Student surveys would offer valuable feedback
As a student, there are scores of complaints I could lodge with the Hamilton County Board of Education. Frankly, I would if I thought they would ever be read or considered with any regard.
Many of the problems are not within direct control of the local school board and instead require the attention of the state.
It isn’t often that the school district surveys its students about things that are in any way relevant to the obvious problems. Generally, the district evaluates issues at school board meetings or with administrators directly. This permits little input from students. When students have only a small window to lodge complaints when there are significantly many of them, problems tend to go unfixed, unnoticed, ignored or given attention and assumed as satisfactorily fixed shortly thereafter.
Students should be given more opportunities to speak on problems they’re facing (i.e., curriculum, school lunches, under-performing administrators, etc.). If school districts cannot be aware of student complaints, their problems cannot be handled.