On Thursday, August 26th, the Juneau School District held its first annual School Summit. Parents, teachers, administrators and the public looked at the progress of students and schools as well as talked about planning for the new school year. As part of the program, audience members were asked to participate in an interactive survey. The following questions were asked of teachers, parents and community members.

Here are the results:

1.  Rate your confidence with the Juneau School District.

Very confident                55%
Somewhat confident       31%
Somewhat unconfident   12%
Very unconfident              2%

2.  Rate your confidence with your child’s schools.

Very confident                53%
Somewhat confident       45%
Somewhat unconfident   
Very unconfident
No Answer                        2%

3.  Rate your confidence with the district’s management of its resources.

Very confident                 48%
Somewhat confident        35%
Somewhat unconfident      9%
Very unconfident               7%

4.  Overall, is the information you receive about your children's education:

Very timely?                     48%
Somewhat timely?            38%
Not timely?                        5%
No Answer                         9%

5.  This year, schools will get out one hour early on 15 different Mondays. Do you know how teachers will use this time?

Yes                                   55%
Kind of                             21%
No                                    14%
I didn't know about it!         5%
No Answer                          5%