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About the Survey

The Office of Policy and Continuous Improvement will actively seek stakeholder feedback throughout the academic year. In December 2021, CMCSS provided parents and guardians with a 15-question survey regarding the 2021-2022 school year.

Feedback from families and community members is invaluable for effectively operating the school system. Below are the results from the survey and action items learned from reviewing the data. If you have questions regarding the results, please email [email protected].

Top Results

I understand my role in helping my child be prepared for the future, whether college, career, or the next grade level.
98 percent of parents agree* that they understand their role in helping their child be prepared for college, career, or the next grade level. We appreciate the dedication of all of our parents to their children’s education!

We are committed to continuing to provide families with the support they need to be actively involved in their child’s education:

  • Enhancing opportunities for meaningful parent and family engagement across the district.
  • Sharing information regarding informational sessions for families whenever possible.
  • Improving parent and family engagement resources, training, and support for schools.
  • Ensuring access to information regarding student grades through Powerschool.
  • Empowering principals and other school leaders to use effective communication strategies.

If you did not agree with this statement, here are some steps you can take to feel more confident in this area:

  • Explore some of the Parent Academic Resources available on the CMCSS Curriculum Hub. There are multiple resources available there where you can help support your child’s learning.
  • Make sure you have access to your child’s PowerSchool account to follow any updates to their grades or assignments.
  • Attend in-person and Zoom presentations to learn about your high schooler’s post-secondary options and college readiness.
My child is learning what he or she needs to be prepared for college, career, or the next grade level.
This year, nearly 90 percent of parents and families indicated that their children were learning what they needed to learn to be prepared for college, career, or the next grade level – an improvement of around 20 percentage points.
Ensuring students’ academic success is at the core of what a school system provides to students. This year, CMCSS leaders knew that students had experienced instructional loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in fact, around 30 percent of families indicated that their students were not learning what they needed to learn to be prepared for college, career, or the next grade level on last year’s Parent Survey. District leaders have worked to expand resources available to track student progress throughout the school year, and the district has also worked to provide academic support opportunities through COVID-19 relief dollars, such as tutoring.

While this improvement is encouraging, CMCSS is going to lean in to enhance students’ academic success and promote student learning:

  • Promote academic support opportunities through federal COVID-19 relief funding.
  • Enhance instructional materials provided to students in math through the textbook adoption process.
  • Continue expanding academic offerings to align with student interests and goals, whether college or career.

If you did not agree with this statement, here are some steps you can take to feel more confident in this area:

  • Reach out to your child’s teacher to share any concerns you have and learn what steps you can take to support your student with his/her education.
  • If you have feedback that could benefit the whole school, reach out to the parent representative for your school on the Parent Advisory Council. Parent Advisory Council members meet monthly to share their feedback with district leaders. If you do not know who your representative is, you can reach out to the school principal.
My child feels positively about his or her school experience.
This year, around 86 percent of parents and families indicated that their child feels positively about their school experience – an improvement of around 15 percentage points.
Last year, almost 30 percent of parents or families responding to this survey indicated that their children did not feel positively about their school environment. This finding was incredibly concerning to school and district leaders. CMCSS responded to this finding by continuing to promote resources to support students’ social and emotional needs throughout the district, as well as taking advantage of federal COVID-19 relief funding to put additional support positions and programs in schools to support students.

While this improvement is certainly worth celebrating, this question still represented one of the lowest areas of overall agreement from families. The District recognizes that there are still many areas to improve to ensure students are satisfied with their experiences at school. CMCSS is committed to focusing on the following areas in the upcoming year to enhance students’ positive experiences at school:

  • Implementing an annual student survey to collect more data about student satisfaction and ways the district can improve experiences for students in school.
  • Continuing to enhance interventions for students to meet their behavioral needs.
  • Continuing to promote positive stories of the excellent work happening all across the district.

If you did not agree with this statement, here are some steps you can take to feel more confident in this area:

  • If your child is experiencing challenges in school, please communicate with their teacher or principal.
  • Provide input about school improvements through your school’s Parent Advisory Council member. If there are concerns that the district needs to address, this group is an excellent resource to ensure those concerns are heard.

*Overall agreement is calculated by combining the percentages for Strongly Agree and Agree responses.