1. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Presented to the Board of Education, June 12, 2018

2. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Survey Purpose and Construct (direct questions and open ended responses)
Survey Response Dates: March 16-March 30, 2018
1,195 Survey Responses
Purpose – survey intro
Construct – Types of Questions (direct and open ended responses)
dates; number of responses

3. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Current WCSD Program Structure
Middle School
Grades 5-8
Grade 5: 30 minutes every other day
Grades 6-8: one period daily
French and Spanish
High School
French, Spanish, German, and Latin
HS – what is offered
German runs at North but is in all HS catalogs as an available option.
Enrollment is a factor in courses running.

4. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
School
Amount %
Country Parkway
111
9.3%
Dodge Elementary 82
6.9%
Forest Elementary 97
8.1%
Heim Elementary
125
10.5%
Maple East Elementary
149
12.5%
Maple West Elementary
122
10.2%
Casey Middle
106
8.9%
Heim Middle
105
8.8%
Mill Middle
156
13.1%
Transit Middle
189
15.8%
East High
142
11.9%
North High
169
14.1%
South High
123
10.3%
My child or children attend the following school(s) (select all that apply)

5. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
How important is it to you that the Williamsville Central School District expands its Languages Other Than English (LOTE) program?
Category
Amount %
Very Important
733
61.3%
Somewhat Important
329
27.5%
Not Important
108
9.0%
No Opinion 25
2.1%

6. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Grade
Amount %
Grade K
439
36.7%
Grade 1
103
8.6%
Grade 2 75
6.3%
Grade 3 97
8.1%
Grade 4
Grade 5
299
25%
Grade 6 32
2.7%
Grade 7 33
2.8%
Grade 8 20
1.7%
Ideally, when would you prefer LOTE instruction to begin in the Williamsville Schools?

7. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Amount %
American Sign Language
119
10%
Arabic 28
2.3%
French 79
6.6%
German 16
1.3%
Italian 13
1.1%
Latin 42
3.5%
Mandarin Chinese
294
24.6%
Spanish
604
50.5%
If LOTE instruction is expanded to include elementary instruction, what is your preference regarding the language of study that would be offered?

8. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Do you support students learning/taking more than one language other than English?
Yes = 88.1%
No  = 11.9%
Do you support online courses for language learning taught by NYS certified teachers?
Yes = 74.6%
No  = 25.4%
Other languages

9. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Considerations/Reflective Questions
What does the parent survey tell us? What themes emerge?
What additional stakeholder feedback do we need to secure?
What benchmark comparison data/other information do we have?
What additional information may be needed?
What are our potential options and next steps in an effort to provide a recommendation and plan for next steps?

10. Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Parent Survey Overview
Presented to the Board of Education, June 12, 2018