Community Council

2018-2019 School Trustlands Report

2015-2016 Final Report

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As a parent you have the opportunity to serve on the School Community Council. If you were to serve you would have the opportunity to help us do the following:

• Increase student performance through appropriate use of School Land Trust monies.
• Safe school committee. Influence student safety policies (Safe Walking Route).
• Be involved in helping develop a school improvement plan.
• Develop a parent involvement policy.
• Develop a school parent compact.

We would love to work with any parents willing to contribute to our school and look forward to working with those already on the council. All meetings are open to the public and a meeting schedule can be found the school website.

Community Council Minutes for March

In attendance:  Rod Broadhead, Cindy Galt, Russ Gifford, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Gardner

Topic discussed: 2017-18 Trustland and Title I plan.

• Trustland will pay for a 10K music teacher and approximately 42K for reading interventionist paras.
• Title I will pay for a half a teacher, a reading consultant, 2 SEE students, and approximately 4 reading paraprofessionals.

Community Council approved the budget.

Community Council Minutes for February

In attendance: Kyle Campbell, Cindy Galt, Russ Gifford, Mrs. Gardner, Mr. Abraham, Mrs. Poulsen

Topic Discussed: School wide behavior intervention

• Because of increased severe behavior concerns, they have been working with 3 school psychologists to create a better behavior plan.
• The school has a para each day that works with some of the students with the biggest concerns.
• If the behavior concerns are severe enough that parent help and collaboration with teachers and trying many different interventions, then the student will work in more of a one on one setting to help them with skills in the classroom.

• Present: Mr. Cottam, Mr. Broadhead, Mrs. Galt, Mr. Gifford, Mrs. DuFresne, Darlene, new

member (should've remembered his name), Ryan & Laura Poulsen (nominated and voted in

as new pres. For the council)

• Highly Qualified Teacher Report: teachers are required to take 2 tests every so often to

show they have a broad understanding of concepts and understanding of pedagogy/teaching

skills. All our teachers have passed that test.

• (CSIP) Consolidated school improvement plan: in November the school board assesses

and improves curricula

• (GVC) Guaranteed and viable curriculum for each grade level. In the Utah state curricula it

would take 23 years to teach everything. Grade level teachers at each school decide what to

teach (they are surprisingly close to other schools according to Cottam)

-The board breaks down the essentials. 1st year is "have to know", 2nd tier introduce

subject but doesn't have to me mastered, helpful for the next school year, last tier is the

extras that are nice to know but not entirely useful.

- Kids will have more ownership of "this is what I'm learning and this is where I need to be",

will be discussed at SEP's. May not be progress toward some subjects that haven't been

introduced yet.

- Discussed having the GVC posted and what we teach and why. My Math seems to already

do that.

- Trust land (state fund) is $32,000:

- $17,000 went toward 70 Chrome books. 60 went toward a complete new computer lab

(to facilitate using success maker (differentiates in math and language) & imagine

learning labs (language development for K, 1st & 2nd).

- $10,000 toward our certified music teacher (on Monday's & Wednesday's, part of her

salary comes from Beverly Taylor Sorensen, the state program & Panorama Elem).

Julie Heaton ($8,000 reading intervention (Americore program gives her a stipend also).

The $2,295 went toward Brain Pop ($200 increase fee) which is used in class and home.

- Title 1 (federal money) budget $179,870.53:

- For every kid that qualifies we get $435, then the district gives an extra $30,000.

- $9,750 goes toward teacher training

- $3,250 is a parent involvement fund (which helps parents get involved in the school.

Last year it went toward school barbecue. (Paid for literacy & math night as well)

- $107,000 Pays for 2 additional teachers. 22-24 in a class vs. 27.

- Pays for a full time science teacher (12-30 min. Science classes a couple times a week)

- $18,116 went toward technology (some went to carry over to help with budget cuts)

- Deadline is the first day of October (85-90% of boundary qualifies). iPads and computers

could be removed if our school doesn't qualify.

- Discussed ways to make sure families are applying for title 1.

Community Council Meeting

May 7, 2015

Members in attendance: Mr. Cottam, Mr. Broadhead, Mrs. DuFresne, Jeramiah Farmer,

Brittney Farmer, Sadie Jaggi, Michelle Marshall

Parking--north side of the school parent pick-up parents are getting out of their cars so

cars aren't moving forward making it difficult for parents in the back to get heir kids.

Parent Nights--schedule all nights prior to school. Barbecue was fun--continue with no

games--maybe bring balls out to allow for spontaneous games. Family movie nights?

Maybe an early barbecue next year.

Communication--Remind. Hallr.

Surveys--What type of communication? Do you feel welcome in our school? Do

teachers/staff listen to me?

Community Council Meeting

January 15, 2015

Members in attendance: Ms. Galt, Mrs. Jaggi, Angye

Lancaster, Jeramiah Farmer, Brittney Farmer, Ryan

Poulsen, Laura Poulsen, Mrs. DuFesne, Mr. Cottam

Attendance--across all grade levels attendance has

dropped over the last few months

Parking--better flow, things are looking good, east field gate

opening is helping

Buses--trying out no waiting lines, allowing kids to board

as soon as their bus arrives

Parent Nights (Literacy Night)--possible BBQ and star

gazing, turn Moms and Muffins into Moms, Muffins, and

Math and Dads, Donuts, and Digits

Buying 100 chrome books--money would be coming from

Title I rather than Trust Land

Next meeting--March 19, 2015

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Community Council

Members in attendance: Michelle Marshal, Sadie Jaggi, Jeramiah Farmer, Brittney 

Farmer, Mr. Broadhead, Mr. Cottam, Laura Hessen (school board)

SAGE test results: Language Arts 38%, Math 50%, Science 38% 

 -looking at numbers in all sub-groups

 -in-school interventions 

 -individual grade level scores (grades 3,4, 5)

PBIS (Positive Behavior)

 -Raptor Praise Ticket

 -Celebrity Book

 -prize drawings

 -Peer Praise Ticket

Next meeting: Thursday, January 15

2015-2016 Final Report

During the 2014-2015 school year Sandstone Elementary received $36,281. We were able to hire one part time music teacher and one paraprofessional to work with struggling readers. We budgeted $16,000 to do this. The actual cost at the end of the year was $13,409.  We budgeted $2,095 for a software program called Brain-Pop. We renewed this software in October of 2014. We budgeted $16,800 for chromebooks. We researched and purchased the chromebooks and spent $16,524. 
Those were the purchases we made. We have a carry over amount of approximately $5,000. This money will be spent during the 2015-2016 school year on technology.