From what I understand of your request, this should work:
<script>
// var status = document.getElementsByID("uniqueID"); // this works too
var status = document.getElementsByName("status")[0];
var jsonArr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < status.options.length; i++) {
jsonArr.push({
id: status.options[i].text,
optionValue: status.options[i].value
});
}
</script>