 Are you politically involved in school reform?
Yes 39, No 55, Don’t Know 9
Comments:
1. Go to parent conference.
2. Yes, when I used to volunteer in my daughter’s class. |
 Does your child have updated learning materials?
Yes 59, No 30, Don’t Know 17
Comments:
1. Need improvement.
2. In certain classes teachers choose to use old text.
3. In some classes yes, in others no.
4. Outdated materials.
5. Some of it.
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 Is your child’s teacher fully credentialed?
Yes 32, No 22, Don’t Know 49
Comments:
1. Supposedly.
2. My daughter was learning algebra and she said that the teacher was not fully knowledgeable about the subject.
3. All of the teachers only have emergency credentials.
4. Still find it hard to pass math part of test in college and husband has emergency only.
5. I think so.
6. I have a credential and a master degree in education. |
 Do you think your student is receiving an education based on state standards?
Yes 34, No 44, Don’t Know 22
Comments:
1. Above standards.
2. Basic.
3. My daughter is a junior, and is not doing much to prepare for college.
4. If they were our children, they would have higher test scores. |
 Does your child’s school inform parents about state standards?
Yes 35, No 50, Don’t Know 17
Comments:
1. Sometimes |
 Does your school inform you about college preparation?
Yes 35, No 50, Don’t Know 10
Comments:
1. I try my best.
2. Not that I know of.
3. Unless you ask for it.
4. Counselor wasn’t available. |
 Do you rate your school as strong academically?
Yes 11, No 37, Don’t Know 47
Comments:
1. Bad teachers.
2. It’s really based on clothes.
3. Principal tells kids’ personal business.
4. Rules are not enforced.
5. The staff is fully committed to bettering the quality of education for all students. |
 Are parents and students respected by staff and administrators?
Yes 76, No 26, Don’t Know 3
Comments:
1. Principal disrespects parents and kicks them out of school.
2. 50/50
3. Terrible to parents.
4. No good.
5. Good.
6. It is always hard to talk to a counselor.
7. Put children first.
8. They are okay.
9. Never.
10. Not often.
11. Sometimes.
12. Only some of the time. |
 Is the bathroom open and clean for students to use all day?
Yes 45, No 50, Don’t Know 9
Comments:
1. Not clean.
2. Only one for girls and one for boys open for 4600 students.
3. 50/50.
4. Bathroom is dirty, no paper, and closed.
5. Very clean.
6. Fair.
7. 4 Bathrooms—2 girls’ and 2 boys’.
8. Maintain the bathroom clean.
9. Sometimes clean.
10. They are dirty.
11. Floor is wet and very nasty toilet seats.
12. Dirty.
13. They are not clean. |
 Does your child have access to computers at school?
Yes 59, No 44, Don’t Know 8
Comments:
1. No computers.
2. Have a good computer lab.
3. The computer technology is wonderful.
4. Very few computers and little time on computers. |
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