McHenry County Blog

Yesterday in Part 2 and the day before in Part 1, McHenry County Blog presented the elements of District 300 and school performance/relationship questions about which District 300 School District wants parental input. Some were quite political in nature.

Today, we move on to issues upon which District 300 wants feedback.

They follow. (As you read them, think how this could help candidates figure out what appeal to make to parents. Remember, the answers can be separated by school district. A sophisticated campaign could zone mailings by school neighborhoods.)

• Maintaining the lowest possible class size
• Hiring and retention of quality teachers
• District growth
• Language barriers
• No Child Left Behind
• Academic standards
• Financial viability for the district
• Staff development
• Hiring and retention of quality administrators
• Parent involvement
• Community relations
• Quality of school facilities
• School achievement
• Keeping up to date with technology
• Student behavior and discipline
• Programming for special needs students
• Salary and benefits for employees
• Other (Please specify)
• Other (Please specify) [Yes, there are two "Others."]
  

Think of what is missing from this list.

I do note that at least one of the above should be split into two questions. (Maybe more than one.)

Can you pick it out?

Whatever that is, by leaving it or them out, the school district can pretty much ignore the issue because so few people ever put anything in “other.”

You can enlarge the image to make it easier to read.

Tomorrow, see how District 300 plans to “slice and dice” the information it gathers through this questionnaire.

Labels: District 300, ECRA Group, Questionnaire, Survey