school reopening survey asking about anti-bias/anti-racist programming

[Anonymous]

I received a new reopening survey from Deal today. In addition to the expected question about whether I want to send my child for in person school, it also asks about my opinion on the school's Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist Initiative. Did any other DCPS schools ask about this? This seemed out of left field but maybe I'm not making the connection. The following is a required question for the survey:

The Deal Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist Initiative was created during the summer of 2020 to support Deal families in addressing issues of race, class, and diversity. Please share your level of interest/commitment to participating in the efforts of the Deal ABAR Initiative. *

Not interested
Moderately interested
Very interested

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why this question is required on a form meant to address IPL.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was left field too and then tried to figure out why it was included in a survey about returning to in person learning. Two birds one stone I guess.

[Anonymous]

LOL they are going to see if your support for anti-racism correlates with your interest in remaining DL.

[Anonymous]

This is such a laughably bad survey, given how politicized reopening is around racial justice questions.

Does DCPS just find the worst survey designers? Do they have no money to do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL they are going to see if your support for anti-racism correlates with your interest in remaining DL.

What’s the association?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a laughably bad survey, given how politicized reopening is around racial justice questions.

Does DCPS just find the worst survey designers? Do they have no money to do this?

Uh it’s a feature not a bug...

[Anonymous]

I think they thought the IPL would get responses but the anti -racism would not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL they are going to see if your support for anti-racism correlates with your interest in remaining DL.

What’s the association?

Obviously only racists want IPL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a laughably bad survey, given how politicized reopening is around racial justice questions.

Does DCPS just find the worst survey designers? Do they have no money to do this?

Uh it’s a feature not a bug...

For whom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL they are going to see if your support for anti-racism correlates with your interest in remaining DL.

What’s the association?

Obviously only racists want IPL.

I think the most vocal IPL parents are the least open to anti-racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was left field too and then tried to figure out why it was included in a survey about returning to in person learning. Two birds one stone I guess.

This. Rather than send out two surveys, they send out one, thinking it will increase the response rate.

[Anonymous]

Better answer the right way, otherwise no IPL for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was left field too and then tried to figure out why it was included in a survey about returning to in person learning. Two birds one stone I guess.

This. Rather than send out two surveys, they send out one, thinking it will increase the response rate.

Yes, I agree. It’s to maximize participation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL they are going to see if your support for anti-racism correlates with your interest in remaining DL.

What’s the association?

Obviously only racists want IPL.

I think the most vocal IPL parents are the least open to anti-racism.

Whether that is true or not, it is atrocious survey design to ask about anti-racist initiatives on a survey specifically designed to assess interest in IPL.