Survey finds ‘pervasive’ violence in relationships WASHINGTON (AIM — Fourteen per < «»nt of American women soy they have I wen battered by hus bands or boyfriends, according to a survey released Mondav that found n “pervasive amount of violence in private relationships.'' "More women are seriously injured by beatings than by < ar act idents. muggings, and rape combined." s«iid F.stn Holer, exec utive director of the Family Violence Pre vention Fund, a San From isco-bos*id advo cncv group that financed the survey. "Domeslii violence fills emergent \ rooms and morgues, contributes to juve nile delinquonco and destroys families." Solcr said in releasing the survey at a hear ing of the Mouse Knergv and Commerce subcommittee on health and the environ ment. Based on telephone interviews with Ainerii ans 1H and older, the survey found that :n peri ent of Americans say they have witnessed an episode of domes tic violent e "They're not unuffei ted bystanders," said Dr. Mark. Rosenberg, a psyi hiatnst and acting assoi late dirm tor for public health prai tices at the National Outer for Injury Prevention and Control, a part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Their lives are affet ted by what they re witnessing. Hoy s who witness violence in the home have tin increased chance id grow mu up to he perpetrator* of i iolem >• when thin create their own family, and girls w ho witness re|MMttKl v iolem e in the home have an increased likelihood of grow ing up and las oining v utinis of their spouse." Rosenberg sail! in an interview from the OX: in Atlanta President Clinton’s t‘>'M budget pro posal includes $10 million lor a new national prevention and publu education program on violence against women, including family violence and violence against women In strangers or their dates Soler’s survey. who h has a statistn al margin of error of plus or minus I peri ent. found half of all women believe hatter - mg is not urn ommou in retnnunsnips won men "Chn (tersunal lives .in- not free from vio lent <> or four of physical harm from tln> people we love Aniern .ins ui know lege .1 pervasive .1 mount of v loleni e in private relationships the group's report said The reseuri hers said thev found that slim ing. pushing and throwing things are not rare when a man and woman fight Hut as the lev el of pin sk al v intent e est .dates, both men anil women at know lege that men harm women more than women harm men Hie public, at i ortling to the survey . no longer hinnies the woman or est uses the man fordomestn violent e California school tries year-round experiment OAKLAND. Calif. (AH) — Nathan Inwood's school year starts Sept. 1 and ends Aug 31 He likes it that way. "I don't have to wail for after si hool to have fun." the 17-year old senior savs "I’m having fun in school." Inwood is one of about 350 stu dents attending the private Hea i on I)a\ and High Si hool. one of only a handful of schools in the nation with a continuous si hool year. The schools are open 10 Ml hours a day and the longest break is a week between (Ihristmas and New Year’s. Other than that, stu dents who want to vacation do w hat their parents tin — ask for time off and schedule a week or two as necessary It s a big change from the tra ditional si hool year, where June heralds the texfhook-tossing start of w hat i an seem like an endless summer vacation. Hut Inwood said it isn't a big w rem h getting up and going to si hool in July "It's not like I am on inv own with it Set in a i (inverted warehouse along Oakland's gritty waterfront. Beacon attracts a diverse student body. The high school is about till percent while, 30 percent black. 5 percent Asian and 5 per cent Hispanic, said t o-founder Leslie Medme Lees are S-*'*<> a month fur elementary students. $550 a month for the high school Class time lakes up about sis hours a day. with before- and after m bool programs available Day schoolers attend 240 days, high s< hool students have a 215 ■ iia\ sear. < ompared to the ly pi c;.j public school year of about lilt) days. "It's a lot of serious work." said si hool spokeswoman Diana Cor doll Heat on's innovative approai h drew a visit in March from the National education t'.ommission on Time and Learning, which will report to Congress next year on whether American kids should spend more time in s< hool. Medine said the idea behind the si hedule was to both improve the curriculum and cut out wasl ed review time each fall Students sav more time means they don't have to panic if they are slow to grasp a particular con cept Another advantage is that they are placed according to developmental level in various suhjei Is. not by age, and there is little formal testing The concept ol year-round school is not new Schools in Japan and burope have long had extended school years and day s ‘I don't hove to wait for after school to have fun. I'm having fun in school Nathan Inwood 17 year old servo lillt f«*V\ N< IlIHlIs 111 till' t'llllt'll St,iti-s have followed suit, soul (,ary Marv spokesman lor tin* A morn .in A suck i.itiou of Si hoot Administrators There are skv ro« keting es|Ms tations for s< hools in this coun try but them's also a fairly sub stantial public commitment to maintaining .idiupiate summer time off." he said Some private si bools oiler s|ie i ud summer sessions, and some puhlii si bools have started kis'p mg si hoots open year-round, mainly to ai commodate i rowd ed districts One obstacle to year-round si liool, offii ials say. is paying teat tiers for the eslra time and getting them to agree to the lost holiday Hut teat tiers at Huai on said the lost time off is a small price for the pleasure of being able to teat h properly Medine det lined to give her tear herslsalary range, she said they are paid more. < omensurate to the added time they must work She "..tul she runs lie.it on mi about llir sonic amount ol money per slmlciil as her pul) III si IiimiI peers, with the .lllvotl luge til mil paving lur all those folks down towi! doing whatever il is they re doing down Ihere I’arcnl |udi Veager, who is also a leai her al t ktkland I llgll S* IiimiI said she has adapted some ol Ilea i mi’s ideas to the magnet pro grant in who It she teai lies and would like to see more iutlova toms to a s\ stein plagued by no lent e and low test si ores Kids are ()h vvhen they i ome in The system i an break down a kid's love ol learning.” she said Oakland s« IiimiIs spokeswoman Sherri Willis said puhlii si liools are doing their best under the i oustrii lions ol stale and 'federal i ontrols and dw milling funds Sure students deserve mine instruc tion, hut given the timbrel las that we work underlie, it It we have to get approval from the Iwit tom and the top lielore we i an do anything.” she said ET ALS Ml l I IM.S IM .» 1 • ♦ • '.*•* ' .»• * »«> - Ml .’4 4 t.dheft l.w iirnir tnfi.fm.i Him * .» (40 \ » ‘ I U1 l S Sitlri I ni«milt l*M*jr* t ■ ,* 4( . \ . . 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