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Board hires School Perceptions for community survey to inform capital referendum; cost about $10,000
Summary
The board approved contracting School Perceptions to run a districtwide community survey to gauge support for a possible capital referendum; the vendor outlined an inclusive mail/online process, a target of ~400 responses for statistical confidence, and a timeline that would have survey mailings after the November election and results by Dec. 12.
The Silver Lake J1 School District board approved contracting School Perceptions to administer a community survey to inform potential capital‑referendum planning.
Bill Foster of School Perceptions described an “inclusive process” that mails a paper survey to every household and provides an online option, demographic subgroup analysis, and weighting to account for staff and parent response differences. Foster said typical response rates…
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