January 20, 2026
Family Survey Announcement
Dear Parent or Guardian,
Lowndes High School will take the Georgia School Climate Survey this year. Each parent or guardian is invited to complete the family version to answer questions about the current school or schools your child or children attend. If two or more children attend the same school, please only complete one survey for that school.
The survey assesses your views on how the school engages with families. Answers are not linked to names in any way. When typing answers, please do not give names or information that you don’t want to share with this school. Data will be shared with school leaders to help improve the school and will be published on the GaDOE website.
Please help by sharing your honest opinion on this 22-question survey. To take the survey, please click the link below or go to this website: https://survey.gadoe.org/FM?sid=19FE75F5
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Dr. Hill at ronaldhill@lowndes.k12.ga.us
Sincerely,
Dr. Ronald Hill II
Assistant Principal
Lowndes High School
Family Notification of Student Survey
Dear Parent or Guardian,
We are writing to inform you about a student survey that will be conducted at your child’s school. The survey, which will be open from January through March, includes 73 questions. It should take students approximately 25 minutes to complete. The survey asks about the quality of teaching and learning, the school environment, support for students, how commonly students in the school face challenges (such as being bullied), and student risk behaviors (such as self-harm and substance abuse). Names cannot be tied to survey answers in any way, and students can skip any question. The data will help leaders improve the school.
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), 20 U.S.C. § 1232(c)(1)(A) gives you the right to review a copy of the student survey questions. You may review the survey questions at this link. Additionally, you may request that the school provide a copy of the survey questions for your review.
The PPRA also gives you the right to opt your child out of participating in the survey. If you do not wish for your child to participate, please complete the information below, sign, and return this letter to your student’s second block teacher by January 22, 2026.
Thank you for your cooperation,
COMPLETE ONLY IF YOUR CHILD CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY.
School Name: __________________________________________________________ Printed Name of School
I DO NOT want my child, ________________________________________, in the ______ grade, Printed Name of Child Grade
to take part in the 2025-2026 Georgia School Climate Survey.
Printed Name of Parent or Guardian _________________________________________
Signature of Parent or Guardian __________________________________ Date __________________
