Dear Parents and Residents of the Northeastern Local School District:

We would like to thank the many of you who participated in the District’s recent Ohio Improvement Planning Survey.  These surveys are very important sources of information about how we can continuously improve the school learning environment.  It also helps us improve our communications with the people in the community who are most concerned about what is taking place in our schools.

We were very pleased to receive 219 responses from Parents in our district and 88 responses from our Residents in the District who do not have children in the schools.

The questions were divided into three categories-

-         Issues surrounding the safety of our students

-         How well our communications efforts are informing our school community

-         The overall educational experience we provide our students using our current technology and curriculum. 

Based on your responses, we have learned about the areas where we are doing well and the areas which need the most improvement.  Eighty-two percent (82%) of parents and non-parent residents who participated in the survey feel our students are receiving a good education and that our teachers are doing a good job. 

The majority of all respondents knew how to get in touch with our administrative offices and felt comfortable bringing concerns to their attention. 

It was very encouraging that 97.7% of the non-parent survey participants stated that they had visited one or more of our school buildings.

Approximately half (50%) of all respondents felt we do a good job communicating but the other (50%) feels there is room for improvement.  Many of you said you’d like to see more positive things written about our schools in the paper and that only half of the respondents are hearing about school issues, events and activities. 

Seventy three percent (73%) of our parent respondents knew that our schools have security measures in place for their children and that their children were aware of what to do in the event of an emergency or lockdown, but nearly 60% of those parents also felt our buildings were only “somewhat” safe.  Of the non-parent respondents, 63.3% of these respondents did not feel our buildings were safe. Over 51% responded that they could enter classrooms without checking in to the office or signing in as a visitor.

Seventy-five percent (75%) of the survey participants wanted to see new technology and curriculum introduced into our schools.  Respondents felt teaching methods in our schools may be more limited than in other districts.

Please know that your comments and suggestions will help us improve the education of our students, create a safe and conducive learning environment and enhance our communication with our school community.  We welcome your continued input and involvement.

We will be conducting another follow-up survey in the spring and we hope that you will once again participate and also ask your neighbors and friends to log onto our website and provide us with important feedback.  We will continue to strive to make Northeastern Local the best school district possible and your input and support is critical in achieving this goal.