Chief Communications Officer Karen Warner presented to the Board the responses from the online survey on facilities. Because those who participated in the online survey are a self-selected sample, the survey responses only represent the opinions of those that took it. Ms. Warner said that the responses indicate that support for a referendum at the $185 million level is soft, even among parents of children ages 18 and younger.
Jim Hobart from public opinion research firm Public Opinion Strategies presented to the Board the results from the random, stratified sample phone poll of likely November 2018 District 86 voters that was conducted in May. Mr. Hobart explained the differences between the two survey instruments, stating that in contrast to the online survey, the phone poll results show what the community thinks with 95 percent accuracy.
The phone poll asked likely November 2018 voters about the importance of projects that the Community Task Force identified as priorities. The Board agreed that at the June 4 Committee of the Whole meeting it would discuss the projects that were considered most important by the community in the phone poll. No action will be taken at the June 4 meeting.
After previous discussions at Board meetings and after discussing the results of the phone poll, the Board directed Superintendent Dr. Bruce Law to bring to the June 4 meeting a map showing where the line of proximity would be if school attendance areas were determined by distance from school. The line of proximity will not delineate school attendance boundaries but will simply show the part of the District that is closer to Hinsdale Central and the part of the District that is closer to South. The Board also directed Dr. Law to bring back the estimated number of students who would be affected by using school proximity in drawing school attendance boundaries.
The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
