Living Sky School Division wants input to better serve its students.
Following the board of education's approval of the information package for Strategic Planning Public Consultation at the regular board meeting Oct. 26, the school division will be implementing the public engagement plan beginning Oct. 31, with the survey closing Nov. 11.
Dave Hutchinson, director of education for Living Sky, says the feedback is vital for setting future goals for the school division.
"Every school board is responsible for reaching out to its public periodically and asking the questions ‘how well do you think we're doing’ and ‘is there anything we can do to improve’ and that's essentially what this is about," said Hutchinson.
Hutchinson then added that the division will be carrying out the survey online through a company called ThoughtExchange and can be reached on the Living Sky School Division's website www.lskysd.ca.
Also available on the school division's website is the information package that was approved at last week's board meeting, which guides stakeholders in the consultation process by providing figures on student enrolment, reading levels and graduation rates, among other graphs and data. The information package also poses open-ended questions to respondents such as "how can we best prepare and support students for their future?" and "what are some things you appreciate about your school?"
In effect, the data collected from respondents will allow the division to respond directly to its stakeholders, Hutchinson said, by incorporating the survey answers into the future strategic plan which will reflect the priorities of the public.
