Parents will soon be asked to complete an online survey about school calendar options currently used in Wake County Public School System. The results of this survey will assist the Board of Education in making decisions that may impact school calendar assignments as early as 2010-11.

Parents of all current WCPSS students will be able to complete this survey. A survey may be completed for each child enrolled in the school system.

When completing the survey, parents will need to enter their student’s NCWISE identification number to begin. This number will be provided to parents in a letter that will be sent home from the child’s school during the week of January 11. Entering the student’s identification number helps to ensure that the school system receives only one survey response per student.

Once parents receive the letter from their school, they are asked to complete the online survey. If for some reason a parent has not received this letter by Friday January 15, the parent should contact their child’s school. Parents unable to complete the survey online may obtain a paper copy from their child’s school. The survey will be available online until Monday, January 25 at 12 p.m. That is also the deadline for returning paper surveys.

Answers will be kept confidential by the WCPSS Evaluation and Research Department, and individual responses will not be shared with the child’s school or anyone else.

The school system website will also provide a webpage for public comment about school calendar options that will be available during the survey period.