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Indian Prairie School District 204 Public Opinion Survey

1.Before receiving the enclosed information, how much had you read, seen, or heard about Indian Prairie School District 204’s possible limiting rate referendum to address districtwide facility and operating needs?
2.How likely are you to vote in the November 2024 Presidential Election?
3.How satisfied are you with the amount of information you have received regarding Indian Prairie School District 204’s possible limiting rate referendum?
4.Schools often use the letter grades A, B, C, D, or F to grade students. If you had the chance to grade Indian Prairie School District 204, what letter grade would you give the District?
5.Indian Prairie School District 204’s proposed limiting rate referendum would provide funding toward districtwide facility and operating needs. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being “Low Priority” and 5 being “High Priority,” what priority should be placed on funding each of the following needs?
(1) Low Priority
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5) High Priority
a) Districtwide safety and security upgrades, including the addition of secure entry vestibules, access controls, intrusion detection, and surveillance equipment.
b) Replacing roofing that has reached the end of its useful life.
c) Replacing outdated, inefficient mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and air quality systems.
d) Renovating elementary schools, including upgrades to classrooms, libraries, kindergarten, and student support services and special education spaces.
e) Renovating middle schools, including upgrades to classrooms, encore spaces, libraries, and student support services and special education spaces.
f) Making the most significant improvements to Waubonsie Valley High School, Hill Middle School, and Gregory Middle School, each of which have the greatest facility needs.
g) Repurposing The Birkett Freshman Center and making significant improvements to Neuqua Valley High School to move freshmen back to the main campus.
h) Adding more mental health professionals to address increased mental health services needs.
i) Reducing class sizes by adding more teachers.
j) Establishing a consistent maintenance and capital improvement schedule to protect what has been improved.
6.Would you be more likely or less likely to support Indian Prairie School District 204’s proposed limiting rate referendum knowing the following information?
More Likely to Support
Less Likely to Support
Makes No Difference
Don't Know
a) The proposed limiting rate referendum would not require a net tax rate increase. This is possible because IPSD 204 has long-term debt that will expire soon.
b) District 204’s high-performing schools attract young families and protect property values.
c) The proposed improvements would enhance building efficiency and reduce costly and disruptive emergency repairs, saving taxpayer dollars.
d) There are three District 204 schools with facilities in more need than the others. A portion of the funding would address extensive repairs and renovations to these schools so that every student has access to a quality learning environment.
e) There is growing demand for mental health services at IPSD 204’s schools, which is why there is a need for more counselors and other mental health professionals.
f) IPSD 204’s average class size is larger than its peer districts and 20% larger than the State average.
g) More than 25,000 students and 33 school buildings in District 204 would be positively impacted by the proposed limiting rate referendum.
h) Unlike a bond referendum, voter approval of a limiting rate referendum would allow the District to fund both facility and operating needs..
i) No new schools are proposed. The capital facility upgrades would be focused strictly on updating existing school buildings.
7.LIMITING RATE PROPOSAL. If a local election were held today, would you vote “yes” in favor of, or “no” to oppose, a 37-cent limiting rate increase for the purpose of constructing security improvements, including installing secure entryways, access controls, intrusion detection, and surveillance equipment; replacing roofing, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC systems; updating classrooms, science labs, encore spaces, and libraries/media centers; improving energy efficiency; adding mental health professionals and teachers; and for other school purposes?
8.What is your gender?
9.Do you have a child in the Indian Prairie
School District?
10.What is your age? (Please check all that apply if more than one person helped complete the survey.)
11.Are you, or is any member of your family, an employee of Indian Prairie School District 204?
12.What is your zip code?