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Fulton survey shows high overall approval but flags communication, goal‑setting and behavior for follow‑up
Summary
The district released results from a strategic coherence survey of families, students and staff showing increased family responses but areas to improve — clearer communication, consistent goal‑setting, and supports for behavior — and outlined steps including video outreach, QR codes and targeted follow‑ups.
FULTON, N.Y. — A districtwide survey of families, students and staff presented Thursday showed broad positive responses on school culture and services but also identified areas for follow‑up, including communication, student goal‑setting and behavior supports, district staff said.
The survey, organized around three themes — culture, systems and learning — drew 460 family responses (up from 375 in the prior comparable release), 1,154 student responses and 393 staff responses, the presentation said. Staff and student advisory groups have begun drilling into the comments to recommend specific actions.
District presenters said most family respondents felt that staff treat students respectfully and that students generally feel good about going to school (89.1% of family respondents selected "always" or similar positive categories). The district highlighted a strong rating for families who feel they can access teachers: about 70% said "always" and 93% said "always" or "most of the time." District leaders said those numbers indicate good access but also point to opportunities to increase the "always" category.
Respondents asked for clearer, more frequent communications about what students are learning and how families can support that learning. In response, the district announced plans to produce short video snippets explaining student pathways and programs, and to add QR codes on elementary report card envelopes to link families to grade‑level resources.
Students reported they want more opportunities to meet with instructional coaches and department chairs to understand how lessons are prepared; student advisory groups have already started meeting with staff to push those questions. Students also noted variability in how consistently adults in school treat students respectfully, and district staff said the advisory teams will work with principals on targeted follow‑ups.
Staff responses were largely positive about the importance of their work and building‑level collaboration, but district presenters identified a subgroup — instructional aides and monitors — that reported feeling under‑represented. The district said it will target additional professional development and outreach for those groups.
The district said it had already used AI summarization tools to aggregate open‑ended comments and that it will dig into the raw comments for patterns and actionable items. Officials said they will conduct the next round of the survey in the spring and are considering adding a "not applicable" option to questions where respondents currently must choose from a four‑point positive/negative scale.
Board members and staff said the surveys are guiding the districtcoherence plan and that they will use the results to align communications, professional development, behavior supports and student pathways.
