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HILLIARD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SURVEY

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HILLIARD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SURVEY Telephone Interviews Using a Combination of Valid Residential and Cellular Telephone Listings 402 Registered Voters

+/- 4.88% Overall Estimated Margin of Error, with a Confidence Interval of 9.76% Within Which the Results Could Vary March 11 – March 14, 2012 Data was Stratified so that the Differences in Vital Characteristics are Represented in Proportion to Their Percentages of the Electorate Due to rounding, not all results add to 100%, and the data is presented in a different order than the questions were asked

Methods

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THE OPINION ENVIRONMENT

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Thinking about the Hilliard City School District that serves your community, would you say that it is generally going in the right direction, or has it gotten off onto the wrong track?

Unsure 9% Mixed 4%

Right Direction 59% Wrong Track 29%

30% Net Right Direction

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Thinking about the Hilliard City School District that serves your community, would you say that it is generally going in the right direction, or has it gotten off onto the wrong track?

100 80 60 40

70 59 52 29

31

25

20 0

O VERALL

Pare n ts

Right direction 30% Net Right Direction

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Non -pare n ts

Wrong track

In your opinion, what do you think should be the top priority for the Hilliard City School District to work on during the next two years?

35%

Managing finances better/reducing costs

19

Focusing on education/basics of education

5 5 3 3 2 2 1 1

Administrators/teacher salaries Special programs/course work Improving test scores and academic performance Safety/crime issues Preparing students for future Focus on teachers Reducing taxes Class sizes

7 16

Other Unsure

Open-ended Question

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In your opinion, what do you think should be the top priority for the Hilliard City School District to work on during the next two years?

“I'm not sure about that, nothing comes to mind since I don't have any kids in the school district anymore. The only thing that I would request is that you lower my taxes. I pay a lot of taxes even though I do not have any children or grandchildren enrolled.�

Verbatim Response

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In your opinion, what do you think should be the top priority for the Hilliard City School District to work on during the next two years?

“Focusing on a mixed and well diverse education. Not just education but also the extracurricular activities: music programs, athletics, after school programs.�

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In your opinion, what do you think should be the top priority for the Hilliard City School District to work on during the next two years?

“Managing their money more appropriately. It’s only kind of hearsay with the community, but from what I understand, they built that new school with the new football stadium that is better than a lot of college campuses.”

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Overall, how would you rate the quality of education being provided by the Hilliard City School District?

Fair 8%

Unsure 5%

Total Negative 2%

2% Poor 0% Very Poor

45% Very good 40% Good

Total Positive 85%

83% Net Positive Rating

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Overall, how would you rate the quality of education being provided by the Hilliard City School District?

100 88

85

83

80 60 40 20 0

2 O VERALL

2 Pare n ts

Total positive 83% Net Positive Rating

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Total negative

PUBLIC FINANCES

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In your opinion, how would you rate the job the Hilliard City School District has done spending its money in an effective and responsible manner?

Unsure 8%

Fair 29%

Total Positive 39%

8% Very good 31% Good 15% Poor 10% Very Poor Total Negative 25%

14% Net Positive Rating

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In your opinion, how would you rate the job the Hilliard City School District has done spending its money in an effective and responsible manner?

60

40

39

39

38 25

26

23

40

38 26

23

20

0

O VERALL

Pare n ts*

Non -pare n ts*

Total positive

Me n

W om e n

Total negative * Differences were not statistically significant

14% Net Positive Rating

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Prior to this survey, how much news and information did you hear or read about recent cost savings and reductions that were implemented by the Hilliard City School District?

60

44 40

23 17

20

15

2 0 A lot

Some

Not ve ry much

67% Total Awareness

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Nothing at all

Unsure

Prior to this survey, how much news and information did you hear or read about recent cost savings and reductions that were implemented by the Hilliard City School District?

100

82

80

73

67 60

70 63

57 48

40 20 0

O VERALL

Pare n ts

Non -pare n ts

18 to 29

Awareness 67% Total Awareness

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45 to 59

60 an d ol de r

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Reducing operating costs and expenses?

67

73

Parents

More

20% Same

4 4 3

23

64

Non-parents

0%

23

23

40% Less

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60% Not informed

1 31

5 4 4

80% Unsure

100%

During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Providing students with fundamental career and life skills they need to seek jobs or attend employment training after they graduate?

58

47

Parents

0%

20% Same

4

33

64

Non-parents

More

27

23

40% Less

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60%

Not informed

9

2

13

2

3 7 3

80% Unsure

100%

During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Preparing students for college and higher education?

53

51

Parents*

55

Non-parents*

0% More

20% Same

40% Less

60% Not informed

38

3 51

43

141

34

4 5 2

80%

100%

Unsure * Differences were not statistically significant

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Offering advanced coursework and maximizing learning opportunities for each individual student?

46

Parents

46

Non-parents

47

0% More

40

45

20% Same

5

Less

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36

40%

60%

Not informed

7 3

5

80% Unsure

9

3

100%

During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Providing instruction and support for students with special needs or learning disabilities?

Parents*

42

36

More

47

45

Non-parents*

0%

43

4

40

20% Same

4

40% Less

60% Not informed

5

80%

9

2

12

1

7 3

100%

Unsure * Differences were not statistically significant

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Increasing the amount of access that students have to computers and learning technology in the classrooms?

41

Parents*

41

0%

39

20% Same

8

45

40

Non-parents*

More

42

40% Less

60% Not informed

8

80%

7 3

8

41

9

4

100%

Unsure * Differences were not statistically significant

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Having teachers use multimedia systems and technology to deliver course content and subject matter to students?

Parents*

35

33

0%

40% Less

10

17

31

20% Same

15

41

37

Non-parents*

More

35

15

60%

Not informed

9

12

80%

4

2

5

100%

Unsure * Differences were not statistically significant

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Varying the types of coursework and academic subjects that are offered to students?

Parents*

Non-parents*

0% More

32

45

35

46

30

44

20% Same

8

40% Less

8

8

60% Not informed

11

12

80%

4

9 1

6

100%

Unsure * Differences were not statistically significant

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During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Offering fine and performing arts curriculum, such as music, theatre and art as part of the complete educational experience?

Parents

Non-parents

32

30

46

20% Same

10

62

34

0% More

52

40% Less

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60%

Not informed

4 3

5 30

13

80% Unsure

4 4

100%

During the next two years, should the District put more, about the same or less emphasis on‌

Offering athletic programs and sports as part of the complete educational experience?

14

Parents

14

Non-parents

15

0% More

58

66

24

40% Less

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15

53

20% Same

21

60%

Not informed

80% Unsure

50

3 4

100%

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Generally speaking, how do you currently get most of your information about the Hilliard City School District?

42

The newspaper 3

Ohio Department of Education's state report card

10

School and district literature/publications

14

Email/e-news from the District 4

School district's website

16

All/combination Other

10 2

Unsure

0 Forced Choice Battery

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40

60

Which of the following would you say is the best source of information that you would find most useful, and want to hear from, in order to evaluate the quality of education for your school district?

18

Local teachers

11

District superintendent

29 Parents of current students

13 Enrolled students

11 Parents of former students

10 All/combination

4 Other

5 Unsure

0

20

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60

At this particular point in your life, how closely do you follow news and information about the public school district that serves your community?

60

47

40

37

20

13 4 0

0 Ve ry

Some what

Not ve ry

Among All Respondents

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Not at all

Unsure

At this particular point in your life, how closely do you follow news and information about the public school district that serves your community?

60

55

42 40

20

3 0

0

0 Ve ry

Some what

Not ve ry

Parents

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Unsure

At this particular point in your life, how closely do you follow news and information about the public school district that serves your community?

60

49

40

25 20 20

6 0 0 Ve ry

Some what

Not ve ry

Non-parents

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Unsure

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