Sarasota Co. School District Wants Your 2 Cents On How It's Doing

SARASOTA, FL – Each year, the Sarasota County School District conducts what is known as a “climate survey” to weigh how schools or workplaces are meeting parents' needs and expectations in such areas as communication, curriculum, management, safety, academics, maintenance of facilities and parent involvement.

This year the survey is posted on the Sarasota County School District website at www.SarasotaCountySchools.net beginning Wednesday, March 22, through Friday, March 31.

Students, parents and staff are invited to answer how their schools or workplaces are faring. Information received from parents and guardians through the survey is used to measure "customer satisfaction" with school services and identifying areas that could be improved.

Staff and students generally take the surveys at their worksites or schools. Most parents and guardians take the surveys at home.

And in case you forget, parents and guardians will be sent a telephone message via the district’s automated calling system inviting them to respond to the survey.

Respondents may take the survey by clicking on the “School Climate Survey” link in the Hot Topics section on the right side of the home page. The parent survey has been translated into the five languages beyond English: Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Haitian Creole.

District administrators strongly encourage all families with children in the district to take the survey. Parents who do not have internet access may take the survey at any Sarasota County School or any Sarasota County public library. Parents who cannot exercise either of those options may call the district office to have a copy of the survey mailed to them.

It is important for the district to hear from as many families as possible for the results of the survey to be helpful in guiding decisions. Individual responses are anonymous. The district will use the survey information to identify successes or problems, but it does not identify individual respondents.

Anyone with questions may call the district Communications Department at 941-927-4009.

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