Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS Family Survey to Start June 5th

Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS Family Survey to Start June 5th:

SPS Family Survey to Start June 5th

by Melissa Westbrook

From SPS Communications:

Hearing from our families, staff, and students is critical to our efforts to improve education for every student.School climate surveys are given each spring to all students, school staff, and families in the district. We are gathering information about learning environments at our elementary, middle and high schools, including student engagement, academic rigor, discipline and safety, and family involvement. Results of these surveys will help inform how we support each students’ academic success and can be found online herehttp://bit.ly/school_reports. 

The family survey will be administered starting June 5 via the district's automated SchoolMessenger system, which will allow families to provide feedback by touch-tone phone response or an online web survey sent by e-mail. 

SchoolMessenger Calendar for Family Survey
There will be two opportunities to take the survey by phone. Phone calls at 6 p.m. on: 

• June 5 and June 12: Elementary schools families with children in Grades K-5*

• June 6 and June 13: Middle school families with children in Grades 6-8* 

• June 7 and June 14: High school families with children in Grades 9-12 
(* includes K-8 schools)

Important: Some families may receive more than one phone call. For example, if a family has one child in high school and another child in middle school, they will receive two separate calls. 

Follow-up rounds: The District will resend the Web version of the survey to all families that did not respond in the first two rounds by either phone or Web. The final email will be sent on June 15. All surveys close on June 20. 

Languages: The family survey will be offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Somali, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Amharic and Tigrigna. 

If you have questions about the family surveys, please contact Nicole VanVoorhis atnjvanvoorhis@seattleschools.org.