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Dear Bellevue School District 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-Cantonese Russian Japanese Vietnamese Telugu Hindi 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