Student Safety
Students feel unsafe
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Overview
In Vermont schools, the threat of weapons and physical and verbal harassment is real. Confidentially, Vermont students report safety concerns that echo statistics in schools across the country.
- Eighteen percent of Vermont students in grades 8 to 12 reported that they bullied someone within the past 30 days. Twenty-one percent reported that they were bullied during that same time period.
- Nearly 10% of Vermont students reported carrying a weapon onto school property one or more times in the past 30 days—well above the national rate of 6.5%.
- One in four Vermont students was offered, sold or given illegal drugs on school property within the past 12 months. In the same time period, nearly one in four was involved in a physical fight.
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