Survey: Public doesn’t have clear picture of school district’s academy plan

Sunday, October 14, 2012

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Comparison of JCPS patron surveys

As the Jefferson City Board of Education moves forward with its plan to build a new high school, recent polling suggests its challenge to communicate ideas about the academies will continue to be an “uphill battle.”

Polling by Patron Insight, a Kansas-based research firm, suggests “while the district has been talking exhaustively for months about the academy concept, only two of eight key facts about that concept are known by at least half of the survey respondents.”

In late August, the firm conducted a 10-minute telephone survey with 400 randomly selected registered voters — heads of households — from across the district. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.

Two concepts the board has hoped to relay to residents include ....

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mikemojc 7 months, 1 week ago

While I can only recall maybe 6 of 8 talking points about the academies, this article reminds me of 2 key points about this project.

Why is an out of town/out of state firm doing the polling? Surely there are companies in the state capital qualified to glean this information.
Can we have more discussion about the Pros and Cons of a 2ND high school instead of just jumping into a REPLACEMENT high school? It seems like there are lots of options available to solve the current overcrowding problems that are NOT being discussed.

Wetsu 7 months, 1 week ago

mikemojc please contact us at facebook.com/jcschooltax. We agree with you.

Gotigers 7 months, 1 week ago

I seem to remember from attending one of the informational sessions--that there were 3 options availabe and that this current plan was not one of the three choices.

Why were those other options disposed of?

JCLifer 7 months, 1 week ago

Very good question.

John 7 months, 1 week ago

"In late August, the firm conducted a 10-minute telephone survey with 400 randomly selected registered voters — heads of households — from across the district."

If they have the information as to registered voter and head of household, then they are no longer randomly selected.

LESS than Half, instead of "Nearly half" agree with the plan. Why they do they continue to carry it forward?

JCLifer 7 months, 1 week ago

TRANSFORMATION! Part 2?

MsEinstein 7 months, 1 week ago

The real question is do we the people of Jefferson City want this town to grow and prosper? I do, however I seriously doubt that will happen unless we have 2 (two) High Schools. NOT one huge mistake! Why is it such a hard concept for the people of this town to wrap their heads around? Jeff City will not grow as long as we cannot provide adequate sports outlets for the students. Having one high school will not do that. For years football Friday nights consists of watching 60 kids standing on the side lines and only a chosen few playing. Come on folks lets rally together and get this town off its do nothing back side!

GoodSolutions 7 months, 1 week ago

We need to do something. We've been putting off a solution for years. The voters of this community are unwilling to vote to increase taxes yet they complain about the current situation. Two high schools will cost more money to operate than one. The question really becomes, how much do you want your taxes to increase? If you don't believe me, look at Columbia's school tax, it is $1.20 per $100 higher than ours. It's gone up every year for the last 5 years. Ours has stayed the same.

RobHunterJohnson 7 months, 1 week ago

Have we really looked by comparisons to how much it will cost to run a campus, compared to two highschools? Rob

JCLifer 7 months, 1 week ago

Why do we even consider keeping our kids in that big pressure cooker of a high school where average kids are ignored and unknown, and only the jocks and the troublemakers get all the attention?

Why do we tolerate such a high dropout rate, especially for special needs students?

Now they want to eliminate Nichols Career Center when 60% of the jobs will require technical skills training and not a college degree?

How can we get the school board to understand that we need two smaller high schools to benefit our students and to stop the decline and aging of this town?

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