Welcome! This survey is for parents/guardians of K–12 students who were enrolled at any time in the last 12 months. Your responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate. It takes about 5–7 minutes.
Are you a parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a K–12 school within the last 12 months?
What grade level best describes your child’s current enrollment?
- Preschool/Pre-K
- Elementary (K–5)
- Middle (6–8)
- High (9–12)
- Multiple children in different levels
- Other
What type of school does your child primarily attend this year?
- Public
- Public charter
- Private/independent
- Parochial/faith-based
- Homeschool
- Other
How safe do you believe your child’s school is this school year?
How do you currently receive safety-related updates from the school? Select all that apply.
- Email
- Text/SMS
- School app/parent portal
- Automated phone calls/voicemail
- School website
- Paper notices sent home
- Social media
- In-person meetings/events
- Other
Overall, how effective are the school’s communications about safety this school year?
Allocate a total of 100 points to show how much you trust each source for safety information from the school.
Attention check: To confirm you are paying attention, please select “Yes.”
Which prevention or safety measures have you noticed at the school this year? Select all that apply.
- Secure entrances/controlled access
- Visitor check-in and badging
- Staff presence/monitoring
- Anti-bullying or social-emotional learning (SEL) programs
- Student mental health services
- Emergency drills (e.g., fire, lockdown)
- Anonymous reporting/tip line
- After-school supervision
- Health/hygiene protocols
- Other
Please rank where additional investment would be most helpful at your child’s school (1 = most helpful).
In the last 12 months, did any safety-related incident occur at your child’s school that affected your child or their class/school?
- Yes, directly
- Yes, at the school but not directly
- No
- Prefer not to say
If yes, how timely was the school’s response and outreach during that incident?
If yes, please rate the school’s communications for that incident.
If yes, what could the school have done better during that incident?
Max 600 chars
If you could change one thing about safety or communication at the school, what would it be?
Max 600 chars
What is your age?
- 18–24
- 25–34
- 35–44
- 45–54
- 55–64
- 65 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer not to say
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
- Less than high school
- High school or GED
- Some college/Associate degree
- Bachelor’s degree
- Graduate or professional degree
- Prefer not to say
What is your current employment status?
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Self-employed
- Homemaker/caregiver
- Student
- Not employed
- Retired
- Prefer not to say
How many school-aged children (5–18) live in your household?
Is there anything else about school safety or communication that you would like us to know?
Max 600 chars
Thank you for sharing your perspectives. Your input helps improve school safety and communication.
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