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Superintendent: Parent survey shows high satisfaction with teachers but concerns about facilities and support staff
Summary
The superintendent told the East Windsor Board of Education that 88 parents (representing 150 students) completed a fall survey showing strong satisfaction with teachers and communication preferences but mixed ratings on facilities and lower perceived availability of support staff. He proposed targeted follow-ups and student engagement to deepen insight.
The East Windsor superintendent presented findings from a parent survey conducted in October, telling the Board of Education that 88 parents completed the survey on behalf of about 150 students and that the district will distribute the full questions and responses by email the following day.
The superintendent said the responses indicate “parents are satisfied with their child's overall educational experiences,” and that parents placed high importance on academic challenge (a weighted average of about 4.4 on a five-point scale). He added that “about 73% said they were either satisfied or very satisfied” with teachers’ ability to challenge students.
But the survey also flagged areas for further work. On facilities, roughly 25% of respondents rated the district’s educational facilities as poor and another 54% rated them average, while athletic facilities drew similar middling scores. On support staff availability—roles like interventionists and paraprofessionals—the superintendent said about 44% of respondents were neutral and roughly 16% were dissatisfied, signaling a possible gap between the importance parents place on support staff and perceived availability.
Board members pressed for clarification about what the survey labeled “support staff.” Patrick (the superintendent) said the instrument used general role labels (for example, interventionist or reading support) rather than individualized question tracks for math, reading or special education, and cautioned that the 15% response rate limits subgroup comparisons: “the respondent rate of 15% … is usable,” he said, “but not valid for making strong claims about the entire parent population.”
The board discussed next steps. Student representative Tim volunteered to help convene small student focus groups to provide direct student voice. The superintendent recommended shortening and targeting future surveys to improve response rates and pledged to share the raw survey data and suggested follow-up items in an email to the board the next day.
The board took no formal vote on the survey results but asked staff to return with more granular data and proposed outreach steps, including a post‑survey later in the year to measure progress.
