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Suffern superintendent reports high survey satisfaction, flags communication and extracurricular gaps
Summary
At the Dec. 17 board meeting, the superintendent presented ThoughtExchange survey results showing roughly 90% of respondents reporting satisfaction districtwide and about 87% satisfaction at the elementary level, while noting parents asked for better communication, more extracurriculars and career-oriented options for older students.
The superintendent told the Suffern Central School District Board of Education on Dec. 17 that early results from a districtwide ThoughtExchange survey show broad satisfaction but also clear areas for improvement. “We had a significant group of individuals that were selecting that they were satisfied or very satisfied,” he said, calling the response encouraging.
The survey, issued roughly two weeks before the meeting and distributed in English, Spanish and Ukrainian, was intended to capture community feedback about the school year about three months after an elementary-school restructuring. The superintendent said elementary satisfaction was reported at…
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