Parent Voices
Home & School Club Survey Fall 2016
Survey Summary
• Sent out by email on August 17 (day before school started)
• Sent to a list of 2,030 emails • 204 responses (10%)
Home & School Club Purpose To provide a forum for parents to give input to the school
To give parents a venue to communicate and share with each other and with teachers and administrators
To provide a forum for the school to communicate to parents about school iniKaKves
To organize events like barbecues and dances for the school
To compile and publish the student directory
To ensure Los Gatos High School conKnues to provide strong programming and instrucKon
To provide financial support to the school
(76.7%)
(75.7%) (65.9%) (56.4%)
(52%)
(50.5%) (47%)
SaKsfacKon is Neutral to PosiKve
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86 78
25
0% 5%
10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Very dissaKsfied
DissaKsfied Neutral SaKsfied Very saKsfied
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
I don't know when they are held
The topics covered are not interesKng to me
The Kming doesn't work with my schedule
I don't think parents are expected to aZend
I already do/have done a lot of volunteering for other organizaKons
The Home & School Club is not a priority for me
I have other ways to find out what's going on at Los Gatos High
The Kming doesn’t work with my schedule
Why don’t you aZend meeKngs?
Not that finding a good Kme is ever easy … If you wanted to a-end Home & School Club mee7ngs, what 7mes would work for you?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
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2
3 Weekends(31)
Weekdays in the evenings (99)
Weekdays during school (69)
We’ll be experimen7ng this year with upcoming mee7ngs to
find the best 7mes. October and February are already
evening mee7ngs.
MeeKng Topic Interest The college and career planning process 54%
School leaders present current iniKaKves at the school 51%
An interacKve session where parents can ask quesKons and give feedback about the student experience at LGHS 48%
LGHS Curriculum and InstrucKon: the feedback process and how best pracKces are shared within departments 47%
Student stress, how the school approaches it and how parents can help 43%
LGHS technology: Aeries, Canvas, the LGHS website, and more 33% Job Shadow Day, how it got started, and our vision for how it will evolve 29% STEAM -‐ how to bring Silicon Valley to LGHS 29% Status of school infrastructure improvements 27% A panel of students sharing their experiences at LGHS 24% Traffic and parking issues at and around the school 22% New Tech -‐ what's the status ager three years of this new program 21%
WriZen Comments Parents Said … (Money) HSC Response
Not just raise money
For those are on financial assistance, directories and membership should be free. I am excluded
every year due to lack of funds. Sad.
Always seems to be looking for money. Confusing with all the other enKKes looking for money.
I want my financial contribuKons to go directly to the Los Gatos school that my children aZend, not
to a general fund for all LG schools.
We hear you! We need to be more clear about this, and also communicate the many other things we do besides raise money.
Please contact us! We can also offer financial
assistance.
HSC funds go ONLY to Los Gatos High School and
directly benefit students.
WriZen Comments Parents Said … (Directory) HSC Response
Parents Said … (Club Antude) HSC Response
The directory comes out way too late in the school year.
Feels like an organizaKon stuck in the past
The student directory wasn't published unKl spring last school year.
Doesn't seem inclusive, especially to working parents. Seems more like a cliquey women's social
group.
We will do our best to get the directory out sooner
this year.
We are looking to improve, get more people involved, be more progressive and
inclusive.
MeeKng Schedule for the Year September 15 2015-‐16 HSC OperaKng Budget Revisions & Approval This Year at LGHS with Principal KrisK Grasty October 20 – EVENING LGHS Collabora7ve Forum at 7pm in the Library Evening Facilitated Parent AcKvity / HSC MeeKng November 17 –topic tbd January 19 –topic tbd February 16 – EVENING LGHS Collabora7ve Forum at 7pm in the Library Evening Facilitated Parent AcKvity / HSC MeeKng March 16 –topic tbd April 20 –topic tbd May 18 HSC Officer ElecKons 2017-‐18 HSC Preliminary OperaKng Budget Approval We’ll be using the meeKng topics people were interested in to
make these meeKngs as informaKve as possible!
CommiZee Chairs & Board All School Picnic Charlene & Todd Rudee Senior Breakfast Teresa McGrath
A-endance Office Randi Chen Staff Luncheons
Lorraine Miller
Campus Tours Katey McCollam Julie Schaper
Coat Check Melissa Hutchinson Textbook Taryne Kraus
Heather KiuZu Volunteer Coordinator Randi Chen
LGHS Student Directory Gina Kung Webmaster Megan HedayaK
Membership Megan HedayaK Wildcat Days Randi Chen
Dance Refreshments Erin DeSantos Wildcat Lynx Editor Randi Chen
Educator of the Year Mary Leonardis
Freshman Orienta7on Lunch Janae Copper Board of Directors
Guidance Office Naysan Emami Co-‐President Gillian Verga
Hospitality Carol Deming Co-‐President Barbara Holmes
Julie Holland VP ACTT/Scholarships Cynthia James
Job Shadow Program Barbara Holmes VP Communica7ons Lorraine Miller
Library Mariana Cozzella Recording Secretary Donna Fox
Message Board Mary Stair Treasurer Megan HedayaK
Paige Stewart
Paren7ng Con7nuum Susi Steiner
Janet SKnson Kathy Schmidt
There are many ways to get involved! Email us at [email protected] to learn more!
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