Student Survey

September 13, 2011

Dear Parents,

You may know that the Pateros School District has been participating in the E-rate program for the past several years to reduce the cost of telecommunications and would like to add the internal connections costs as well. The E-rate program is a Federal program which provides schools and libraries across the country with substantial discounts (70%-90%) on their technology services.

These discounts reduce the costs of our telephone service, Internet access, and the internal connections we use to build and maintain the computer networks that link our classrooms. The size of the discounts which we receive is based the income level of our student's families. Our local public library also benefits since it shares our discount rate. Discounts also save the district and taxpayers a substantial amount of money.

We need your help qualifying for the largest discount allowable by providing us with some very general information. Please take a minute to fill out and return the attached survey to: Pateros School District, ATTN: Bill Haley, Po Box 98, Pateros, WA 98846.

This information will remain confidential and will be reported only as a total group, not by individual families, and will not be used for any purpose other than E-rate.

The income guidelines on the attached survey are the same as those used for participation in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. However, since responses to the survey will be kept confidential, answering yes to any of the questions on the attached form will not make your children eligible to receive Free or Reduced price lunches. Instead, if you have children you would like to enroll in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program, please contact Melodie Allen at 923-2343 Ext. 4 in the district office.

Thank you for your participation in helping Pateros School District stretch its resources to best serve all our students. If you have any questions, please call our office at 923-2343 or Bill Haley at 923-2377.

Thank you,

Bill Haley

Technology Director

E-Rate Family Survey - 2011-2012

Please complete and return the survey below. It is important that you return this form to us even if your income does not meet any of these criteria in order for the survey to be considered a valid measure.

How many children in Elementary School (K-6): ____________________________

How many children in High School (7-12): ____________________________

Please attempt to answer the questions listed