Deputy superintendent presents survey showing steady perception gains but lower participation

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Bridget Duzi presented district stakeholder engagement survey results for the 2023–25 cycle and summarized themes and next steps.

Dr. Duzi reported participation counts of 758 employees (from about 1,400 staff), 1,206 families and 5,101 third–eighth-grade students. She said perception scores trended upward across multiple questions compared with prior years, while participation numbers for employees and families declined compared with recent averages.

"Our survey data from our families have always been strong... but you can also see there's growth in each of these areas," Dr. Duzi said, while also noting declines in participation she will follow up on with a Friday update. She identified top open-ended themes for employees (strong team collaboration, positive school culture, workload concerns including assessment overload), families (communication, safety and instructional quality), and students (caring teachers, school pride). Dr. Duzi described planned next steps: site and department rollouts of results, targeted professional development and guided coalition work to align common summative assessments, and specific operational items such as a surveillance-camera rollout beginning after spring break and a middle-school bathroom remodel.

Board members asked for comparative participation figures; Dr. Duzi agreed to provide additional numbers in a follow-up update and said site leaders already received school-level analyses and comments. Several members recommended that schools share site-level themes and one or two near-term actions with families to demonstrate that feedback prompts changes.

What happens next: District staff will deliver a Friday update with participation comparisons, continue site-level rollouts, and pursue the training and facility actions identified by Duzi.