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Dear Parents and Guardians:

The Superintendent and Board of Directors would like your feedback on how the district is doing. We invite you to complete this anonymous survey and answer the questions based on your experiences with Bellevue schools.

If you have more than one child in the district, you may choose to complete one survey for all of your children or you may complete one for each child. You can indicate which school(s) and grade level(s) you want your survey to represent. Each survey takes approximately three to five minutes to complete. At several points in the survey, there is opportunity for your additional comments and feedback. Once you begin the survey, you will need to complete it fully.

We will use your feedback to monitor parent satisfaction rates with schools over time. Results will be published each year on the district website. In order for the survey to be reflective of all parents and guardians, we need your help.

The survey will be open until June 16. Thank you for taking time to help us with your feedback. If you have questions about the survey, please call BSD Communications at 425-456-4000.

Thank you for participating!

Tim Mills, Superintendent Steve McConnell, District 1 Carolyn Watson, District 2 Chris Marks, District 3 Christine Chew, District 4 My-Linh Thai, District 5

1. Which school(s) did your child(ren) attend during this school year? (select all that apply)  Ardmore Elementary  Bellevue Big Picture  Bellevue High  Bennett Elementary  Cherry Crest Elementary  Chinook Middle  Clyde Hill Elementary  Eastgate Elementary  Enatai Elementary  Highland Middle  Interlake High  International School  Jing Mei Elementary  Lake Hills Elementary  Medina Elementary  Newport Heights Elementary  Newport High  Odle Middle  Phantom Lake Elementary  Puesta del So Elementary  Sammamish High  Sherwood Forest Elementary  Somerset Elementary  Spiritridge Elementary  Stevenson Elementary  Tillicum Middle  Tyee Middle  Woodridge Elementary

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2. Your child's grade level (select all that apply)  Kindergarten  1st grade  2nd grade  3rd grade  4th grade  5th grade  6th grade  7th grade  8th grade  9th grade  10th grade  11th grade  12th grade

Please indicate how strongly satisfied or dissatisfied you are in each of the following areas this school year.

3. My child's teacher(s)  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

4. School principal  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

5. Educational specialists who work with my child  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

6. School support staff (for example, front office staff, food service staff, playground staff, etc)  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

7. My child's coursework  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

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8. Quality of homework assigned  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

9. Amount of homework assigned (Please note this question uses a different scale than other questions).  Far too little  Too little  Just right  Too much  Far too much  Don't know

10. After school tutorials  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

11. Grading system  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

12. Special education services  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

13. Gifted services  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

14. Support for college readiness  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

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15. Support for career readiness  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

16. School sports  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

17. Extra-curricular activities  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

18. Opportunities for parent involvement  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

19. School discipline  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

20. Progress updates received from teachers  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

21. Communication from my child's school  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

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22. Communication from the school district  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

23. School district website  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

24. Availability of translation services  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

25. School bus and bus driver  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

26. Reasonableness of school fees  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

27. The school building and grounds  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

28. Overall quality of education  Very Dissatisfied  Dissatisfied  Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied  Satisfied  Very Satisfied  Don't Know or Not Applicable

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29. Comments? ______

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30. What ethnicity do you consider your child? (select all that apply)  African American/Black  Asian/Pacific Islander  Hispanic/Latino  Native American/American Indian  White

31. My child participates in:  Special Education  504 plan  English language learner services  Dual language program  Gifted education  Free or reduced price meals  None of the above

32. Main language spoken at home: (select all that apply)  English  Spanish  Chinese-Mandarin  Korean  Chinese-  Russian  Japanese  Vietnamese  Telugu   French  Farsi (Persian)  Tamil  Arabic

33. Do you have: (check all that apply)  Internet access at home on a computer  Internet access at home on a smartphone  Internet access at home on a tablet or other device  No internet access at home, but access to a cell phone with texting ability  No internet or texting access at home

Thank You!

Thank you for taking the time to help us with your feedback. If you have comments or questions about the survey, please email us at [email protected]

Thank you for participating!

Tim Mills, Superintendent Steve McConnell, District 1 Return completed survey Carolyn Watson, District 2 by June 16, 2017. Chris Marks, District 3

Christine Chew, District 4 Mail to: My-Linh Thai, District 5 Bellevue School District Communications Department 12111 NE 1st Street Bellevue, WA 98005