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Survey offers insight on teen challenges

New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) students in grades 7 to 12 completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) last spring, and the local and statewide results were released at an NR-S School Board meeting recently. As illustrated in the graphs below, there are some themes of which administration and staff have taken notice.

The YRBS was introduced by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) i...