Are you opting your child out of the Fairfax Youth Survey?

[Anonymous]

(FCPS)

I've had it with the school system and their intrusive questions. The nanny state has long become tiresome.

6th gr - http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/youth_survey/pdfs/2014_grade_6_youth_survey_instrument.pdf

8,10,12 - http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/youth_survey/pdfs/2014_youth_survey_instrument.pdf

[Anonymous]

I will be opting out my sixth grader. Done this for my older children for years.

I opted out my very sensitive, easily frightened then sixth grade daughter.

[Anonymous]

I am so mad that I missed the opt-out deadline for my 6th grader last year (and was too much of a ruleist to try to ask after the deadline). My child is very socially naive and the things mentioned in that survey have continued to worry her.

[Anonymous]

No, I think the data it develops is very important.

[Anonymous]

I remember taking that. I hadn't heard of a lot of drugs until I took that survey, and honestly it piqued my curiosity about drugs and alcohol which resulted in a few rough years. My kids won't be taking it.

[Anonymous]

Our MS was very sloppy. Didn't keep good track of who was opted out. Tried to make a case for doing the survey to children whose parents had opted them out. It just wasn't handled well at all.

To me the worse part wasn't the survey, it was the lack of professionalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(FCPS)

I've had it with the school system and their intrusive questions. The nanny state has long become tiresome.

6th gr - http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/youth_survey/pdfs/2014_grade_6_youth_survey_instrument.pdf

8,10,12 - http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/youth_survey/pdfs/2014_youth_survey_instrument.pdf

I just looked at it and I'm like wtf? What's the point of this? How easy is it for kids to just lie on it? I probably would have lied on it if I had to take it. I hate this kind of crap. So stupid.

[Anonymous]

How do we opt out? I have a 6th grader and this is way too long and intrusive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do we opt out? I have a 6th grader and this is way too long and intrusive.

Link to opt-out form:
http://www.fcps.edu/dss/ips/ssaw/youthsurvey/MS-HS-ParentLetter.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do we opt out? I have a 6th grader and this is way too long and intrusive.

good idea cause when the kid get's knifed at school you will have yourself to blame

[Anonymous]

Decided not to opt child out, but did talk to her about it. Told her some of the issues they would ask about and also told her if topic was something that made her uncomfortable, she could just skip over any question she wanted to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we opt out? I have a 6th grader and this is way too long and intrusive.

good idea cause when the kid get's knifed at school you will have yourself to blame

...Her kid will get knifed (sorry, when s/he "get's" knifed) because why?

[Anonymous]

Talk to your kids about how to lie on the survey. Never give out real information to anyone without being compensated for it.

Tell the truth about the demographic questions and tell the truth on about 60% of the rest and then lie the other 40%, but not too much.

Data folks toss out the outliers (any kid who says he's 6ft and 100 pounds). Ditto if they've done too many drugs. Just dabble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk to your kids about how to lie on the survey. Never give out real information to anyone without being compensated for it.

Tell the truth about the demographic questions and tell the truth on about 60% of the rest and then lie the other 40%, but not too much.

Data folks toss out the outliers (any kid who says he's 6ft and 100 pounds). Ditto if they've done too many drugs. Just dabble.

So you are trying to raise a little liar aka lawyer?

[Anonymous]

My kids will totally be taking it but will be having fun with the answers.