Community Council Minutes

12/15/2011 Community Council Minutes

3:45 Meeting at Wilson Elementary School in room by the Principals office. Anyone who has items they wish to discuss are always welcome to attend.

These notes are being taken by Brigitte Ballard.

In attendance:
Brigitte Ballard (at 4:00)
Delores Droesbeke
Bethann Matousek
Sarah Ann Delaney
Holly Fjeldsted
Rikki Wardle
Joy Hayes (guest to discuss parent universities)
Sundee Ware (4:15)
Absent
Paul Vaslet
Ivie Foster

Introductions and School Updates
Christmas Cards for Senior Citizens
Coins for Christmas brought in just under $1000
Cafe Rio raised $453.00
Feed the Snowman
MLK Jr Display 1/16

4:10 Parent Involvement Policy
Present final draft copies and questions about implementation
Vote on Parent Involvement Policy. Vote was approved by all members in attendance.

4:20 Meeting Time Change
Vote on Revised Community Council Calendar and Meeting Time. Vote was approved by all members in attendance.
New Proposed time is the third Thursday of each month at 4:00 PM. The Meeting will still be held in the school conference room.
January 12 at 4PM Wilson Conference Room
January 18 at 6PM District Board Meeting Principal and Chairperson
February 23 at 4PM Wilson Conference Room
March 15 at 4PM Wilson Conference Room
March 28 at 6PM District Board Meeting Principal and Chairperson
April 19 at 4PM Wilson Conference Room
May 17 at 4PM Wilson Conference Room

4:30 Parent University
Parent University Survey Results









Parent University Plan Discussion
We have decided that we will start this and pilot some ideas we have. We want to video teachers showing how to do the homework and put it on Skype. These will also be put on the community council blog.

4:40 AYP Status
Current Reality & Data (Sundee)
More information is coming. We wish testing could be put back another week because it falls right after winter break. Sundee needs us to approve a change to our Trustland budget. She would like to use our left over money for and AmeriCorp to hire another aid. One of our AmeriCorp went to a different job and this money is left over. This new aid will help with Imagine If, Guiding Reading for 1st grade, and for ABC Club.
Literacy and Numeracy
Vision/Plan Discussion

4:50 Other Items
Update on school events
How can we publicize the blog? Giveaways for students.

4:55 Debrief
Future Agenda Planning (Rikki)
Emergency Plan – May 25th proposed emergency drill.
Review Tasks (Rikki)
Notice:
*All Meetings will begin on time and the schedule will be kept
*If you have items you would like to add to the agenda please e-mail suggestions to Rikki Wheatley (Rikki.wheatley@usu.edu) or Sundee Ware (sundee.ware@loganschools.org)
To do before next meeting:
Electronic vote on the Parent Involvement Plan
Send Home Parent Survey
Employee of the Year