Elementary School Planning for 2021 - Nov. 2019 Questionnaire Responses

822 online responses, 18 hard copies and a response wall (in lieu of questionnaires) were received. The responses do not convey a vote. Staff have used the feedback to gather a range of ideas as it determines how to focus the proposals while balancing the needs across stakeholders.

PDFs of all responses provided below.

What is your relationship to APS? You may select more than one.
Responses	Responses	% of total respondents
I am an APS Staff Member	80	10%
I am the Parent or Guardian of an Elementary Student in APS enrolled in a neighborhood school	413	50%
I am the Parent or Guardian of an Elementary Student in APS enrolled in an option school	192	23%
I am the Parent or Guardian of a Child(ren) in PreK in APS	46	6%
I am the Parent or Guardian of a Child(ren) not yet in PreK	127	15%
I am the Parent or Guardian of a Middle or High School Student in APS	130	16%
I am an APS Student	7	1%
I am an Arlington resident without school-age children	61	7%
Other (Please specify)	27	3%
(Did not answer)	0	0%
Total Responses	1,083
Multiple answers per participant possible. Percentages added may exceed 100 since a participant may select more than one answer for this question.

As we look at moving some of our schools given our challenges in creating neighborhood elementary boundaries in fall 2020, which goals should take priority? Please rank each of the following items in order of importance with #1 being the most important to #6 being the least important.
Answer	Rank
Enable walking to neighborhood schools as much as possible	1
Use all existing elementary schools to full capacity	2
Keep as many students together in each school community as possible	3
Consider strategies that will best address recent student enrollment projections, which indicate that up to three new elementary schools may be needed in the next 10 years	4
Meet needs for seats in high-growth areas	5
Develop a plan that best utilizes existing school facilities located on available land in the County, which do not always match where neighborhood seats are needed for current and projected growth	6
Did Not Answer	9
Total Responses	822

As we look at moving some of our option schools, and the framework of the PreK 12-Instructional Program Pathways, which factors should take priority? Please rank each of the following items in order of importance with #1 being the most important to #4 being the least important.
Answer	Rank
Moving option schools to increase access for more students	1
Option school is clearly defined in the PreK-12 Instructional Pathways (IPP) framework	2
Moving to a site that can accommodate current population (may include relocatable classrooms)	3
Long waitlist that could fill building to capacity	4
Did Not Answer	10
Total Responses	822

To what degree do you support moving some schools, so APS can:

Provide neighborhood seats in parts of the county where these are needed and APS doesn’t have additional land for a new school

Answer

Responses

% of total respondents

Strongly Support

266

32%

Support

225

27%

Neutral

138

17%

Do Not Support

Strongly Do Not Support

126

15%

(Did not answer)

Total Responses

822