The district's annual School Satisfaction Survey will be distributed beginning Monday, February 4. Distribution should be complete by Friday, February 8.

"School Satisfaction Survey Week" highlights the district's commitment to periodically assess the views of all constituents on the key elements of each school's educational program. The survey, administered on behalf of each school's Collaborative Decision-Making team, solicits the views of all parents, students, support staff, and teachers on classroom learning, homework, school safety, discipline, teacher expectations, school-parent communication, and preparation for CSAP.

Depending on the audience and student's grade level, the survey includes anywhere from 15 to 26 questions.

Student, support staff, and teacher surveys will be administered at each school during the week. Parent surveys will be sent home with each student at that time. Parents who do not receive a survey form should contact their child's school. All parent surveys should be returned by U.S. mail directly to the District Assessment and Testing Department to assure confidentiality of individual responses.

Parents are asked to return all surveys by March 1, 2002. Participants are not asked their names, although each school is identified on the survey form.

The surveys will be compiled and the results released in April. All school and district summary data will be available to the public. Individual survey forms remain confidential and will not be released outside the Department of Assessment and Testing.

Further information is available by contacting Beth Celva or David Thomas in the Department of Assessment and Testing, 720-423-3736.