags. Forty- three percent (43%) had tried marijuana with the highest usage in grades 11-12. Seventy-one percent (71%) had tried alcohol with 21% having had 40 to 100 drinks in their lifetime. Eighteen percent (18%o) had tried using inhalants while 9% tried cocaine at least onc~ Twenty-nine (29%) of the students surveyed said they were offered, sold, or given an illegal drug on school property during the past year. Twenty-one percent {21%) of the students surveyed had smoked a whole dgarette before the age of 13 while 56% had taken at least one or two puffs in their lifetime. In the behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries category, 7%, 8th grade girls had the highest frequency, reporting they had actually attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Twenty percent (20%} of the students surveyed had thought seriously about attempting suicide during the same period of time. Thirty- one percent (31%) reported being in a physical fight during the past 12 months with 14% stating they were in a physical fight on school property during that time period. Males are 3 times more likely to be in a fight than girls are especially in the grades 8-9. Fourteen percent (14%) of students stated that they had carried a weapon ofsume kind within the past 30 days with most being 9th grade males. Twelve percent (12%) drive after drinking and only 37% always wore a seatbelt when riding in a car. One third (34%) of the students surveyed had property stolen or damaged on school grounds during the previous 12 months. Fifty-five percent (55%) of the students sun.wed reported physical activity of a once in a week RE. class. Sixty- seven (67%) stated they had partidpated in 20 minutes of aerobic aaivities on three or more occasions in the past seven days. Six~ percent (60%) of males and 50% of females felt they were at about the right weight. Of 21