Case Study: Bay Village Schools achieves 60% bond approval and strengthened community support with SoGoSurvey

Comprehensive Listening Builds Community Support

Bay Village Schools, a suburban Ohio district serving 2,500 students, faced a critical bond election and needed to engage the entire community—fewer than 30% of registered voters had children in the district. To gather broad, trustworthy input and prevent special-interest “ballot stuffing,” the district selected the SoGoSurvey platform to upgrade its survey and communication tools.

SoGoSurvey delivered a multi-channel solution—email distribution plus mailed invitations with unique access codes, easy-to-customize surveys, and advanced branching/skip logic—enabling two-way communication and representative community feedback. The vendor’s platform helped Bay Village Schools confirm budget priorities and ultimately contributed to 60% of constituents voting in favor of the bond measure, securing the funding needed for district priorities.

Bay Village Schools

Karen Derby

Communications Director