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Denton ISD reports steady employee engagement and rising family survey participation; superintendent launches student advisory council
Summary
District leaders reported small year‑to‑year changes in Gallup employee engagement scores, a doubling of family survey participation since 2022 and the formation of a Superintendent Student Advisory Council of upper‑class students.
District staff updated trustees on employee and family engagement results and described an inaugural Superintendent Student Advisory Council intended to collect student perspectives.
Staff said the district has used Gallup surveys for employee engagement since 2020. The mean employee engagement score rose from 3.96 in the first year to a high of 4.06 on a five‑point scale, and dipped to 3.98 this year. Presenters described the score decline as modest and said it will guide targeted supports by tenure cohorts: first‑year teachers and teachers with 10+ years of service were the highest‑engaged groups, while staff in the 1–10 year range clustered in the middle and prompted campus‑level interventions.
On family engagement, staff reported that participation in the district family survey has nearly doubled since 2022 and that satisfaction measures increased as participation rose. Staff credited campus principals and parent organizations (the presentation highlighted Bell Elementary PTA’s National PTA School of Excellence recognition) for driving engagement.
Doctor O'Bara described the Superintendent Student Advisory Council as a small group of upper‑class students from the district’s four comprehensive high schools and two additional campuses; he said the council’s first ask was simple: tell us two things going well and one thing you would improve. "It was one of those things that I've wanted to do... If we wait for it to be perfect, it wouldn't get started," Doctor O'Bara said. The council will meet again and selected students may present to community business partners later in the spring.
The presentation was informational; trustees did not take action but asked clarifying questions about how survey data will inform staffing and campus supports.
