Youth who were involved with drugs were more likely to report that
their families were minimally involved with the school. However,
more than half of the drug users had families that knew what was
going on in school, attended school events, and went to parentteacher
groups’ meetings. Most rural families did support school
goals; they would be concerned if their child skipped school, got bad
grades, did not do homework, or quit school. However, drug-using
youth more frequently reported that their parents did not support
school goals "a lot.