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Call for participants: Feasibility Study Focus Groups

Greetings FPCSD School Community,

The following letter is regarding the Feasibility Study and a recruitment campaign for stakeholder participation in Focus Groups. Learn more about the Canajoharie and Fort Plain CSD Feasibility Study to explore a potential merger.

Advisory Committee

We will appoint representatives to an Advisory Committee at the end of the month.  Applications to participate on that committee are still being accepted.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in serving on the Advisory Committee:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIVgpL3R8asx-e-FzMK5G87xW7RUAozgfHnwmoOAb7qtM6Mg/viewform?usp=sf_link

ThoughtExchange for community input

In addition, we launched the ThoughtExchange to gather community input. Read about the Feasibility Study and access the link to participate with its ThoughtExchange.

Focus Group discussions

Lastly, we are now looking to recruit people to participate in Focus Group discussions; participation requires a one time only commitment.  The goal of the groups will be to have discussions to harvest perspectives, experiences, and perceptions.

Focus groups will contain 8-10 people in each, with balanced membership among stakeholders (community members, families, faculty, staff and students) and districts.  The participants will be encouraged to provide commentary related to the current perceptions, understandings and beliefs about the merger study.

There will be three sessions:

  • Tuesday, Aug. 20 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Canajoharie High School
  • Tuesday Aug. 20 from 5-6 p.m. at Canajoharie High School
  • Wednesday, Aug. 21 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Fort Plain Elementary School

If you would like to be considered to participate in a Focus Group discussion, please fill out the google form in the link below by Thursday, Aug 8.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sjg7tEdqbyZ2aw9T6IgWSi5gOEEejFJ3m5oDgUJe0d8/prefill

Wishing everyone well,

Mrs. Lauren Crisman, Superintendent