For subjective complexity, three questions from the survey were used. These questions asked respondents how much they agreed or disagreed with the following prompts: 1) “I would characterize relations between diverse groups in my district as harmonious”, 2) “I would characterize my district’s environment—the political, social, and economic factors at work—as relatively complex”, and 3) “There is a lot of conflict over educational issues in our community.” Responses range from 4 for strongly agree to 1 for strongly disagree. The responses to the first question were reversed and then added to the responses to the second and third questions to get an additive index of subjective complexity. Higher values indicate greater complexity.