Once more, respondents are more positive about AISD elementary schools than secondary schools. On the whole, respondents hold positive views about the efforts of district residents and school officials to involve the community in school activities. An exception to this general trend occurs with respect to AISD teachers caring about students' needs. When opinions of AISD schools and school-related issues are analyzed by enrollment in AISD, respondents with a child or children attending AISD schools generally tend to be more positive about AISD than those with no children in school. Parents with children in private schools are not included in this analysis because their numbers are too few to allow statistically reliable projections.
Anglo respondents provide positive ratings with respect to bilingual education.
With respect to expanding magnet programs, Hispanics tend to be more positive. Although respondents with children attending AISD schools rate some specialized services more highly than respondents who have no children in school, opinions are comparable on the majority of items included in the survey instrument. Ratings regarding AISD expansion of the magnet program to include science, engineering and music are virtually identical. Seventy-eight percent of parents with children attending AISD provide positive ratings and 80 percent of respondents with no children in school rate magnet school expansion positively. Views concerning AISD placing too much emphasis on the TAAS and not enough on total education are highly similar.