In the YouthTruth Family Survey, family members at Carver had the opportunity to provide anonymous comments on their experiences at Carver. Family members provided feedback on Carver's strengths and areas for improvement and provided any additional comments they felt necessary. 

In order to download your Family Comments file, please click on the Downloads section on the upper right of your report.

The rest of the "In Their Own Words' section contains tables and charts representing responses to the following two questions:

What do you like the most about your school?

What is one area in which your school could improve?

Family members at Carver selected an answer from several options that are core parts of their experience. The options for the question "What do you like the most about your school?" are listed below. 

1: Friendly and supportive teachers and staff (Friendly Teachers and Staff)
2: Strong academic programs (Strong Academics)
3: Support services and programs for parents and families (Family Engagement Programs)
4: Strong extracurricular programs (Extracurricular Programs)
5: Appropriate and well-maintained supplies, books, technology or facilities (Better Supplies and/or Facilities)
6: Other
7: Nothing

The options for the question "What is one area in which your school could improve?" are listed below. 

1: The teachers and staff could do more to be friendly and supportive (Friendlier Teachers and Staff)
2: Stronger academic programs (Stronger Academics)
3: More/better support services and programs for families (Better Family Engagement Programs)
4: Stronger extracurricular programs (Stronger Extracurricular Programs)
5: Better supplies, books, technology, or facilities (Better Supplies and/or Facilities)
6: Nothing
7: Other

To see comments about family members' reasons for their choices, please refer to the Comments file attached in the Downloads section of your report.