Tell The BOE And The COE What You Think By: Anthony Pellegrino
One of the main purposes of this column is to stir up thinking concerning the quality of education our children receive. It also strives to get you involved in that quality. Towards these ends I am reprinting an “education survey’ taken from the National Public Radio/On Line for your consideration. The PSS and the BOE need your candid input. They will perform better knowing what you think and that you care. If you prefer not to sign your responses that is okay. But do send in your responses.
Please take several minutes to complete the following survey and send your thoughts to: Dr. Inos. Commissioner of Education. Public School System. P.O. Box 1370 CK. Saipan. M.P. 96950. OF] Fax to 664 37g8.
In answering the following questions, you may simply circle your feeling or/and also write a few comments elaborating your thoughts. This would help the COE and the BOE greatly if they were to receive additional input. The PSS is only as good as you demand it to be. Please participate in this survey. Because it is rather lengthy it will be continued in tomorrow’s column.
Survey Questions
1. What grade would you give our local public schools A, B’ C, D, or FAIL?
2. What grade would you give the public schools nationally? A, B, C, D, or FAIL?
3. What grade would you give the school your oldest child attends7 A, 6, C, D, F?
4. What grade would you give your oldest child’s teachers? A, B, C, D, F?
5. Do you think most well to do people in our community send their children to public schools, or not? Yes or No.
6. How often do you help your children do homework assignments nearly every day, once or twice a week, or less often than that?
7. How often do you meet with your children’s teachers once a month, a few times a year, or only rarely?
8. Do you feel your child’s teachers a have a good understanding of your child’s academic abilities and weaknesses, or not? Yes or No.
9. Do you feel that your child’s teachers have a good understanding of your child’s overall development and happiness? Yes or No.
10. How much influence do you think you have over your child’s education a great deal, quite a lot, some, or not much at all?
11. For each of the following problem, decide whether it is a major, a minor, or not a problem in our schools. How about….
a) Students who are undisciplined and disruptive: Major Minor Not Problem
b) Lack of adequate academic standards: Major Minor Not Problem
c) Overcrowded classrooms: Major Minor Not Problem
d) Discrimination against children because of race or gender:
e) Public school facilities are unsafe or unhealthy:
f) Lack of computers and technology:
g) Violence and lack of school safety:
h) Lack of parental involvement:
I) Poor quality teachers:
j) Student use of alcohol or illegal drugs:
k) Poor school administration: Major Minor Not Problem
