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class=665573322-27062005>contact: </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Colette
Cann [mailto:ccann@berkeley.edu]<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Dear BHS parents,</DIV>
<DIV>A few parents have asked for us to give more information about the survey
request that you received last week. This email is an attempt to clarify who and
for what purpose this survey was constructed and distributed.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jean Wing and I (Colette Cann) were hired as outside evaluators by BHS and
BayCES to examine the progress that BHS makes in its effort to implement small
school reform at BHS. As part of this three year evaluation, we were asked to
get input from parents, students and teachers on their experiences at BHS in a
small school, program or the large school. One method of data collection that we
have chosen is to survey parents, teachers and students about their perceptions
of the community's experience at BHS. </DIV>
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<DIV>Jean and I have created a paper and on-line version of this survey. Janet
Huseby has been kind enough to distribute the invitation to participate to
parents of students in the large school. The survey program tracks participation
by email address (which is why you are asked to register with an email address).
This is the only use of your email address. You will not receive any spam or
advertising as a result of registering. Once you complete the survey, you will,
though, receive a confirmation email from the program.</DIV>
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<DIV>Results from the survey will be shared in a manner determined by BHS and
BayCES.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact
me at the email address listed below. Again, thank you in advance for any time
you are able to put toward this survey. We appreciate your participation!</DIV>
<DIV>Colette</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me directly.<BR>
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=665573322-27062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
original etree posting is below:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Each year, Berkeley High School and BayCES will
survey parents of all small schools,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">programs and the large high school to better
understand how parents feel about</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">services provided to the community, students,
parent and teachers by their school. </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">The survey is titled: "Berkeley High School Parent
Perception Survey 2005"</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px">We encourage all parents to
participate by taking this 15 minute online survey.<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To participate, please click on the link
below.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Verdana color=#0021e7 size=3><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><A
href="http://colettecann.com/parentsurvey2005/index.php?sid=1">http://colettecann.com/parentsurvey2005/index.php?sid=1</A><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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<DIV>Once you select this link, you will be asked to register to ensure that
each parent/guardian/family only participates once each year in the survey.
To register, simply enter your name and an email address. You will be sent a
unique link to the survey that can only be used once after you have
completed and saved the survey (if you start the survey, but do not complete
and save it, the link will remain active for you to use later).</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks so much for your time in advance! The results will be used to
evaluate how the small schools movement works to serve all students.</DIV>
<DIV>Jean Wing and Colette Cann</DIV>
<DIV>Survey administrator: Colette Cann can be reached at <A
href="mailto:ccann@berkeley.edu">ccann@berkeley.edu</A></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>______________________________<BR>Janet Huseby and Kathryn Capps
are the facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions or concerns to
them at <bhs-owner@idiom.com> To subscribe to the etree, write
bhs-request@idiom.com with one word only in the subject line: subscribe. To
unsubscribe, write bhs-request@idiom.com with one word only in the subject line:
unsubscribe.<BR> </FONT> </P><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>