Impact for Families

Kent Community Success has a goal to strengthen family-school connection for families in 21st CCLC program, with focus on families furthest form educational opportunity, with an objective specific to satisfaction with family events: Of families who participate in family events, 95% will rate the event positively on survey.

Mill Creek and River Ridge used family event surveys to collect feedback in several areas: overall satisfaction with events, and how events helped parents/family member(s) feel connected to their child and the larger school/community. The 2024-25 results are as follows:

  • Survey results were most positive related to families’ interest in offering identical or similar events in coming year. At Mill Creek, 96% of respondents (N=126) indicated they would like to see identical or similar events. At River Ridge, 95% of respondents (N=78) responded in this way. Both sites exceeded the 95% benchmark for participant satisfaction based on this question.
  • In other areas, responses were largely positive, but did not meet the objective of 95% of respondents:
    • 83% of Mill Creek and River Ridge respondents indicated that family events helped connect them to their child(ren)’s school.
    • 91% of Mill Creek respondents and 82% of River Ridge respondents indicated that family events connected them to their child(ren)’s education.
    • 89% of Mill Creek respondents and 91% of River Ridge respondents indicated that family events helped them learn something new about their students’ school.
    • 84% of Mill Creek respondents and 91% of River Ridge respondents indicated that family events equipped them with knowledge to support their students’ success.