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Shippensburg survey shows stronger staff engagement but high-school student measures lag peers
Summary
Districtwide YouthTruth survey drew about 1,900 student responses; staff engagement and safety ratings improved while high-school student engagement landed in lower percentiles compared with other rural schools. Board and administration discussed pathways, graduation‑requirement flexibility and local pilots to raise student engagement.
Superintendent August told the board that the district received more than 1,900 student responses to this year’s YouthTruth survey, a national research-based instrument that also asks staff and families for feedback.
The survey showed notable gains in staff engagement and staff perceptions of school safety across multiple buildings, Superintendent August said, and double‑digit increases in several family-engagement measures. At the same time, he flagged that most high-school student measures clustered in the district’s lower quartile when compared with other rural schools that take YouthTruth.
The YouthTruth instrument asks about engagement, academic challenge, relationships, belonging, peer…
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