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By Angela Parker, League of Education Voters Policy Analyst
Principals are some of the busiest people in a school building. Rarely out of range of their walkie talkies, principals take responsibility for in-the-minute decisions about crises both large and small. At the same time, they must also craft long term strategic plans in the context of a rapidly changing school ecosystem. As principals often serve as one of the key lynchpins of policy implementation, we knew we needed to get a better sense of how they understand the current and emergent needs within Washington’s K-12 system.
We surveyed principals in Washington state to better understand what new and emerging issues their schools and communities are facing. In December, we sent a survey request to 2,034 principals in Washington; 180 returned our survey, giving these results a 95% confidence level with a 7% margin of error. Although elementary principals are slightly underrepresented in our survey, the overall proportions are not widely divergent from statewide proportions. Our survey also over represents smaller schools, those with 100 to 499 students, and larger districts, but does represent strong geographic diversity.
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Washington, we got you. We’re
partnering with the city of Tacoma, Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Washington State Department of Health, and more to
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Some Data?
- Crisis Text
Line has exchanged over 60 million messages with people in crisis and has
almost 4,000 trained volunteers, and over 150 of them reside in the state of
Washington.
- Crisis Text
Line has handled over 30,000 conversations with people in crisis in Washington
State and 224 Active Rescues.
- More than
60% of texters in Washington State are under the age of 25 and most of our
texters identify as Asian, Hispanic/Latino, or White.
- Washington
has a 37% over-index in topics that involve suicidality, anxiety/stress, and
self-harm compared to other states.
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Spread the word. Social
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Thanks for all that you do in our community! I'm
so excited to work with you all more closely!
Sarah
Buckingham
Head of
Referrals | Quality Lead | Seattle Coordinator
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