Dear Parents,

Every year a Quality of Education Parent Survey is sent out to our parent community in the spring.  Last year’s survey results are as follows:

                                                                                                 Percentage that agreed

Statement                                                                                        or strongly agreed

1. My child is safe in school.                                                                                                    90.8%

2. My child’s school building is in good repair and has sufficient

space to support quality education.                                                                                             88.9%  

3. My child’s school holds high expectations for academic achievement.                                  93.9%

4. School personnel encourage me to participate in my child’s education.                                 93.2%

5. The school offers adequate access to up-to-date computers & technologies.                          80.4%

6. School staff maintains consistent discipline which is conducive to learning.                          92.1%

7. My child has an adequate choice of school-sponsored extracurricular activities.                    68.7%

8. My child’s teacher provides sufficient and appropriate information regarding

his academic progress.                                                                                                                95.7%

9. The school staff employs various instructional methods & strategies to meet his needs.         88.3%  

10. My child takes responsibility for his learning.                                                                    92.6%

11. I prefer this survey be available on-line through the internet.                                              46.4%

12. APS goals for high achievement, low dropout, and better business practices result

in improvements that benefit education                                                                                        69.3%

13. APS provides sufficient opportunity for parent engagement and communication.                84.6%

14. Over the last year I have seen improvements in my school that benefit my child.                71.2%

15. I support the board decision to make money flexible so schools and their

communities can decide how to best use the funds.                                                                     87.7%

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Parents feel that Mitchell teachers provide sufficient information regarding student progress.  They also believe that students are held to high expectations by the school. Many think they are encouraged to participate in their child’s education. Parents also appear pleased with the consistency of school discipline and feel it is conducive to

learning. Parent perception is that our students take responsibility for their learning. A large majority is of the opinion that their children are safe at school.

Aside from the fact that our respondents preferred not to have the survey be available on-line, our lowest percentage score dealt with school-sponsored extracurricular activities.  It is an area that we as a school have also felt we should augment. In addition, fewer parents feel they have seen school improvements in the past year that benefit their children. In fact, they appear to feel less sure that APS goals are benefiting education.

The results of this survey will provide useful data as our leadership team works to establish future goals and objectives for Mitchell Elementary.  We have also kept the comments that were written in the survey by parents who wanted to include more specific information.  Thank you for the time and effort you took to respond to the survey. We will put it to good use.

Raquel Reedy

Principal