It’s always good to know where you stand. Is your school district respected, beloved, and held in high esteem? Or do staff, students, parents, and patrons simply tolerate you? If you don’t know where you stand, it’s hard to have a plan of action that will move the district forward.…
What happened? If you just lost a bond or levy ballot issue, you are probably getting this question from all sides. And that’s probably a hard pill to swallow right now. It hurts. We get it. One of the hardest things about a failed bond or ballot issue is you…
The last few years have seen a steady rise in conversations about culture: what it is; what it does; and why it’s important. Much of the content has been based on human resources issues, including recruiting, retention, employee engagement, et al. While these are all worthy topics to explore and…
If you are talking to your Board of Education about the advisability of conducting a pre-election phone survey to determine whether your long-term facility ideas will be received favorably, below is good information to have. Five things a pre-election survey can tell you: Ready to find out what your pre-election…
Frankly, I don’t know anybody or any profession that doesn’t have occasional communication challenges. A big part of the challenge is simple. Most people think they are communicating clearly when it’s simply not happening. And it’s not happening for one reason. The communication is incomplete. To help you understand the…
We recently completed patron satisfaction surveys where the data showed patrons who once had students in the district were less pleased with the district than patrons who had never had children in the district. The prevailing thought is once you are familiar with the district and your children and you…
