Fairfax County School Board Communications Survey

The Fairfax County School Board wants to improve communications with and outreach to parents and the larger community. We invite you to take just a few minutes to complete the following survey to help the School Board understand how to better serve its constituents. Thank you.

Please select the phrase that best describes you:

Please select the phrase that best describes you: A parent with one or more children in Fairfax County Public Schools

A person without children in Fairfax County Public Schools

1. How would you like to receive information from the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply)

1. How would you like to receive information from the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply) Receive Keep in Touch messages via e-mail

Visit the Fairfax County Public Schools web site for School Board updates

Receive special newsletters from your School Board member

Watch televised School Board meetings on Channel 21

Listen to podcasts of School Board meetings and work sessions

Not interested in receiving information from the School Board

Other (please specify)

2. How would you like to send information to the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply)

2. How would you like to send information to the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply) Send an e-mail

Make a telephone call

Complete an inquiry or comment form on the Fairfax County Public Schools web site, which would result in the publication of a Frequently Asked Questions list with answers

Contribute to suggestion boxes placed at schools, libraries, or other community locations

Complete surveys such as this one

Comment at School Board public hearings

Not interested in sending information to the School Board

Other (please specify)

3. How would you like to have a two-way dialogue with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply)

3. How would you like to have a two-way dialogue with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply) Attend face-to-face meetings in your community at various locations, such as the library or a retail establishment

Schedule School Board member time at PTA meetings

Attend regular visiting hours with School Board members

Schedule open discussion forums with opportunities for public comments and responses from School Board members

Contribute to online interactive chat forums (through a computer)

Participate in webinars (guided presentations with opportunities to comment through a computer)

Contribute to a blog (a special web site that invites written comments about issues)

Not interested in having a two-way dialogue with the School Board

Other (please specify)

4. What topics would you like to communicate about with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply)

4. What topics would you like to communicate about with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply) Specific decisions coming up before the School Board

Outcomes of specific decisions made by the School Board

Academic issues that affect students and/or families

Societal issues that affect students and/or families (e.g., depression, suicide, or stress)

Emerging issues that could affect students and/or families

Don’t know

Other (please specify)

5. What do you want to accomplish by communicating with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply)

5. What do you want to accomplish by communicating with the Fairfax County School Board? (check all that apply) To have a voice in School Board decisions

To better understand how the School Board made decisions on specific issues

To better understand emerging issues facing Fairfax County and its schools

To be heard by School Board members on emerging issues facing students and/or families

Don’t know

Other (please specify)