Committee approves community survey with staff-directed edits

The committee approved a community survey to gather public input on May 21 and directed staff to finalize edits and distribute it to the public. Speaker 9 moved to approve the survey "with the amendments recommended today" and Speaker 2 seconded; the chair called the question and the committee voiced its support.

Emily Shreeves, the committee staff liaison, said most required responses are scale or yes/no items and that optional text boxes would allow qualitative feedback. "I believe that it's kind of up to the individual to decide how long they want to spend with the survey," she said, and confirmed she would change two items to multi-select per committee feedback.

A committee member noted concern about timing because Calvert County Public Schools recently issued a parent survey. The member urged the committee to avoid sending its survey too quickly "after that," and the chair said timing would be considered before distribution to prevent survey fatigue.

The chair instructed staff to implement the committee's recommended edits and proceed with distribution. No numerical roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript; the motion was announced as carried after an "aye" vote.

The committee said staff will follow through with the recommended changes and return any additional scheduling decisions to the group if needed.