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Board reviews employee working-conditions survey and superintendent flags gaps in crisis communications and code-of-conduct acknowledgments
Summary
Superintendent and staff presented VDOE and Power 10 survey results showing mixed teacher and staff responses across schools; superintendent also told the board about gaps in crisis-email delivery (approx. 1,800 of ~5,000 contacts not receiving messages) and that only 50% of parents had acknowledged the student code of conduct.
Gloucester County School Board members reviewed employee working-conditions and climate survey results and heard two administrative updates about communication gaps and code-of-conduct acknowledgments.
Administration presented results from the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions (full survey at the high school this year) and the Power 10 instrument used at elementary and middle schools in alternate years. Presenters highlighted areas such as teacher agency, professional-growth satisfaction, student behavior management, and school-safety perceptions. Board members asked how the surveys define constructs and whether the data are statistically valid; administrators said the state provides context and that the division used an independent third party to collect staff responses to protect anonymity.
Superintendent Dr. Ladue reported that, of roughly 5,000 contacts, about 1,800 parents/guardians do not receive crisis emails because of blocked, erroneous or missing addresses. "When we send an email with an update about a crisis...only about three-fifths of that get the email," he said, noting plans to reach out through multiple channels (schools, direct mail or social media) to update contact information.
He also reported that the student code-of-conduct acknowledgement rate stands at about 50%, and said staff will contact families and explore incentives or administrative strategies to improve acknowledgment rates.
Next steps: Principals will share survey results with staff and develop improvement plans; administration will run a communication campaign to update contact information and increase code-of-conduct acknowledgments.
