Montgomery County Public Schools Survey 2014

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Montgomery County Public Schools Survey

Summary

July 16, 2014

Compiled by the S! Center "or #eadership and Public Policy


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Purpose

This survey provides a gauge of public sentiment towards the Montgomery County

Public School System and its administration over the last year. This survey and the

resulting data will be contrasted with the results from similar annual surveys conducted

in the initial year of each of the previous four superintendents.

Methodology

representative group of Montgomery County residents over the age of 1! years old

were randomly as"ed to participate. #ive hundred eighteen respondents participated in

this survey resulting in a confidence level of $% percent with a confidence interval of

plus or minus &.' percent. The survey was conducted from March ' through pril 2&(

2)1&. *ver &! percent of the respondents had a child or grandchild in the system and

over %6 percent were between the ages of 1! and %% years old. ccording to the

Census +ureau in 2)1'( the median age in Montgomery County was '%. ,n addition( %-

percent of those ta"ing the survey were frican merican( in line with the 2)1' Census

of %6.' percent. omen made up 6! percent of those participating.

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Signi"icant (indings

/ #ive hundred eighteen Montgomery residents over the age of 1! years old participatedin this year0s survey. *ver &! percent of these respondents had a child or grandchild in

the Montgomery County Public School System.

/ early 12 percent of the respondents had a child or grandchild with special needs that

was attending public school. *nly '&.% percent of those respondents said that their child

was receiving the necessary support.

/ hen as"ed to rate the Montgomery Public School System only 2!.6 percent of

participants rated it good or ecellent and nearly '2 percent rated it as bad.

/ hen as"ed to rate the school board( only 22.! percent of participants rated it as good

or ecellent and over '2 percent rated it as bad.

/ hen as"ed to rate the leadership of the board( 2%.& percent rated it good or ecellent

and 2! percent rated it bad.

/ hen respondents were as"ed to rate first year superintendent( Margaret llen( ').%

percent said she was doing a good or ecellent 3ob and another '-.! percent said they

li"ed her ideas but needed time to see the results. *nly 2.' percent of those surveyed

said she was doing a poor 3ob. hen compared to the previous three superintendents0

first year rating( her good to ecellent rating was close to the best and her negative

rating was the lowest ever surveyed.

/ hen the survey results were analy4ed in terms of those who had children in the school

system and those who did not( the public perception of those groups varied widely. hile

'6.- percent of those with children in the schools gave it a good to ecellent rating( only

21 percent of those without children attending public school agreed.

/ 5i"ewise( 2&.- percent of respondents with children in public school rated the system as

bad compared to '!.6 percent of those without children in the system.

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/ hen rating the school board( 2-.1 percent of participants with children in the public

school said good to ecellent compared to 1!.- percent of those with no children in the

system.

/ hen rating the superintendent( 2$.1 percent of those with children in the system said

good to ecellent compared to '1.$ percent of those who did not have a child in school.

*nly two percent of those with children in the Montgomery public schools said she was

doing a poor 3ob and only 2.6 percent of those with no children in public schools agreed.

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Rate the Montgomery County Schools

2008 2010 2014

Good or Excellent 37% 33% 29%

Neither Good nor Bad 45% 37% 37%

Bad 14% 25% 32%

No Opinion 3% 4% 2%

99% 99% 100%

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Comparison of First Year Surveys ofSuperintendents

200

!urcell2008"ill#orth

2010$hompson

2014%llen

Good or Excellent 28% 24% 32% 31%

Like dea! B"t Need #i$e 25% 27% 34% 38%

No Opinion 35% 40% 12% 18%

a! Not &ade ' (i)erence* 14% 10%

+oor ,o- 10% 8% 7% 2%

98% 99% 99% 99%*'n!.er added to !"r/e! in 2010

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** Marginal **

Hello, my name is [I]##, I am with New Century Polling and Research. We don't

sell anything. We want you to hae the o!!ortunity to e"!ress your iews on

issues o im!ortance to $ontgomery County. %onight we are as&ing your o!inion

on issues dealing with the $ontgomery Pulic (chools. $ay I s!ea& to a !erson

in this household who )* or older+

re-uency Percent

) /es 0)* 12.34 5 No 50) 65.14

%otal 7ualiied 218 )99.94

:o you hae a child or grandchild in the $ontgomery Pulic (chool (ystem+

re-uency Percent

) /es 50) 3*.04

5 No 512 0).04

%otal 7ualiied 0)* )99.94

:oes your child hae s!ecial needs+

re-uency Percent

) /es 58 )).14

5 No 555 **.34

%otal 7ualiied 50) )99.94

Which o the ollowing est descries how your child's needs are eing met.

re-uency Percent

) $y child is receiing the )9 63.04

necessary su!!ort.

5 $y child needs additional su!!ort. )) 62.84

6 $y child is getting inade-uate 1 59.24

su!!ort.

3 $y child is not getting su!!ort. 5 1.84

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%otal 7ualiied 58 )99.94

Which o the ollowing est descries your eelings toward yearround

schooling.

re-uency Percent

) ully su!!ort yearround schooling. 25 5*.24

5 (u!!ort only i there are ade-uate 09 )8.84

rea&s throughout the year.

6 Willing to gie it a trial !eriod. 66 )6.)4

3 :o not su!!ort yearround *8 60.04

schooling.

0 No ;nswer< Reused to ;nswer =:o 2 5.*4

Not Read>

%otal 7ualiied 50) )99.94

How would you rate the $ontgomery Pulic (chool (ystem+

re-uency Percent

) ?"cellent 69 0.*4

5 @ood ))* 55.*4

6 Neither @ood nor Aad =;erage> )80 62.14

3 Aad )10 6).84

0 No ;nswer =:o Not Read> )9 ).84


How would you rate the $ontgomery County (chool Aoard+

re-uency Percent

) ?"cellent )0 5.84

5 @ood )96 )8.84

6 Neither @ood nor Aad 59* 39.54

3 Aad )1* 65.34

0 No ;nswer< Reused to ;nswer =:o 53 3.14

Not Read>


How would you rate the leadershi! o the (chool Aoard+

re-uency Percent

) ?"cellent 53 3.14

5 @ood )9* 59.*4

6 Neither @ood nor Aad )1* 65.34

3 Aad )30 5*.94

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0 No B!inion =:o Not Read> 2) )6.24

1 Reused to ;nswer


What areas needs the most im!roement in the $ontgomery Pulic (chools+

re-uency Percent

) (chool Aoard 568 31.)4

5 ;dministration 56) 33.14

6 %eachers 531 32.04

3 acilities )8) 61.84

0 unding 53* 32.84

1 Curriculum 591 68.*4

2 No ;reas Need Im!roement )2 6.64

* No ;nswer


:o you own !ro!erty in $ontgomery County+

re-uency Percent

) /es 620 25.34

5 No )3) 52.54

6 Reused to ;nswer


How would you descrie $argaret ;llen's term as $ontgomery school

su!erintendent+

re-uency Percent

) :oing an e"cellent o 3* 8.64

5 :oing a good Do ))9 5).54

6 Ei&e her ideas, ut not enough )81 62.*4

time to see the results

3 Has not made a dierence 06 )9.54

0 :oing a !oor Do )5 5.64

1 No B!inion =:o Not Read> 80 )*.64

2 No ;nswer =:o Not Read> 3 9.*4


Would you su!!ort a !ro!erty ta" increase to su!!ort $ontgomery Pulic

(chools+

re-uency Percent

) /es 56* 30.84

5 No )*2 61.)4

6 $aye *3 )1.54

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3 Reused to ;nswer


or research !ur!oses, I must as& the ollowing -uestions.

;re you a registered oter+

re-uency Percent

) /es 3*0 86.14

5 No 5* 0.34

6 No ;nswer< Reused to ;nswer =:o 0 ).94

Not Read>


/our age is in which o the ollowing ranges+

re-uency Percent

) )* to 50 5) 3.)4

5 51 to 39 21 )3.24

6 3) to 00 )65 50.04

3 01 to 10 )3) 52.54

0 11 or older )39 52.94

1 Reused to ;nswer * ).04


What is the highest leel o education that you hae com!leted+

re-uency Percent

) :id not com!lete High (chool 60 1.*4

5 High (chool :egree or @?: )98 5).94

6 (ome College ** )2.94

3 College :egree )03 58.24

0 @raduate or Proessional :egree )58 53.84

1 Reused< No ;nswer 6 9.14


In addition to eing an ;merican, what do you consider to e your ethnic andracial ac&ground+

re-uency Percent

) Alac& or ;rican ;merican 581 02.)4

5 White or Caucasian )88 6*.34

6 ;sian 6 9.14

3 Eatino or His!anic 5 9.34

0 :on't Fnow< Reused to ;nswer )* 6.04

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I am re-uired to conirm whether you are male or emale. =;(F BNE/

I NB% CE?;R RB$ GBIC? BR CBNG?R(;%IBN>

re-uency Percent

) $ale )3) 52.54

5 emale 621 25.14

6 Reused< No ;nswer ) 9.54


%his com!letes our surey. %han& you or your time. Hae a good eening.

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** Cross Tab by Those with Children in the

School System and Those with No Children in the

School System **

How would you rate the $ontgomery Pulic (chool (ystem+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> ?"cellent 69 55 *

0.*4 *.*4 6.94

=5> @ood ))* 29 3*

55.*4 52.84 )*.94

=6> Neither @ood nor Aad )80 80 )99

=;erage> 62.14 62.*4 62.04

=3> Aad )10 15 )96

6).84 53.24 6*.14

=0> No ;nswer =:o Not )9 5 *

Read> ).84 9.*4 6.94

How would you rate the $ontgomery County (chool Aoard+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> ?"cellent )0 )) 3

5.84 3.34 ).04

=5> @ood )96 02 31

)8.84 55.24 )2.54

=6> Neither @ood nor Aad 59* )90 )96

39.54 3).*4 6*.14

=3> Aad )1* 25 81

65.34 5*.24 61.94

=0> No ;nswer< Reused 53 1 )*

to ;nswer =:o Not Read> 3.14 5.34 1.24

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How would you rate the leadershi! o the (chool Aoard+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> ?"cellent 53 )3 )9 3.14 0.14 6.24

=5> @ood )9* 00 06

59.*4 5).84 )8.84

=6> Neither @ood nor Aad )1* *8 28

65.34 60.04 58.14

=3> Aad )30 10 *9

5*.94 50.84 69.94

=0> No B!inion =:o Not 2) 52 33

Read> )6.24 )9.*4 )1.04

=1> Reused to ;nswer 9.34 9.34 9.34

What areas need the most im!roement in the $ontgomery Pulic(chools+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> (chool Aoard 568 )5) ))* 31.)4 3*.54 33.54

=5> ;dministration 56) )93 )52

33.14 3).34 32.14

=6> %eachers 531 )52 ))8

32.04 09.14 33.14

=3> acilities )8) 8* 86

61.84 68.94 63.*4

=0> unding 53* )51 )55

32.84 09.54 30.24

=1> Curriculum 591 )96 )96

68.*4 3).94 6*.14

=2> No ;reas Need )2 )9 2

Im!roement 6.64 3.94 5.14

=*> No ;nswer 0.54 0.54 0.54

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:o you own !ro!erty in $ontgomery County+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> /es 620 )29 590

25.34 12.24 21.*4

=5> No )3) *) 19

52.54 65.64 55.04

=6> Reused to ;nswer 9.34 9.94 9.24

How would you descrie $argaret ;llen's term as $ontgomeryschool

su!erintendent+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> :oing an e"cellent 3* )8 58

o 8.64 2.14 )9.84

=5> :oing a good Do ))9 03 01

5).54 5).04 5).94

=6> Ei&e her ideas, ut )81 )9) 80

not enough time to see 62.*4 39.54 60.14

the results

=3> Has not made a 06 69 56

dierence )9.54 )5.94 *.14

=0> :oing a !oor Do )5 0 2

5.64 5.94 5.14

=1> No B!inion =:o Not 80 35 06

Read> )*.64 )1.24 )8.84

=2> No ;nswer =:o Not 3 9 3

Read> 9.*4 9.94 ).04

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Would you su!!ort a !ro!erty ta" increase to su!!ort $ontgomery Pulic

(chools+

%otal With Without

%otal................... 0)* 50) 512

=)> /es 56* )59 ))*

30.84 32.*4 33.54

=5> No )*2 *3 )96

61.)4 66.04 6*.14

=6> $aye *3 31 6*

)1.54 )*.64 )3.54

=3> Reused to ;nswer ).24 9.34 6.94

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