Sept. 14, 2018 – West Bend/Jackson, WI – Working on a story with regard to a survey taken this past summer in the West Bend School District.
The survey, distributed by School Perceptions in Slinger, asked questions about Jackson Elementary School and the West Bend high schools. The purpose of the survey was to gather data on possible future referendum in the West Bend School District.
According to the district the survey cost $16,500.
As a taxpayer who funded the survey would you like to:
- see all the data and comments from the survey?
- just a summarization of data and comments by respondents and taxpayers?
I would like to see all the survey results including all the comments made by respondents. When I read the summary of the comments in the survey report, I did not see a comment made by my spouse. It made me wonder if other people’s responses were being withheld or were lost in the online process. Once again, the lack of transparency of this school board & administration (even with a new superintendent) is very disappointing.
I would definitely like to see all of the survey results. The surveyor, who is not from this district, made the decision what areas would be addressed in the summaries. How do they know which items are critical when they aren’t even from here. Several of my concerns were not even addressed in the summary.
As someone who was on the CFAC, I am extremely disappointed in this entire dishonest process.