The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board first ever student census is now underway.
The See Me in ALCDSB survey is a confidential and voluntary student census that will collect student data, including information about language, gender, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity.
The survey, running through May 20, also includes questions about school experience.
The information students and families share will help board research staff identify disparities in the school system.
The data will be analyzed alongside information already collected under the Education Act, including student achievement, course selection and student discipline data.
The survey for students in Grades 9 to 12 will be completed by students during class time while the surveys for students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 and Grade 4 to 8 will be completed by parents/guardians on behalf of their children.
An email was sent to families with the link for the survey.
More information about the survey is available on the board website, including a recording of an information session in April and a video walkthrough of the survey.
The survey, mandated for all school boards by the province, will take place every three years.
The Hastings Prince Edward District School Board conducted its inaugural survey, This is me in HPE, last fall.
