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Verona district reports 525 staff survey responses, highlights strengths and areas for growth
Summary
Superintendent presented March 2026 staff feedback showing 525 respondents (51.8% response rate). The district flagged strengths—understanding of mission, pride at work—and areas to improve including resource allocation coherence, staff input, and consistency of leadership; follow‑up steps were outlined.
The Verona Area School District presented results of a March 2026 staff feedback survey that drew 525 responses, a 51.8% participation rate, district leaders told the board.
Superintendent Dr. Clary told the board the data show clear “bright spots,” including rising agreement that staff understand the district’s mission and goals (reported at 89.7%) and that staff feel pride in their work (about 84%). "We had 525 staff survey respondents which is a 51.8% response rate," the superintendent said while summarizing dissemination and follow‑up steps.
Board members and administrators also discussed areas the survey identified for improvement: perceptions that district‑level resources are not always allocated to maximize effectiveness, uneven opportunities for staff input into decisions that affect their jobs, workload distribution, and variability in leadership effectiveness across sites. Administrators said resource allocation had declined since last year and therefore became a focus for staff advisory work.
District staff described concrete next steps to address those concerns: expanding newsletter content to include more departments (to improve transparency and coherence), protecting co‑planning time for teachers (especially for special education and multilingual co‑planning), strengthening the staff advisory process, and gathering additional student voice to highlight staff contributions. The presentation emphasized that many schools will continue to hold site‑level sessions to discuss their local staff feedback alongside districtwide reporting.
Board members asked how survey responses tie to building‑level versus district‑level impressions; administrators said results are disaggregated by site and that the superintendent and central office will work with building leaders to own site issues rather than treating them as centralized problems. The presentation noted the district already shared school‑level videos and materials with staff and families and will continue that “flipped classroom” approach.
The board did not take formal action tied directly to the survey results at this meeting; administrators said follow‑up reports and implementation steps are planned and that survey findings will be used to inform the 2026‑27 planning cycle.
The next procedural step: staff will continue advisory meetings, post school‑level reports, and bring implementation updates to future board meetings.
