2004 Survey Results

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2004 Survey Results

• Summary and comparison of student and parent
  surveys from 2003 and 2004.

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Physical SafetyQuestion My student feels (I
feel) physically safe at LOHS.

• Parents feel their children are slightly less
  safe this year than last year.
• (2003 - 97 agree/2004 - 90 agree)
• But more parents felt the school was addressing
  construction safety better this year.
• (2003 94 agree/2004 96 agree)
• While a majority of students still agree they
  feel safe, their percentage dropped slightly.
• (2003 - 91 agree/2004 90 agree)

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HarassmentQuestion My student is (I feel) safe
from harassment at LOHS.

• Similar to physical safety, positive responses
  from parents dropped in the area of harassment.
• (2003 88 agree/2004 84 agree)
• Students also felt slightly less safe from
  harassment.
• (2003 66 agree/2004 65 agree)

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PressureQuestion Do you put too much pressure
on your self to achieve?Question Do your
friends put too much pressure on themselves to
achieve?

• Students feel they are putting slightly less
  pressure on themselves to achieve.
• (2003 49 said yes/2004 48 said yes)
• Students, however, feel their friends are putting
  more pressure on themselves to achieve.
• (2003 52 said yes/2004 54 said yes)

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FoodQuestion How could food service be improved?

• Overwhelmingly, improvement of the food service
  was the 1 issue brought up by students. With a
  majority of students wanting more outside
  vendors foods brought in, this is consistent
  with the responses from last year as well. The
  return of a cafeteria will be welcome by all when
  Phase II of the construction is completed.

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Teaching StrategiesQuestion Which teaching
strategy do you find most effective?

• Consistent with last year over a third of the
  students prefer class discussions as the most
  effective teaching strategy.
• (2003 35/2004 37)
• In second and third place in both 2003 and 2004
  were Small Group/Partner Activities followed by
  Lectures.
• Individualized Activities and Interactive
  Technologies continue to be the last two
  strategies chosen by the students.

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CIMQuestion I am adequately informed about my
(my students) progress towards earning their
CIM.Question I need more information regarding
my students progress toward the CIM.Question
What I am learning helps me complete the CIM
tasks.

• Parents feel less confident that they are
  receiving CIM information.
• (2003 46 agree/2004 42 agree)
• More parents this year reported a desire to get
  more information regarding CIM.
• (2003 68/2004 79)
• While students are feeling better that they are
  being kept informed.
• (2003 42 agree/2004 46 agree)
• Students report that their learning is helping
  them complete the CIM at a much higher rate this
  year.
• (2003 51 agree/2004 61 agree)

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Success of LearningQuestion My students
learning needs are being met at LOHS.Question
The environment at LOHS helps me be a successful
learner.Question LOHS is meeting my educational
needs.

• Parents reported feeling about the same on the
  success of their childs learning as they did
  last year.
• (2003 82/2004 80)
• Students percentages have gone up since last
  year, with 78 students more agreeing with this
  statement.
• (2003 75/2004 79)
• Slightly more students feel their educational
  needs are being met.
• (2003 84 agree/2004 85 agree)

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The WebQuestion I have accessed the school web
page or a teachers web page.Question Would you
appreciate more information on the schools
homepage.

• Both parents and teachers are using the schools
  website and teacher websites more than ever!
• (2003 parents 74/2004 parents 86)
• (2003 students 91/2004 students 95)
• Parents responded in the majority, both last year
  and this year, that no new information needs to
  be added to the schools homepage.

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TeachersQuestion My teachers are generally
available to help me outside of class.Question
My teachers have high expectations for my
learning.

• Slight improvements in both teacher availability
  and expectations were reported this year.
• (Availability 2003 85 agree/2004 86
  agree)
• (Expectations 2003 88 agree/2004 89
  agree)
• The 1 response in the free response area to the
  question What do you appreciate most about LOHS?
  The teachers and staff!

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CounselingQuestion School personnel give me
adequate counseling and advice when I make
academic decisions about courses at LOHS.

• Consistent with the rest of the survey, only a
  slight difference was reported, but 1 more
  students felt the counseling they received was
  adequate. (2003 65 agree/2004 66 agree)

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College or Non-College BoundQuestion The school
provides an adequate amount of information about
the steps for college application.Question The
school provides adequate information regarding
options for non-college bound students.

• Parents feel the school is doing a better job
  this year with helping students with the college
  application process.
• (2003 71 agree/2004 78 agree)
• However, less parents feel information for
  non-college bound students is adequate. (2003-
  43 agree/2004 36)

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Feeling Valued RespectedQuestion I feel
valued as an individual at LOHS by
students/staff.Question Our school environment
respects individual differences.

• Students continue to feel as valued by the staff
  at LOHS as they did last year.
• (2003 78/2004 78)
• Students feel only slightly less valued by other
  students than last year.
• (2003 79/2004 78)
• Also showing a slight decrease was the feeling of
  being respected as an individual. (2003 66
  agree.2004 62 agree)

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Summary of results

• 954 students participated in the student survey
• 55 boys, 45 girls