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: