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Comfort High School Shattered Dreams

03/22/2019

Comfort High School

2019

Shattered Dreams

As we all recognize—education, physical fitness, and community involvement are keys to ensuring that youth in Kendall County have the foundation to realize their full potential and lifelong success. Sadly, before our youth can reach their full potential, they are all too often exposed to the negative influences of alcohol and drug abuse.

Underage drinking poses a number of immediate and long-term threats to our future generations. Although youth are less likely than adults to drive after drinking, their risk of being involved in a crash when they do drink and drive is much higher. The increased risk begins at low levels of alcohol consumption and is probably due to the combination of alcohol and driver inexperience. Teen drivers with blood alcohol content levels between 0.05-0.08 are far more likely to be involved in a crash than sober teen drivers. On average, one quarter of drivers between the ages 16-19 who are killed in crashes, are legally intoxicated.

Texas leads the nation in alcohol-related crash deaths among 15 to 20 year olds. In 2013, almost half of the fatal car crashes among 15 to 20 year olds were alcohol-related. About 16% of high school students recently reported driving after drinking and 40% reported riding with an impaired driver in the past month. Males (20%) were more likely than females (12%) to have driven after drinking.

Knowing this the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Comfort High School to conduct prevention programs such as “Shattered Dreams” and “Teens in the Driver Seat”. Shattered Dreams is a two-day school-based program that promotes responsible decision-making among high school students regarding underage drinking and impaired driving by showing them how irresponsible choices can end all dreams. Teens in the Driver Seat program is a peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers. Its mission is to decrease the number of car crashes involving teens by increasing their knowledge of teen driving risks.

The Kendall County Sheriff's Office would like to take this time to thank everyone involved that made this amazing program a great success.

High School students and officers acting out a crash scene

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