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September 2023 Minutes

Meeting Information:

Tuesday, September 27, 2022 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Media Center

Minutes:

Attending: Trudy Wilson, Richard Rigby, Peri Shepard, Kaiann Womack, Kaitlyn Call, Mason Anderson, Sunni Shoemaker, Laylah Seamonoff, Kathy Christiansen (school board member)
Welcome:
- Contact Page- paper handout
Recommended timeline for the school year:
- August/September: Fall elections
  - Look at rules of operation
  - Elect a chair and co/chair
Elect a Chair/Co-Chair:
- Responsibilities of Chair: connect with Trudy before meeting, come up with agenda, set the meeting and go through agenda.
- Responsibilities of Co-chair: fill in for chair at the meeting.
- Chair: Kaiann Womack
- Co-Chair: Kaitlynn Call
Review of Rules of Order and Procedure:
- How to vote– meant to maintain order
- Add to the website when it was reviewed and approved (if changes need to be made)
- We read and reviewed the Rules of Order and Procedure and all agree.
Title One:
- School-Parent-Student Compact:
  - Before COVID our funds were mainly for free/reduced lunch.
  - We have encouraged parents to apply for it, because if we go in the hole we (the school) have to find the funds to cover it.
  - PUSH for the community to apply for it!
    - You can apply for it... No matter what! ONLINE-
    - Secretaries are the only ones who know if you have it
      - **Idea from Kaitlyn: have a computer set up during back to school night to give them time to apply or have a QR code card
  - Teacher Responsibilities —>
  - Parent Responsibilities—>
  - Student Responsibilities—>
    - Gives everyone a chance to take ownership
Parent and Family Engagement Policy:
- Compliance with funding
  - 1 book for students to pick out before Christmas
  - 1 book 1 school & parent night
  - FACE family and Community Education (book program)
- Home Language communication (our website can be translated!)
  - State Assessments
  - Provide Timely information:
  - Ways to participate at the school
- ***Approved by School Community Council on September 27, 2022
Chat About Security:
- A learning curve
- Bring license/ID to the door (forget wallet…?) –
  - Kathy will bring this idea back-
    - Tim and Gary are going to do podcasts… Is this a good idea to have them talk about the ID—
- Staff training with SGT. Tanner went over different protocols
- How will parents know if the school gets evacuated? SwiftK12 system
- Is our safety plan online???

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October 2022 Minutes

November 2022 Minutes

Meeting Information:

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Conference Room

Minutes:

Attending: Trudy Wilson, Kaiann Womack, Richard Rigby, Peri Shepard, Sunni Shoemaker, Laylah Semanoff, Kathy Christiansen, Mason Andersen
- Virtual: Kaitlyn Call
Welcome:
Digital Citizenship:
- Mauri Bowles (Birch Creek Elementary Librarian)
  - What the district expects her to go over with the kids
    - Started off the year with digital citizenship and how to behave online
    - Common Sense Media
  - Biggest Standouts: What is private information- - and rights & responsibilities
    - Mrs. Bowles feels like the students are retaining the lessons
      - Finding a balance in your media use
  - Question from Mason: Cyberbullying?
    - Response from Mrs. Bowles– there is a section on it and she does teach it (if time allows, starts in 5th grade)
Review Trustlands Goals & TSSA Plans:
- Trudy Wilson
  - HMH Growth Measure (reading test):
    - Winter Test is coming up
  - Expenditures:
    - Para professionals (ongoing)
    - Technology
  - Trustlands:
    - Allocated through the state
  - TSSA:
    - Student achievement money (housed at the district)
  - TSSA Plan:
    - School Counselor
    - Math (beginning to middle)
    - Typical Growth on iReady at 50% or higher
    - Results will come in January
    - Kindness Tshirts
    - Updating desktops and short throws
  - Title One Plan:
    - Free and reduced lunch 43% applied & accepted
    - We needed 40% to stay in Title One
Safety Routes:
- Need to invite Mayor Monson (She will have more information about new housing, infrastructure, and sidewalks).
Free and Reduced Lunch Follow-up:
- Went over that in the Title One Plan- we hit our mark, received our funds
- Everyone benefits from the Title One funds

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December 2023 Minutes

January 2023 Minutes

Meeting Information:

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Birch Creek Conference Room

Minutes:

Attending: Trudy Wilson, Kaiann Womack, Mason Anderson, Peri Shepard, Kaitlyn Call, Laylah Seamonoff, Kathy Christiansen, Richard Rigby
- Guests: Anne Fisher, Mayor Monson
- Missing: Sunni Shoemaker
Welcome:
Review Positive Behavior Plan:
- Anne Fisher (PBIS team from Birch Creek)
- Leader in Me
- Boys Town
  - ***Throughout the school, we have the TOTEM program for consistency, focusing on the same rules in every classroom.
- In March, we will have kindness week with matching kindness shirts
- TAG team meets to identify students who need extra help, teachers bring in students that they need support with.
- Each month we highlight students for the monthly Leader in Me habit 3 from each class.
- Mrs. Jex works on teaching social skills and emotional resilience
- Kindness Awards that Mrs. Wilson hands out
Review Mid-Year Data:
- Trust Land Plan: GOAL – Decrease in students in the at-risk category – with HMH Growth Measure.
- Started with 23.8% of students well below grade level. In winter it decreased to 13.2% of students well below grade level.
Trust Land Budget:
- We still have 36% of our budget remaining (right on track to finish the year).
  - The remainder will basically be used to pay para-professionals.
TSSA Plan:
- Help pay for Counselor, additional funding for ½ time teacher, etc.
- Goal – Median growth would be 50% or higher
  - We hit 60%
- Money left for teacher salaries and para-professionals. We have about 35% remaining (on track to finish the year)
Safety Routes:
- Mayor Monson:
  - New lights for crosswalk on 6th west
  - Wrote a grant to slow traffic— speed limit lights for 10 sets within the city of Smithfield.
    - Match program– About $9,000 a set (really hoping for the grant)
  - Mrs. Wilson calls her directly to ask for help with different issues.
    - If Smithfield city doesn’t know there's a problem, how can they fix it?
  - Still worried about the Temple and traffic that will arise.
  - Sidewalks by the fire station next to the railroad tracks
    - It’s not worth opening that “can of worms”
  - Kaitlyn noticed that it is paved on both sides but then a block and half where there's no sidewalk
  - Safe School Grants
Mid-Year Progress:
- HMH Growth Measure:
  - We made our goal!
- School Land Trust Budget: Still doing good, just para pro
- iReady Math: 50% or higher and we are at 56%
- TSSA Budget: Still doing good, just para pro
- **** Start thinking about our new goals for next year
Hats Off Award Information:
- Comes from the Cache Education Foundation
- Open for nominees
- Parents nominated teachers
- District Website has the link, google form (easy application)
- Friday, March 3, 2023 is the last day to nominate
- The committee loves to read the parent letters
Other:
- Thursday, January 6th, there’s a safe technology assembly for parents at Summit Elementary.
  - Nick Sales- - - is the presenter
- Kathy Christiansen:
  - HB 215– chipping away at money that’s been earmarked for public education.
  - The vouchers (Utah Fits All) will pull away money for public education and put it into private education.
- What can you do to help? Email our legislators and let them know you are opposed https://le.utah.gov/

Printable Version: January 2023 minutes

February 2023 Minutes

Meeting Information:

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 4:00-5:00 P.M.
Conference Room

Minutes:

Attending: Trudy Wilson, Kaiann Womack, Richard Rigby, Peri Shepard, Sunni Shoemaker, Laylah Semanoff, Kathy Christiansen, Mason Andersen
- Virtual: Kaitlyn Call
Welcome:
Trust Lands Plan:
- Due at the end of the month
- Mrs. Wilson met with team leads to talk about expenditure, etc.
  - They talked about how our highest need is reading and our goal will be the same.
  - District sets other goals. Kindergarten acadience goal and 3rd grade acadience goal
- Team Leads felt that we don’t need another goal for acadience because the district does it.
- HMH gives teachers a way to identify specific skills that they need help with- a good diagnostic
- Financial:
  - As a school we are supposed to get almost $100,000
  - The district had a team come out and look at our inventory of technology and came up with a plan with Trudy about what we may need to purchase the next calendar year and the following calendar year.
  - Slowly replacing teachers' desktop computers… so that they don’t all go out at once.
  - Trustlands will be used for subscriptions, para educators, hardware and software
  - Chromebooks- - we are at a good point, we just updated a couple of carts when needed with our TSSA funds
  - Trust Lands we have about 12% left for the rest of the year… We should be at 0% by the end of the year.
Rise Testing:
- Proctors are needed for that (about 3). Let Kaiann Womack know if you are available or if you know someone who can help.
- Around $12 or $13 an hour and about 3-4 hours a day 3 days a week for about 4-5 weeks.
- You have to do an ethics training and sign a paper.
- Proctors are there for teacher protection.
School Community Council voted in favor of proposed Trust Lands plan.