Over 1,600 students, staff, and parents responded to the Distance Learning Survey.  Thank you to each of you for taking the time to respond.  

As this unusual school year comes to a close, planning for the next school year has taken on a different significance. Although we believe that a traditional, face-to-face experience with a teacher and peers in a classroom setting is the best learning environment for students, we know we must be ready to adapt to other models should the need arise to keep our students and community safe.

To that end, the results of the Distance Learning Survey will be shared with administrators, teachers, the Board of Trustees, and the public. 

Key findings:

Staff Results

• Things going well:
• Device (worked well 98%) - 46% of staff used their own devices
• Internet (worked well 94%)
• Supporting academically advanced students (57% confident)
• Challenges: 
• Supporting students who need the most academic support (55% not confident)
• Impact of Grading on engagement: Unsure (30%) / Decreased (25%) at elementary; Decreased (67%) at middle and high school
• Mixed feedback
• Supporting others in your life (36% concerned, 18% somewhat concerned, 46% not concerned)
• Communicating with families (26% challenged, 41% somewhat challenged, 33% not challenged)
• Students completing the work that’s been assigned (31% not confident, 30% somewhat confident, 38% confident)
• Other
• Staff social-emotional well-being (60% not concerned)
• Staff physical well-being (62% not concerned)

Student Results

• Things going well:
• Accessing school work (88%)
• Confident on completing school work (62%)
• Keeping up this week (72%)
• Ease of tools (61%)
• Challenges
• Someone at home to help complete assignments (frequency: 41% rarely have help at home. By level: 34% at grades 3-5, 44% at middle school, and 51% at high school)
• Mixed feedback
• Enjoy learning at home (Frequency: ⅓ rarely, ⅓ sometimes, ⅓ often)
• Impact of Grading on engagement: Unsure at lower grades, Decreased/Mixed at higher grades
• Other: 
  • Frustration is common (Frequency: ⅓ rarely, ⅓ sometimes, ⅓ often)  
  • Sad or anxious is not as common (Frequency: ½ rarely, ¼ sometimes, ¼ often)    
• Amount of time on school: equally split between 1-2 or 3-4 hours per day

Parent Results

• Things going well:
• Device (access to device 94% yes) - 18% indicated Smartphone use
• Internet (78% reliable) 
• Challenges:
• Academic progress (49% concerned)
• Connected to child’s school (49% not confident)
• Satisfied with distance learning (43% dissatisfied)
• Concerned about learning (40% concerned)
• Mixed feedback:
• Informed about decisions (⅓ not/slightly, ⅓ somewhat, ⅓ quite/extremely)
• Impact of Grading on engagement: Unsure at lower grades, Decreased/mixed at higher grades
• Other: 
• Amount of time on school: equally split between 1-2 or 3-4 hours per day 
• 80% have 0 hours for child caring for family member
• Social-emotional: (44% not concerned)   

Best way to share information: Email (77%), Text message (15%), Phone call (4%), Website (1%)

The full results of the survey were part of the Superintendent's report during the June 9, 2020, Regular Board of Trustees meeting.