Seattle Schools' Family Survey Coming to You Soon

From SPS Communications:

Family Survey Coming Soon – Update your email address and contact info now!
The annual Seattle Public School Family Survey is scheduled to be distributed next month, and we encourage you to contact your child’s school to ensure your email address and contact information is up to date by March 18.

This survey provides an important opportunity to reflect on your child’s school and the district. Surveys are also administered each year to all school staff and students in grades 3 through 12.  Results from these surveys will be used to guide improvements at the school and district level. Your responses on this survey are confidential.

Because of new federal limitations on automated phone calls, the survey will not be sent by phone this year. The survey will be sent by email to families that have an email address on file. To ensure everyone has an opportunity to respond, paper surveys will be sent to families without an email address on file and to families who do not have a contact on file who speaks English.

For more information, including results of the 2015 Family, Staff, and Student Surveys, as well as a brief video introducing the new Panorama Education survey reporting portal, please visit the “School Climate Surveys” section at www.seattleschools.org/performance. This page also includes the answers to frequently asked questions about the Family Survey. Feel free to email research@seattleschools.org if you have any additional questions.

We have flyers in the top five languages posted on our web site at www.seattleschools.org/FamilySurvey 
 

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3/10/16, 2:53 PM
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The Family Survey provides an important opportunity to reflect on your child's school and the district. Surveys are also administered each year to all school staff and students in grades 3 through 12.

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