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Hudson city schools PHONE POLL Results THE IMPACT GROUP May 28, 2014

Hudson city schools PHONE POLL Results THE IMPACT GROUP May 28, 2014. Phone Poll Methodology. Conducted: 5/1/14 – 5/6/14 Appropriate sample from each ward 40% / 60% Male – Female Respondents Appropriate sample from age groupings

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Hudson city schools PHONE POLL Results THE IMPACT GROUP May 28, 2014

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  1. Hudson city schools PHONE POLL Results THE IMPACT GROUP May 28, 2014

  2. Phone Poll Methodology • Conducted: 5/1/14 – 5/6/14 • Appropriate sample from each ward40% /60% Male – Female RespondentsAppropriate sample from age groupings • N=321 (Sample - Registered voters located within The City of Hudson)Confidence Interval: + / - 5.381%Confidence Level: 95%

  3. Q1: In your own words, how would you describe the Hudson City School District? • Positive Themes that Surfaced: • Parents are involved • Caring, hard working, looking to the future • High standards and strong education • Challenging, creative and stellar • Good school district for kids, good activities for kids • They prepare for college, considerate of students • Provide quality education and are serious about the children • Focused on excellence • Evolving, flexible, fairly open to parent involvement • Administration is strong

  4. Q1: In your own words, how would you describe the Hudson City School District? • Positive Themes continued: • Great teaching staff and administration • Teachers are strong and students are focused • Best schools in the area • We moved here to attend the schools • Uses funds well and has good students and teachers • Communicates well with the city and has good activities and events

  5. Q1: In your own words, how would you describe the Hudson City School District? • Possible Areas of Improvement: • Too academically strict and needs building improvements • Needs more art and music programs • Needs more teachers • Buildings need to be updated • Could use some improvement but has a plan, I think • Middle school is old • Some improvements need to be made on the buildings • Additional buildings need to be built to meet growing population • Buildings do not have air conditioning • Let us parents know what is happening

  6. Q2: What do you believe is the biggest challenge facing the Hudson City School District?

  7. Q2a: 149 stated finances are the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • They do not spend the right way • Pay a lot in taxes and the state is not fair • Concerned about child to teacher ratio and cuts that have occurred in the past • They have severe problems because of the high employee costs • They spend too much money • Teachers need more pay to do a better job • Not enough sports, music and arts • Community is not educated enough to make financial decisions at the polls • Wish for more transparency on costs • Need to see better results with the money spent

  8. Q2b: 33said academic performance is the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • Because of large class sizes • Lack of art and music programs • Teachers don’t always seem concerned about poor performers • Need to focus more on arts and sports • More focus on college prep • Need to improve sports programs and facilities • Lack of music program to encourage gifted students • Arts and sports programs are poor • Technology needs to be improved • Losing the attention of lower performing kids

  9. Q2c: 6said trust is the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • In where the money goes • Politicians (school board) do not understand finance • Need more visibility to the money trail • Need people with a better understanding of the educational system • Less focus on politics – more on the children • Need more visibility to the process and how decisions are made

  10. Q2d: 8said safety is the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • More and more kids doing drugs • Drugs • Drugs are a problem • Social issues • Bullying and gangs • Drugs and gangs • Bullying

  11. Q2e: 31said quality of staff is the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • Keeping good teachers motivated and letting go of those just biding time for retirement • Teachers have authority issues • Hold teachers accountable • Need to improve the teaching staff constantly • Teachers need to have fewer students to do a better job • We need more teachers • Keeping the children focused when classes are so large

  12. Q2f: 51 said buildings and facilities is the biggest challenge facing Hudson Schools. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • Building needs to be updated, lots of leaks • Things that need repaired should be repaired in a timely fashion • Too many students per class • Upgrades need done • Middle school is getting old, needs updating • There is no air conditioning in some of the buildings • Schools are getting old and we are not keeping up • Buildings are too old and too small for the number of children we have • Outdated technology and buildings • Some of the buildings don’t have what is needed for the children in comfort • Sports facilities are not in good shape • Better facilities are safer

  13. Next Question series When evaluating the quality of the education provided by the Hudson City School District, how important are the following items on a scale from 5 to 1, with 5 being the most important and 1 being the least important?

  14. Q3: How important is the national AP ranking?

  15. Q4: How important is the district’s report card published by the Ohio Department of Education?

  16. Q5: How important are the ACT and SAT scores?

  17. Q6: How important is the student/teacher ratio?

  18. Q7: How important are the awards and recognition of the district, schools, staff and students?

  19. Q8: How important are the music programs?

  20. Q9: How important are the fine arts programs?

  21. Q10: How important are the athletic programs?

  22. Q3-10: Overall Percentage Summaries of Most Important (5) plus Somewhat Important (4) • Student/teacher ratio – 85.60% • ACT & SAT scores – 83.80% • National AP ranking – 78.50% • District report card – 76.90% • Fine Arts – 75.60% • Music programs – 70.40% • Awards and recognition of the district – 67.60% • Athletic programs – 54.20%

  23. For question 11, we repeated the previous eight possible areas for evaluating Hudson Schools, and then asked respondents to choose the THREE areas that they believe to be most important.

  24. Q11: Of the 8 areas, which 3 are the most important when evaluating Hudson Schools? • Student/Teacher ratio– 199 • ACT/SAT scores– 163 • National AP ranking - 147 • District report card – 128 • Music program – 81 • Awards and recognition – 74 • Fine Arts program – 70 • Athletic programs – 64 • Other - 6

  25. For questions 12-16, we asked respondents to rank the financial priority of 5 areas from most to least important.

  26. Q12: How much of a financial priority is having 1-1 technology available for each student during instruction to you?

  27. Q13: How much of a financial priority is it to provide leading edge technology and digital learning opportunities to you?

  28. Q14: How much of a financial priority is it to recruit highly qualified teachers to you?

  29. Q15: How much of a financial priority is it to you to have air conditioning for school buildings that don’t have it?

  30. Q16: How much of a financial priority is it to have facility maintenance and upgrades to you?

  31. Q12-16: Overall Percentage Summaries of Highest Financial Priorities (5) plus (4) • Highly qualified teachers– 90.40% • Leading edge technology– 87.30% • Facility Maintenance– 72.60% • 1-1 technology– 65.10% • Air conditioning– 50.50%

  32. For question 17, we mentioned five possible areas deserving of Hudson’s financial priority, and then asked respondents to choose the TWO areas that they believe to be most deserving.

  33. Q17: Of the 5 areas just mentioned, which 2 deserve the highest financial priority? • Recruitment of Highly Qualified Teachers – 230 • Digital Learning and Technology – 152 • Facility Maintenance and Upgrades – 98 • 1-1 Technology for Instruction – 68 • Air Conditioning for Schools that don't Currently have it – 53 • Other - 12

  34. Q18: How would you describe the present financial condition of the Hudson City Schools?

  35. Q19: How would you describe the Hudson City School’s management of finances?

  36. Q20: In your perception, how safe are the Hudson City Schools?

  37. Q21: How would you rate the quality of the teachers at the Hudson City Schools?

  38. Q22: How would you rate the quality of the Hudson City Schools administrators?

  39. Q23: If I was to say that the Hudson City Schools were leaders in their field, would you…

  40. Q24: Where do you presently receive most of your information about the Hudson City School District?

  41. Q24: Where do you presently receive most of your information about the Hudson City School District? • It is interesting to note that of those who chose the Hudson Hub, the majority of the respondents were 18-34 and 45-65 years old. • Those 35-44 years old got their information through school building e-subscribes and the district newsletter.

  42. Q25: How would you like to receive more information about the Hudson City School District?

  43. Q26: How do you presently get information about school board business?

  44. Q27: In general, do you feel that the Hudson City School District is headed in the right direction or the wrong direction?

  45. Q28a: 275said theybelieve the school district is heading in the right direction. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • Fiscal responsibility. High quality recruitment and dynamic technology in the classroom • There is one thing they do very well – create leaders • Superintendent is very fantastic and in tune with what we need • Change of administration and improvements of technology • Happy with performance of the superintendent • Head of the game technology • They are always keeping up to date with technology and good quality of teachers • The excellent ratings through US News and Ohio News Reports • The teachers and administration really care about our student’s education and future

  46. Q28a: 275said they believe the school district is heading in the right direction. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • They have educated administrators that are on top of education needs • Great leader (superintendent) • Handling things financially well • Great superintendent • Superintendent is doing a great job • Good fiscal responsibility • The emphasis they put on quality teachers as well as technology • Good test scores, ratings • Like the way the teachers communicate with families • Exceeding state standards • Superintendent is a great addition • Students have a good chance for college and careers

  47. Q28b: 19 said they believe the school district is heading in the wrong direction. In 2 or 3 words of your own, tell us why. • Physical plant is in poor condition • They are adding unnecessary security, poor water quality, unsanitary • Need to improve focus on every child, not just the smart ones • Would like to see more focus of spending money on the important things • Need to increase sports • Need more extra curricular activities to build well-rounded adults

  48. Q29: Into which age bracket do you belong?

  49. Break out of Wards Ward 1 – 86 residentsWard 2 – 76 residents Ward 3 – 73 residents Ward 4 – 86 residents

  50. Q30: Are you the parent of a current, soon-to-be or past Hudson City School District student?

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