Fall 2024 Family Climate/Culture Survey

We are asking all families to help us by completing the semi-annual MRH School Climate Survey: Families developed by the University of Missouri.

Why take this survey? Good question! Here are answers to frequently asked questions:

• How long does the survey take? Not long! 5 minutes or less.
• Is there a deadline? We are keeping the survey link active for one month. It will close on Sunday, December 8.
• Is the survey anonymous? Absolutely. We do not collect email addresses and have no way of determining who completed the survey.
• Do I have to answer all of the questions? Based on the feedback from you, our families, we did make some questions optional. If the question is marked with an asterisk, it must be answered, but there are several that do not have asterisks. Of course, we would love answers to all of the questions, but hopefully the updated version makes it easier to complete and increases the accuracy of the results. Thanks for the feedback! It was very helpful.
• How many are we trying to collect? While we would love to have 100% participation, we are setting incremental goals each year. Last fall, we received 385 completed surveys. This year, we would love to collect 500+ surveys. There are approximately 1500 students at MRH (representing about 1000 families).
• How is this information used? We share this information with the entire community. Our school board, District leadership team, building leadership teams, MTSS teams, and families. We review the data, and use it to create District /building climate goals.
• If I have more than one child in the district, do I fill one out for each student? That is totally up to you. The survey has the capacity to be completed for an entire family, but if your student is having vastly different experiences at their schools, feel free to complete one per student.
• Will the results be shared publicly? Yes! These results are shared publicly at our school board meeting, and posted on the school board agenda.
• Will other stakeholders be taking a school climate survey? Yes! Students (grades 3-12) and all MRH staff members will also be taking a survey this month.

Note: if you do not want your student taking the school climate survey, simply contact your child's principal or assistant principal and they can opt out.

RESULTS: Community Roundtables Post-Event Survey

The Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP) is the state's accountability system for reviewing, accrediting, and making classification decisions for local education agencies (LEAs i.e. school districts). It outlines expectations for school practices and student outcomes, with the goal of each student graduating ready for success in college, career, and life. MSIP 6 is intended to distinguish the performance of schools and LEAs in valid, accurate, and meaningful ways so that LEAs can continue to improve and identify areas of excellence.

MSIP 6 requires stakeholders to be engaged in ongoing development and progress monitoring of the strategic plan. The purpose of the BOE Community Roundtable discussion is to solicit community input and feedback for the superintendent of schools for planning purposes. The feedback and comments received will be included as a data point for presentations and/or recommendations to the Board of Education regarding the District's newly adopted strategic plan. The Roundtable feedback is reviewed and considered by the Board of Education as they review the superintendent’s recommendations.

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY RESPONSES

RESULTS: Follow-Up Family Communications Survey, January/February 2024

This past winter, the MRH Communications Department appealed to all families in the District to complete a follow-up survey with questions about the weekly newsletters and messages received from our principals and classroom teachers. The survey was intended to gauge families' level of satisfaction with such newsletters since the original survey in the spring of 2023. We are grateful to those who responded during the month-long survey period (141 responses, or, just 16% of all MRH families.) The findings can be viewed HERE.

In order to ensure that communications practices align with the MRH 5-year Strategic Plan, these survey results will be reviewed for possible action steps by the "For Our Community" Management Oversight Team (MOT), which comprises District staff members and parents. The MOT team will then present recommendations to a School Board Advisory Committee, led by Board Director Linda Robinson. The MOT group meets monthly throughout the year; the Board committee plans to assemble quarterly.

Stay Survey, 2022-2023

Stay surveys are designed to: 

• Ask current employees why they’re happy at MRH and why they might not be

• Understand the specific reasons employees have for staying in MRH

• Understand employment practices from the employee’s perspective

• Develop next steps to improve employment satisfaction and strengthen positive workplace relationships  

Survey results can be found HERE.