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Board OKs student feedback system to gather protected classroom input from middle and high school students
Summary
The board adopted a student‑driven resolution to establish a protected, anonymous student feedback system for middle and high schools; the system will use UBC‑generated question suggestions, protect anonymity, and make desegregated school‑level quantitative results public while restricting individual teacher access to appropriate personnel.
The board approved Resolution 9324A2, a student‑sponsored initiative to establish a district‑managed student feedback system for middle and high school classrooms. The measure — developed with student delegates, the Student Advisory Council and staff — directs the Office of Instruction, Innovation and Social Justice to manage the program.
Under the resolution students will provide both quantitative and qualitative feedback via questions shaped by each school’s UBC (site advisory) suggestions; the final question set will be developed with the SAC and staff. The policy protects student anonymity — surveys will not require students to identify themselves — and restricts access to individual quantitative results to the relevant teacher, department chair and administrators. Aggregate, desegregated quantitative data (race, gender, grade, school) may be published at the school level to inform improvement and to track strategic‑plan metrics.
Union representatives had earlier raised concerns about how feedback could be misused; the board amended language clarifying that qualitative results will be shared with teachers and that survey questions and safeguards will be designed with UBC and SAC input. The resolution passed after amendments to strengthen anonymity and access protections.
