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Climate survey shows gains in emotional regulation, highlights sense‑of‑belonging gap at secondary level
Summary
District staff and an outside vendor reported higher emotional‑regulation ratings and steady family support for elementary schools, while secondary students reported lower sense‑of‑belonging scores. The district will pilot a regular 'check‑in' tool and use results in school improvement plans.
Thompson School District leaders presented results from the district’s annual Panorama climate and culture survey at the Feb. 19 meeting, citing strong response rates and some notable trends.
“This is the fifth full round of our annual climate and culture survey,” said Dr. Jennifer Guthals, Learning Services, who reviewed results and how the district will use them. She told the board the district moved to an electronic‑only administration this year and that family response rates rose despite eliminating paper surveys.
Panorama’s updated question set produced a new baseline, the presenters said. Guthals described emotional regulation as a key win: student emotional‑regulation scores are at or near national averages. By contrast, high‑school students scored lower on sense of belonging: Guthals said, “36% favorability is still not where we would like it to be.”
The district also examined responses by student subgroup. Guthals said multilingual learners and gifted students were closest to school goals on elementary measures, while students eligible for free and reduced lunch and Black or African American students trailed district goals in elementary and secondary measures respectively.
Superintendent leadership, school safety and staff‑leadership relationships showed strengths in many schools, Guthals added. The administration plans to roll out a new Panorama check‑in tool (funded partly from paper‑survey savings) for more frequent monitoring and will tie survey goals into each school’s SUIP (School Unified Improvement Plan).
Board members asked for the full survey instrument and for more frequent subgroup breakdowns. Guthals said the district would share the full survey and provide further training and follow‑up for school leaders.
