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Lois Marks's avatar

Thank you for taking on this project. It really helps to decide which would be the best school board candidate.

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Kim Storey's avatar

I would be interested in seeing more of a breakdown in regard to the 48% of students who said that they "sometimes" or always feel unsafe. In what situations? Could this be in regards to catching Covid, considering the time frame that this survey was conducted? Are the unsafe feelings influenced by the increase in school shootings? I think just saying that students feel unsafe is too much of a vague blanket statement.

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Ben's avatar

Yeah, fair point, and I agree it would be useful to know. I don't think the survey the school did dug down that far. Though, depending on the context of the question (was it asked after a bunch of questions on violence or fighting or after a question on covid?) you could probably guess what kids might have had in mind.

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Kim Storey's avatar

Right, are these safety concerns unique to the Wauwatos School district or....are these concerns that are plaguing school aged children nationwide?

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Derek's avatar

Thanks for doing these! Hard to get much beyond their simple webpages. However, seems as is you missed some layup questions All the controversy last fall with out of town activists harassing board meetings and a current member suing the board, and nothing there to ask to talk about?

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Ben's avatar

Thanks. Yes, maybe something to incorporate into the remaining interviews I have.

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Mike's avatar

Thank you for doing this. One thing that I think would be helpful, at least to me, would be stating what the responsibilities of the school board are and asking each candidate what they plan to accomplish within those responsibilities.

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Ben's avatar

Thanks, that is a good suggestion. I've got three left and will try to include it.

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