School Board Hosts Community Focus Group
60 Community Members Participate at April 3rd session
April 05, 2008
The Meridian CUSD #223 School Board hosted its first community focus group session on Thursday, April 3rd at Stillman Valley High School. The purpose of the of the focus group was for the School Board to gain a better understanding of the participating community members perspective on the School District.
Each School Board member and administrator had invited five community members to participate in the session, which had the goal of representing a cross section of the community. The invited community members were asked to R.S.V.P. prior to April 3. After the RSVP deadline, the School Board opened up participation to any willing community member to fill out slots for those who could not attend.
During the first part of the program, District Superintendent Bob Prusator provided student achievement, demographic and financial information to the focus group. Next, the participating community members were randomly divided into seven small groups. Serving as facilitators in the groups were Meridian CUSD #223 administrators, directors and representatives from the Stillman Valley Education Association. A Meridian School Board member was assigned to each group. The groups were asked to respond to three main questions: 1) What are you proud of in Meridian CUSD #223?; What concerns/issues do you have?; What recommendations could you give the Meridian CUSD #223 Senior Leadership Team for improvements? The groups were also asked to respond to the status of trust between the community and school district.The small group component of the session lasted approximately sixty minutes.
During the final part of the focus group session, each group reported to the full group the five highest priority items that were discussed in their small group. Each group also reported a composite trust score, which was ranked on a scale of one to ten.
The session provided the School Board with meaningful information and feedback on the perspectives of the community. The District's next task is to compile all of the feedback and utilize it in order to assist in establishing improvement goals for the next school year.
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