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District to mail community survey seeking feedback on potential referendum; results due at June meeting
Summary
Janesville schools will mail a community survey prepared by School Perceptions to every household to gather feedback on a possible operational/capital referendum; draft timelines say results will be returned to the board by the June meeting and the survey will be available in multiple languages via QR code.
District staff outlined a planned community survey to gauge public support for a potential operational and capital referendum. The district plans to bulk-mail one paper survey per household, with a QR code allowing respondents to take the survey online in multiple languages and request additional respondent codes if households want more than one person to respond.
Staff said the survey will go to all residents in the Janesville School District; mailings will be printed and mailed within weeks, and the district will allow three or four weeks for responses. Staff said they aim to bring community feedback to the board by the June meeting and that School Perceptions, an outside vendor, will manage the survey distribution and initial data collection.
The presenter discussed conservative assumptions used for per-household cost illustrations tied to property value growth (examples in the packet contrasted a previously cited figure of about $0.81 per $100,000 with a recent cited value of $0.31, and staff used conservative growth rates of 2% in year one and 1% in subsequent years for modeling). Staff emphasized the survey is a feedback tool only; any final decision on placing a referendum on the ballot would require a separate board action.
