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Elkhart schools publish staff-survey results as consolidation planning continues; staff list job-placement and workload among top concerns
Summary
The Elkhart Community Schools board heard results of a staff survey (516 responses) showing major concerns about staff assignments, potential reductions and uncertainty about future roles as the district pursues school consolidation to address a projected $5 million budget gap.
Elkhart Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Hough and district communications lead Wendy Wood presented staff-survey results to the school board on Dec. 9, saying 516 employees responded to an anonymous survey sent Nov. 25 and closed Dec. 3.
"Our staff survey, we sent to all staff on 11/25/2025. It closed on December 3," Wendy Wood said, summarizing the outreach and noting the survey combined multiple-choice and open-ended items. The administration consolidated the open responses and said it grouped them into 56 follow-up questions across 10 themes for public posting.
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