THOUGHTEXCHANGE SURVEY RESULTS – Proposed Facilities Project

• 805 Participants:
  • 339 - Parent/Guardian
  • 339 – Staff
  • 77 - Community Members
  • 20 – Students
  • 16 - School Volunteers
  • 14 – Other
• 1,083 Thoughts
• 37,897 Stars

Major Thoughts on Proposed Facility Projects

• Support high school upgrades
• Supports increase to school capacity
• Build a second high school
• Increase Proposed capacity
• Classroom upgrade

What are your thoughts on the proposed facilities projects?

What question do you have about the proposed facilities projects?

Results of the Survey of Residents in Wenatchee School District

Washington State University
Social & Economic Sciences Research Center
January 2017

3,064 Phone Numbers Prepared:

• 800 Directory Listed
• 664 Random Digital Dial
• 1600 Cell Phone

339 completed interviews and 33 partially completed

• 20.3% adjusted response rate
• 46.8% cooperation rate

Assuming a population 10,000 and 100,000 sampling error is plus or minus, 5.1 %, given a confidence interval of 95%

Demographics:

• 60.3% Respondents age 55 or older
• 58.8% Respondents were female / 41.2% male
• 77.2% Own the home in which they are living
• 35.1% Respondents have children or grandchildren in the school district

Questions:

1. How much do you support or oppose replacing the old classroom wings with a newly construction two-story academic wing at the high school?
   • Strongly support: 52.3%
   • Somewhat support: 23.9%
   • Neutral: 16.4%
   • Total: 92.5%
      
2. How much do you support or oppose the replacement of the failing mechanical system at Foothills Middle School?
   • Strongly support: 46.3%
   • Somewhat support: 32.6%
   • Neutral: 12.6%
   • Total: 91.5%
      
3. How strongly do you support or oppose the decision to place a 115 million dollar facility improvement proposal before the voters?
   • Strongly support: 48.4%
   • Somewhat support: 25.1%
   • Neutral: 15.9%
   • Total: 89.4%