Here's a survey that was performed by current students (Fall 02) of Ware Adult Education Center. Five students surveyed five of the their friends. Those twenty-five responses are tallied below.
| 1. Why do you think students drop out of high school? | ||||||||||
| Boring/No Interest | 10 | |||||||||
| Students/ Peer Pressure/ Kids | 9 | |||||||||
| Too Hard/ Can't Do/ Bad Grades | 8 | |||||||||
| Teachers | 6 | |||||||||
| Don't Like | 5 | |||||||||
| Fights | 5 | |||||||||
| Personal/ Family | 5 | |||||||||
| Pressure/Stress | 5 | |||||||||
| Pregnancy | 4 | |||||||||
| Other | 4 | |||||||||
| Drugs | 2 | |||||||||
| 2. Know people from you town (16+) that would study to get a GED diploma | ||||||||||
| Know Potential Students | 16 | |||||||||
| Sum of "How Many" | 35 | |||||||||
| Avg of "How Many" | 2 | |||||||||
| Max of How Many | 5 | |||||||||
| 3. Most convenient time for classes | ||||||||||
| Mornings | 8 | |||||||||
| Afternoons | 7 | |||||||||
| Evenings | 8 | |||||||||
| Weekends | 1 | |||||||||
| other | 1 | |||||||||
| 4. What do you think would prevent someone from using ABE services? | ||||||||||
| Transportation | 15 | |||||||||
| Childcare | 13 | |||||||||
| Lack of Interest | 10 | |||||||||
| Class time | 9 | |||||||||
| other | 5 | |||||||||
| Class Location | 3 | |||||||||
| Health | 3 | |||||||||
| 5. Do you or someone you know need to improve skills in . . | ||||||||||
| math | 15 | |||||||||
| reading | 7 | |||||||||
| writing | 7 | |||||||||
| other | 5 | |||||||||
| 6. What would be most valuable in Community ABE classes? | ||||||||||
| computers | 15 | |||||||||
| employment assistance | 12 | |||||||||
| parenting skills | 5 | |||||||||
| keyboarding | 4 | |||||||||
| ESL | 2 | |||||||||
| other | 1 | |||||||||
| citizenship | 0 | |||||||||
| 7. B. How did you learn about the | ||||||||||
| friend | 10 | |||||||||
| other | 8 | |||||||||
| relative | 6 | |||||||||
| poster | 3 | |||||||||
| school | 2 | |||||||||
| newspaper | 0 | |||||||||
| radio | 0 | |||||||||
| 7. B. other text | ||||||||||
| Word of mouth | ||||||||||
| living in town | ||||||||||
| Futureworks | ||||||||||
| Web | ||||||||||
| walk in | ||||||||||
| Volunteer Fair | ||||||||||
| saw (on street) | ||||||||||
| Library | ||||||||||
| Mom went | ||||||||||
| Town | N | |||||||||
| Ware | 11 | |||||||||
| Palmer | 4 | |||||||||
| Belchertown | 3 | |||||||||
| Warren | 2 | |||||||||
| Amherst | 1 | |||||||||
| Brimfield | 1 | |||||||||
| Hardwick | 1 | |||||||||
| Monson | 1 | |||||||||
| Pittsfield | 1 | |||||||||
| SEX | N | Amherst | Belchertown | Brimfield | Hardwick | Monson | Palmer | Pittsfield | Ware | Warren |
| Male | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Female | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| No Response | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 10. What public service would you like to see improved in the Ware area? | ||||||||||
| after school teen program | 14 | |||||||||
| public transportation | 10 | |||||||||
| job training | 8 | |||||||||
| affordable childcare | 8 | |||||||||
| homeless services | 7 | |||||||||
| elderly services | 6 | |||||||||
| psych services | 4 | |||||||||
| Addiction Treatment | 4 | |||||||||
| other | 0 | |||||||||
| age | N | Amherst | Belchertown | Brimfield | Hardwick | Monson | Palmer | Pittsfield | Ware | Warren |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 22 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 27 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 29 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 35 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 37 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 40 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 42 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 43 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 52 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 57 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| grade completed | N | Amherst | Belchertown | Brimfield | Hardwick | Monson | Palmer | Pittsfield | Ware | Warren |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 12 or 12+ | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||