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Staff survey: "time" emerged as top concern in ThoughtExchange on school-year start
Summary
District staff completed a ThoughtExchange survey about the start of the school year; participation was about 12% (over 500 staff), producing 324 written "thoughts" and nearly 7,000 ratings. The dominant theme among responses was a desire for more time to prepare classrooms and balance professional development.
Mister Bohannon, presenting on the district's ThoughtExchange results at the Aug. 25 meeting, told the Dorchester District 2 School Board that the platform produced mixed feedback on the start of the year but a clear theme: time.
"It's time. It's all about time," Bohannon said, summarizing the ranking and the word-cloud results drawn from 324 submitted thoughts and almost 7,000 ratings. The exchange drew just over 500 participants, representing roughly 12% of district…
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