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Missouri’s Climate and Culture Survey is a tool for collecting feedback from students, staff, and parents about how things feel in school — safety, belonging, relationships, school environment, etc. This is done once every school year.

Parents: Click here to take the survey. Use the drop-down menu to select your student’s school. Please complete the survey for each school in which you have a student. 
Staff: ISD employees will take the survey during designated time at work.
Students: ISD students in 3rd - 12th grades will take the survey during designated time at school.

Survey information:

• The survey is run by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) at the University of Missouri. 

• Responses are anonymous, and it should take 8-10 minutes to complete.. It will take several months for the ISD to get the results back from the state. We will share the results on our website once we receive them.

• District, department, and building leadership review the results data and use it to directly inform our improvement processes.

• This work aligns with ISD’s 2025-2030 CSIP goals, under MSIP6, and we have mentioned it previously during our We Heard You: ISD in Action communication campaign, under Community & Engagement.

We hear often that our stakeholders want to have a voice - this is one of your chances! Your feedback is critical as we establish goals, strategies, and action steps to better support our staff, students, and the ISD community. Please help us by clicking the link and completing the anonymous survey no later than November 7th: click here to take the survey.

The Independence School District invites families, staff, students, and community members to join the Superintendent Search Community Forums on Tuesday, October 14th:

ENGLISH: 5:30 p.m., two locations: Bridger Cafeteria, Van Horn Cafeteria

SPANISH: 7:00 p.m.Van Horn Cafeteria

Your voice matters! Join us for an interactive discussion to share what qualities and priorities are most important in selecting our next superintendent.

Moderated by the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA)

Presentation + Discussion

Free & Open to the Public

For more info, call (816) 521-5347