2003 Primary Prevention Awareness, Attitude, and Use Survey

School Programs

(PPAAUS items 94-97, 100) An average of 63 percent of the Franklin County middle-school students had participated in performing arts programs (band, orchestra, choir, or theater) and 36 percent had participated in other activities (newspapers, yearbook, or clubs). Among high-school students, 38 percent had participated in performing arts programs and 38 percent in other activities.

An average of 41 percent of the sixth through eighth graders and 25 percent of the ninth through twelfth graders had been in a Gifted or Talented program. Fourteen percent of the students in middle school and ten percent of those in high school had participated in Career Center or Vocation programs.
Five percent of all Franklin County students had participated in a Special Education Program. This included four percent in Learning Disabilities programs, one percent in Behavioral Handicap programs, one percent in Hearing Impaired programs, and one percent in Physical Disability programs.

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