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Dissatisfaction has grown in our school concerning the Dismissal Procedures. Dismissal begins at 2:00 pm. Currently, students are called by grade levels for dismissal; walkers, parent pick-up, after school and daycare van riders are seated in the main hallway, while the parents are waiting in the cafeteria. Walkers are dismissed before bus riders are called. Once all the buses have left the premises, parent pick-ups are dismissed by grade level with parents showing identification EVERYDAY no matter what. By the time all parent pick-ups and daycare van riders leave the cafeteria, it's 2:50, sometimes 3:00. Parents and teachers alike are furious.
 * Scenario:**

> **What do you mean by a Parent Pick-up Number?**
 * Suggestions:**
 * 1) Committee should have been formed to create policy and procedures that should have been shared with parents and teachers at open house.
 * 2) A table should have been set up for parents to fill out the appropriate paper work for a Parent Pick-up Number during open house.
 * 1) An area outside (away from the flow of buses) should be designated to parent-pick up in their cars and the cafeteria should be designated for students to wait by grade levels (kindergarten table, first grade table, etc...). Dismissal duty should be assigned by grade level (teachers rotating weekly)
 * 2) A letter, connect ed (home phone call) should go home with parents about the procedures for dismissal.

None. Resource teachers check parent ID against a sign out sheet when picking up their child. I'm thinking here that they (for our assignment) mean any survey tools to gather information. Our district does surveys for parents, which can be electronic (go to a site and take the survey) or they do paper surveys (bubble in the answer).
 * Tools currently used to gather info:**

Okay, the only thing I remember them (the school) using is a PIF survey to get parent help in the school.

I would suggest using Google Doc forms to create a survey to gather information from staff, parents, and community members. I've not used Google Doc forms before. Does it have the capability to tabulate and summarize the information? I have used Survey Monkey and Free Online Surveys. They tabulate and summarize the responses and even show the data in a graph of some sort. I'm not sure if it tabulates the information but I know it has the data and graph sorting capability. Lets use the one you're most familiar with.
 * Suggestive Survey:**

I see what you mean about with the dismissal problem. **We need to come up with 10 questions** about the dismissal policy that need to be asked in a questionnaire to staff, parents, community (though I don't see community needing to respond to this - I agree ).

I'll start brainstorming questionnaire questions below. I love the questions you've listed below for the survey...I've added some hope I wasn't reaching too far? ---

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Describe to your partner any digital tools or resources you, your school and/or school district currently use to gather information from employees, parents, community members and students. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the tool(s) you currently use? ======

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Working with your partner, locate an online survey instrument (such as [|Survey Monkey] or [|Zoomerang] you can use to gather information from staff, parents, and community members about the policy you have selected. =====

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Create a sample questionnaire of at least ten questions using the online instrument you have selected, keeping notes about ease of use and problems you encounter. Save a copy of this survey for your portfolio. =====


 * Questionnaire Questions (Parent Questionnaire)**
 * This is a parent survey about a proposed change to the parent pick up dismissal procedures at North Star Elementary. We appreciate and welcome your input.**

1. What is your level of satisfaction with the current North Star Elementary dismissal procedures for students who are dismissed for parent pick up?

1 Excellent 2 Satisfied 3 Needs Improvement 4 Unacceptable

2. When picking up your student(s) at dismissal time through parent pick up, **on average** how much time is spent waiting to enter the parking lot area?

-less than 3 minutes -3-5 minutes -5-7 minutes -7-10 minutes -10-15 minutes -more than 15 minutes

3. When picking up your student(s) at dismissal time through parent pick up, **on average** how much time is spent waiting in line inside the school to show your identification and retrieve your student(s)?

-less than 3 minutes -3-5 minutes -5-7 minutes -7-10 minutes -10-15 minutes -more than 15 minutes

4. When you pick up your student(s) through parent pick up at dismissal time and travel directly home, what time do you arrive at home?

-2:00 - 2:10 -2:10 - 2:20 -2:20 - 2:30 -2:30 - 2:40 -2:40 - 2:50 -2:50 - 3:00 -3:00 or later

5. To avoid the anticipated long wait with retrieving students through parent pick up at dismissal time, on average how often **in one month** do you pick your student(s) up early from school (before the 2:00 p.m. dismissal time)?

-I do not pick up student(s) up before 2:00 p.m. - on average, 1-2 times a month - on average, 3-5 times a month - on average, 5 - 10 times a month - on average, 10-15 times a month - on average, more than 15 times a month

6. In an effort to speed up the dismissal process for parent pick-up students, North Star Elementary is considering a location change for parent pick-ups. The new location would be the parking lot outside the cafeteria. How do you feel about this change?

1 Great idea 2 Not a good idea--I like the current location 3 Not sure

Another parent pick up policy change that is being considered is to establish a car pick up line where pick up numbers displayed in the windshield identify student(s) who are to be picked up by that car/driver. Students would be called out of the school when their pick up number arrives. Parents would apply for pick up numbers through the school office.

7. How comfortable do you feel about using an assigned number system (pick up numbers) when picking up your student(s) during dismissal?

1 strongly agree 2 agree 3 somewhat 4 disagree 5 strongly disagree

8. In order to provide a timely and orderly dismissal using the number system (pick up numbers), do you have children in different grade levels?

  - yes   - no     - If yes, what grade levels   - kindergarten   - first   - second   - third  <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> - fourth <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> - fifth

9. In an effort to ensure the safety of all students as well as to prevent the least amount of disruption to the flow of traffic, how do you feel about using the the parent walk-up line verses the car pick-up line if a a pick up number is not available or you choose not to use that system?

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 strongly agree <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2 agree <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3 somewhat <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4 disagree <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5 strongly disagree

10. Please share with us any other thoughts that you may have on the dismissal policy at North Star Elementary?

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