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Breckenridge�Public Schools��2024 Community Survey�Open-ended Responses

The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to support

    • Late in the survey, after hearing details about the impacts of the potential tax levy, respondents were asked for a second time whether the supported or opposed the measure.
    • Those who expressed support were asked to provide the most important reason for their support.
    • Responses were categorized based on the first topic mentioned by each participant.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to support – most mentioned

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    • Most-mentioned item was the need to retain variety of school programs.
    • The importance of public education was second-most mentioned, followed by the need to retain staff.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to support – other topics

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to support – bubble map

OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES

    • The following slide shows a visual representation of the responses we received to the open-ended question about reasons to support the levy proposal.
    • The size of each bubble indicates how often the topic was mentioned, while the clustering of bubbles shows topics which are related to one another.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to support – bubble map

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to oppose

    • Participants who indicated that they would not support the levy proposal were asked for the most important reason behind their response.

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    • As before, responses were categorized based on the first topic mentioned.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to oppose – most mentioned

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    • Most-mentioned topic was already-high property taxes in the District.
    • Poor spending decisions by the District was the other top response.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to oppose – other topics

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to oppose – bubble map

OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES

    • The next slide gives a visual representation of the responses we received to the open-ended question about reasons to oppose the levy proposal.
    • Consistent with the previous map, the size of each bubble indicates how often the topic was mentioned, while the clusters of bubbles show related topics.

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The Morris Leatherman Company

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Reasons to oppose – bubble map

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