Choices for the Future was a way for the community to come to a concensus on how to improve Valley High School through use of the One-Cent Sales Tax. This decision would modify the improvements in the 10-Year Facility Plan. The discussions and meetings took place during the 2001-02 school year.

Note: All the files below are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader.

Survey Results

• Tabulated Results
• Survey Comments

Comments from July 2002 Community Meetings

• July 9
• July 11
• July 17
• July 22
• July 24
• Benefits and Concerns Summary

4A's Program
Documents concerning enrollment, participation, student-teacher staffing ratios, class size, curriculum, etc. were generated by a subcommittee of the Design Down Committee. The following documents are classified under one of three main categories:

• Participation
• Enrollment
• Curriculum

Community Survey Results
Residents of the West Des Moines Community School District were asked to offer feedback on a list of items related to high school programming and services. Survey respondents offered their opinions on the level of importance and their level of satisfaction with each of the items on the list.

• Executive Summary
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D
• Community Survey Comments

Student Survey Results - April 2002

• All Students
• Valley
• Valley Southwoods
• Walnut Creek Campus
• Comments

Community Meeting Feedback - March 13, 2002

Design Down Progress Report - March 13, 2002

Updated Timeline - March 2002

Student Interviews - February 2002

• Valley
• Valley Southwoods Freshman High School
• Walnut Creek

Report on Community Forums from February 20 & 26

• Basic School Finance 101
• How Construction Costs are Established (PowerPoint file)
• High School Profiles
• Small Group Discussion Results
  • Feb. 20
  • Feb. 26

Updated Timeline and Design Down Process

Timeline and Design Down Process

Nov. 29, 2001 Survey Report