SCC agenda & minutes for February 28th 2025

9:00-9:10 Safety meeting:  

Chaos in the parking lot-need to be able to get past and out. Pick up and drop off in the morning and afternoon. Parking safety week? There needs to be more help in the pick-up and drop off line.

9:10- 9:20 updates for next year 

Same amount of teachers for next year. Debi is retiring, Richard is retiring. We will have one teacher retiring for the upcoming school year. Sixth grade is a small class and will only have two teachers. Fifth grade will have three teachers. We will still get two interns. The after school program is losing its funding for next year. There will still be some funding, but not nearly as much. There will still be some after school programs, but it will look different. Possibly have other partnerships with other programs. Transportation is an issue with other partnerships. There will need to be new elections for community council for the coming year, in April.

9:10- 9:30 Community council procedures and norms:  

Required people at least the principal and two more parent members. Minimum of 4-maximum of 10 parent members. Currently there are 7 members. Trying to figure out how to get more parents involved if they  need to be. Meeting attendance-In person meetings at Spring Creek can be changed to any room. Meeting agenda and discussion need to be changed as well. 

The current council is as follows: 

• Chair: Ashley Rayback-Term 1
• (Parent Member) Tyler Steele-Term 1
• (Parent Member) Olivia Goldman- Term 2
• (Parent Member) Lochsley Allred-Term 1
• (Parent Member) Jenny Wright-Term 2
• (Parent Member) Christina Bray-Term 2
• (Parent Member) Lindsay Stockdale -Term 1 
• (Teacher Member) Jackie McDermott-Term 2
• (School Employee Member) Jay Porter, Principal

Norms:

To promote ethical behavior and civil discourse each council member shall: 

• Attend council meetings on time and be prepared
• Make decisions with the needs of students and the main objective. 
• Listen to and value diverse opinions
• Be sure the opinions of those the council represents are included in discussions
• Expect accountability and be prepared to be accountable
• Act with integrity

Parent chair can send out reminders and other information for the council.

9:30-9:45 NWEA data

NWEA test is in math for the whole school. Grades K-12 take this test. The test is given at the beginning of year, middle of the year and the end of year. Currently our school is at 37% for the middle of the year. Currently the leadership is working on and looking at ways to be able to help the student population to be able to achieve higher growth and achievement. Need to close the gap for the students when there are holes in the instruction. Are the same kids that aren’t showing up not performing well? It has an impact, but not the amount that we aren’t seeing. Behavior can affect their academics as well.

9:45-9:55  Parent/community concerns or discussion Items:

How do tiered interventions work? We have the most impacted students working with trained teachers. Do we need more people to be able to help? Does money affect that? Yes, there always need to be more trained professionals, but we also need to know. Can also address with legislators about resources that are needed to be able to help the students.