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Hillsboro R‑III presents district culture and climate survey; staff perceptions improve overall while discipline scores dip
Summary
District staff presented a 207‑page culture and climate survey showing improved scores across most categories compared with 2022, but a decline in discipline measures and lower average scores from parents. The board was told the results will be broken down by building to guide goal‑setting.
At a Hillsboro R‑III School District board meeting (date not specified), district staff presented results of a districtwide culture and climate survey covering staff, parents and students and said most metrics improved since 2022 while one discipline measure fell.
The report — delivered in a presentation led by Mrs. Tildebrand (staff member) after Superintendent Dr. Isaacson’s opening remarks — is a 207‑page document the district will break into building‑level reports for administrators to use in strategic planning. Mrs. Tildebrand told the board the district will use the results to set building goals: "we will take this information and break down those 207 pages into individual buildings, and then we will we will use that information to set some goals," she said.
Why it matters: the survey results will guide local goal‑setting for instruction, safety and community engagement and inform the district’s strategic plan and administrator priorities.
Key findings presented - Parents: 331 parents responded. Parents had the lowest overall average of the three groups surveyed; the highest parent subscore (emergency readiness) was 3.24 and the lowest (shared values) was 2.51 on the district’s 4‑point scale. The presentation noted parents were not surveyed in 2022, so the results serve as a new baseline. - Students: 514 elementary students (grades 3–5) and 1,097 older students (grades 6–12) completed student surveys. The younger group used a 3‑point scale and the older group a 4‑point scale; presenters cautioned against direct numeric comparison across those scales. - Staff: the presenter said staff results improved across nearly all dimensions measured between 2022 and 2024 except for discipline, which dropped from 3.08 to 2.92. The presentation highlighted the highest staff response in one instructional item ("I emphasized the importance of effort," 3.7) and a low score on resources for working with some special education students (2.98). Staff safety perception was among the higher staff scores (reported as 3.46), while bullying via electronic means scored lower (2.7).
Presenters and next steps Dr. Isaacson and Mrs. Tildebrand emphasized the district will parse the large report by building and meet with building administrators to convert the data into action plans. Board members asked when the survey was administered; presenters said the survey took place in October. Mrs. Tildebrand said the district will review building‑level results in coming work sessions and use them to inform goals and interventions.
The board did not take formal action on the survey at the meeting; the presentation was described as a high‑level review and a starting point for building work and strategic planning.
