Thoughtexchange Summary Report
Thoughtexchange is a crowdsourcing platform that allows community members to share their thoughts and ideas on a specific topic. It is a unique two-way process where a participant confidentially shares an idea or thought to an open-ended question and then allows them to Star other thoughts on a scale of 1-5 Stars.
The Novato Unified School District launched two Thoughtexchanges about Returning to School:
June 4, 2020, to June 10, 2020, with the prompt:
What are some of the most important considerations NUSD needs to think about as we prepare to re-open schools in August?
Click here to review a summary report of the thoughts and themes.
June 30, 2020 to July 17, 2020, with the prompt:
What thoughts and questions do you have about our Return to School Plan?
Click here to review a summary report of the thoughts and themes.
NUSD had an incredible response and we thank everyone who participated.
June 4, 2020, to June 10, 2020:
What are some of the most important considerations NUSD needs to think about as we prepare to re-open schools in August?
Click here to review a summary report of the thoughts and themes.
A brief overview is below:
What did the participation look like?
On average, participants Star between 20-30 thoughts. Participants on this Exchange averaged placing a Star on 65 thoughts!
Who participated?
A review of the Survey questions:
Among the top considerations for re-opening schools are the mental wellbeing and socialization for children and people and predictable schedules for students and parents/guardians that are working.
Below are the Top 5 Highly Ranked Thoughts:
June 30, 2020 to July 17, 2020:
What thoughts and questions do you have about our Return to School Plan?
A brief overview is below:
What did the participation look like?
Who participated?
Among the thoughts and questions was the request for more information and a detailed plan on remote learning.
Below are 3 of the Highly Ranked Thoughts: