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Survey shows families want concise communications; start-time shift seen as net positive with some bus issues
Summary
A district survey of 361 families found preferences for concise email updates and infographics, reported that later high-school start times led many families to report students wake later, and flagged bus routing and findability of budget information as concerns; the committee discussed follow-up data collection.
The Westford School Committee on April 27 reviewed results from a family survey that drew 361 responses (about an 11.3% response rate) and covered communications, budget findability, student progress, start times, and calendar preferences.
Committee members said the survey shows families still prefer email but want short, TLDR-style summaries with links or infographics to allow quick scanning. "People still wanted your email, but they…
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