Board Sponsored Community Focus Group Scheduled
Wednesday, October 28 at SVHS at 7:00 p.m.
October 17, 2009
The Meridian CUSD #223 School Board will host its fourth
community focus group session on Wednesday, October 28 at Stillman
Valley High School at 7:00 p-.m. in the multi-purpose room. The
purpose of the focus group is for the School Board to gain a better
understanding of the participating community members perspectives
on the School District.
Each School Board member and administrator has invited five
community members to participate in the session, which has the goal
of representing a cross section of the community. The invited
community members were asked to R.S.V.P. Because not all of those
invited are able to attend, the Board would like to provide an open
invitation to any community member who would like to participate.
If interested in attending, please contact the District office at
(815) 645-2606.
During the first part of the program, District Superintendent Bob
Prusator will provide student achievement, demographic and
financial information to the focus group. Next, the participating
community members will be randomly assigned into seven small
groups. Serving as facilitators in the groups will be Meridian CUSD
#223 administrators, directors and representatives from the
Stillman Valley Education Association. A Meridian School Board
member will also be assigned to each group. The groups will be
asked to respond to topics that the Board is interested in
receiving feedback. Transportation will be focal topic at this
session. The small group component of the session is scheduled to
last approximately sixty minutes.
During the final part of the focus group session, each group will
report to the full group the five highest priority items that were
discussed in their small group. Additionally, each group will also
report a composite trust score. Feedback from the session will be
used in developing goals for the District’s Improvement Plan which
seeks continuous improvement for students. Past focus group
sessions have provided the School Board with meaningful information
and feedback on the perspectives of the community.
