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Board members say $60,000 survey contract was not renewed; request summary of collected data
Summary
Board members discussed a previously used periodic staff/community survey contract—reported cost roughly $60,000—saying the district did not renew it and asking staff to extract and present any usable results from the vendor before moving to internal survey tools.
Board members asked for follow-up information about a periodic survey contract the district used earlier in the year and that the board chose not to renew.
During the discussion, a board member asked whether the district had received a summary report after spending roughly $60,000 on the vendor contract. District staff said the contract was not renewed and that the vendor had provided rolling, real-time data rather than a single summary report; staff offered to pull and compile survey results from the vendor’s system and said the district can also run internal surveys going forward.
Staff described the original design as a biweekly, anonymous survey meant to gather staff, student and community input; response rates declined over time, and administrators said the vendor changed personnel midstream. Board members asked whether a paid summary report should have been delivered; staff responded that some meetings and debriefs occurred but an overall written report had not been produced. The board requested staff work to assemble the available data and consider internal survey options.
No formal vote was recorded on this discussion; the contract’s nonrenewal was stated during the meeting.
