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A Citizen's Survey: Hope Maine
Attempting to Improve Town-Wide Communication, Engagement, and Participation
1.
How would you prefer to vote for the Hope Town Budget and other proposed Town decisions?
In person at the Annual Town Meeting and/or subsequent Special Town Meetings and expressing your vote by a raise of hands. (no change from current system)
At the polls by written ballot/absentee ballot
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2.
How well does the Town of Hope communicate with voters regarding the budget and important issues?
Very Good
Good
Neutral
Poor
Very Poor
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3.
What is your preferred way of receiving information from the Town of Hope so that you can cast an informed vote? (Select Two)
Town Website
Sign up to receive email from the Town
Sign up to receive text messages from the Town
Raise taxes to fund receiving printed & mailed information prior to all pending votes
Attend Public Hearing/Town Meetings
Local Press Coverage (ie: Midcoast Villager, PenBay Pilot, etc;)
What methods do you currently use to stay informed about town business?
4.
Do you normally attend the Annual Town Meeting?
Yes
No
If you answered "No", what factors keep you from attending?
5.
What day of the week and time would be most likely to encourage you to attend the Annual Town meeting? (Select all that apply)
Monday at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday at 6:00 p.m. (Currently used)
Friday at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday Morning
Saturday Afternoon
Sunday Afternoon
Sunday Late Afternoon-Early Evening
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6.
Do you normally attend Select Board meetings? What suggestions do you have to improve engagement, participation, and involvement at Select Board meetings?
Yes
No
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7.
How well do you feel the Hope Elementary School communicates with voters regarding the budget and important issues?
Very Good
Good
Neutral
Poor
Very Poor
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8.
IF
these changes could decrease the property tax burden on Hope taxpayers,
and
provide quality education would you support the following? (Select all that apply)
Encourage and coordinate classroom volunteers to replace some classroom ed techs.
Increase the teacher to pupil ratio in the classrooms (2023-2024 teacher to pupil ratio was 8:1)
Group multi-age students together when class sizes are too small.
Eliminate non-mandatory Pre-K Programming (4 year old children)
Tuition Hope students to different school districts
Withdraw from current School Union 69 (Central Office Administration, not HES)
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9.
What is your preferred way of receiving information from Hope Elementary school in order to cast an informed vote?
Include school information on town website
Sign up to receive information via email
Sign up to receive information via text message
Raise taxes to fund printed & mailed information prior to pending votes
Attend School Special Town Meeting
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10.
Which of the following are you likely to attend? (Check all that apply)
Select Board Meeting
School Committee Meeting
Planning Board Meeting
Sporting Event
Annual Town Meeting
School Budget Meeting
A Concert
Hope Day Parade
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11.
How likely are you to either watch, attend, and/or participate on a
regular basis
in Select Board and/or School Committee Meetings utilizing platforms such as YouTube, Zoom, Teams, or others used for remoting and streaming?
(Some small costs may be incurred and cause a modest increase in the town budget)
Very Likely
Likely
Neutral
Unlikely
Very Unlikely
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