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Parent and staff surveys show high satisfaction on key measures; district flags interpreter access and childcare questions
Summary
Superintendent Segata Jones presented results from parent and school climate surveys: 214 parents responded; majority rated teachers and school supports positively, but parents signaled needs for interpreters, transportation and childcare access.
Superintendent Segata Jones presented the results of the district parent survey and building-level climate surveys to the Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board on June 12, reporting 214 parent responses and improvements on multiple climate measures.
Jones summarized key parent survey findings by percent (strongly agree or agree): 89% said their child’s teacher provides extra help when necessary; 84.8% were satisfied with academic opportunities; 90% said their child’s teacher has high expectations; 86% said teachers keep them sufficiently informed about progress; 85.5% said they are satisfied with their child’s understanding of academic expectations; and 89.9% reported their child is in a safe environment during the school day.
Jones said 77% agreed that discipline issues are handled fairly. On climate and culture surveys completed by staff, district-level results showed improvement: the item “I have adequate strategies to solve discipline problems before sending students to the front office” rose from 90% in 2023 to 95% in 2025, and the share reporting that schools recognize positive behavior rose from 87% to 94%.
The parent survey also collected communication and service-preference counts: 214 parents responded; classroom apps (for example, ClassDojo) and teacher communications were the most frequent information sources. Jones provided the raw counts reported in the presentation: parents reporting sources — classroom app: 537; teachers: 399; website: 1 (the transcript shows a compressed numeric field likely meaning a category tally); school newsletter: 292; classroom website: 58; Facebook: 65. Preferred communication channels included email (591), classroom app (562), telephone calls (355) and school flyers (234). Jones noted some parents reported a need for interpreters and said the district provides interpreters but she would investigate why some parents reported otherwise.
On interest in tuition-based before/after-school care, Jones reported the following counts from the survey: not interested 362; interested in before-school care 312; interested in both before-and-after 168; interested in after-school care only 57. Jones said those counts did not show a high overall demand for tuition-based care and suggested the availability of existing after-school programs may influence responses.
Board members thanked staff for the short, focused presentation and for work on discipline strategies and improvement in recognition of positive behavior. The district said building-level administrators will review their specific survey results with staff and report back with planned actions.
