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Question 3: <br /> Do you feel informed about what is going on in your community? If yes, how did you <br /> become informed? If not, how can we make it easier for you to be informed? <br /> There was a clear response that information about activities in the community for <br /> youths is not communicated well over the entire county. Many suggestions for improving <br /> this situation were given. The most strongly made suggestions were: <br /> 1. Youth radio station <br /> 2. Inter-school council <br /> 3. Publications (youth) with equal publicity <br /> Question 4: <br /> Is transportation for programs and services a problem? If so, to what things do you have <br /> difficulties with transportation and can you make any suggestions to remedy the <br /> situation? If not,what methods work for you now? <br /> Transportation was cited as a problem --but was not noted as strong an issue as other <br /> ;17 items. Respondents would like to see more buses available when they need them, and <br /> suggested a bus line between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill as well as between Chapel <br /> Hill and Durham. <br /> Self <br /> Question 5: <br /> Are you comfortable in your home and school environments? Explain. (Bring up safety <br /> issues). <br /> The youths' sense of personal safety was reported!to be threatened primarily outside <br /> the home. The focus of this personal sense of threat was on issues of school safety. <br /> Overwhelmingly, smoking and other drugs threaten personal comfort and safety. There <br /> is an apparent mistrust of authority in dealing with these problems, authority being <br /> security guards and lack of enforcement by teachers for these issues. <br /> Top prioritized suggestions: <br /> 1. Find ways to control the smoking, provide smoke detectors, provide smoking areas <br /> if smoking cannot be controlled, keep smokers out of bathrooms. <br /> 2. Expel students who get into fights and don't let anyone who is expelled from one <br /> school enroll in another. <br /> 3. Place more 911 phones in heavy traffic areas. <br /> 4. Enforce laws and make more severe punishment for those involving drugs, car <br /> vandalism, etc. Concentrate on major crime! <br /> 5. Place more police in schools and fewer security guards. <br /> 5 <br />