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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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