In a continued effort to be more connected and transparent, the Warren County R-III School District is seeking increased feedback from the community. A survey is currently available for patrons to contribute their ideas about the future of the district as part of its Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP).

“We do this every three years, with a similar process each time,” said Superintendent Dr. Gregg Klinginsmith. “A committee met and determined the face-to-face meetings were not well attended last time, and thought we would try to gather information by sending out an open-ended survey to families.”

The survey was posted to Facebook and is also available on the district’s website at warrencor3.org, and will be available through Nov. 16.

“This is our first step in the information gathering process to write some goals that will be in place for the next three years as we strive to meet them,” said Klinginsmith. “We want this to be reflective of what the community wants the school to look like.”

The CSIP includes five categories of focus: student achievement, health and wellbeing of students, school culture and climate for staff, parent and community engagement, and facilities and financing.

“We’re looking for new ideas on anything we can improve and also what people feel like is going well, so we can continue doing those things,” said Klinginsmith.

He said surveys have traditionally yielded more feedback than public forums, which have been sparsely attended in the past.

“We actually get more input doing it this way than some large town hall-style meeting,” said Klinginsmith. “People are busy and have a hard time being able to make it to a scheduled event. With this they can do it on their own time, and it actually gives more information we can use to make better goals.”

The school district’s CSIP committee plans to meet in November to review feedback and work on a plan for the district’s future.