Minutes, January 22, 2015

Lehi Elementary School Community Council 

Thursday, January 22, 2015 

Meeting Minutes

In Attendance:  Joel Miller, Susan Archibald, Lance Madigan, Liz Ash,  Brittany Gray,  Amy Grace,  Cathleen Tronson, Amy Sloan, Jodie Harris, Cali Southwick, Kimberly Kosorok 

Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance 

Voting on November 20, 2014  minutes:  A motion was made by Susan Archibald and seconded by Liz Ash to approve last meetings minutes. 

Good Things:  

• Sage Formative Testing-This is a free test that can help the teachers and students prepare for the Sage Test.  Teachers can pull questions to make own assessments for students to practice on.  This comes through the Sage Portal so every teacher has access to it.   
• Sage Writing Test-Changes were made so less time will be involved in this portion of the test than last year. 
• Sage Testing Window-Start about the last week of April and go into May by about 2 weeks. 
• Robotics class started last week (Jan. 13). 
• Gifted and Talented Program moving along.   
• Eight cordless microphones and a spotlight were purchased to upgrade our Drama Club. 
• Lehi Elementary will reapply for the Beverly Taylor Sorensen Grant this spring.  This grant, along with Trust land Funds helps support our fine art program. 
• Double Dosing-Teachers will be turning in data soon to show progress and growth.  This will also include attendance data. 
• Boundary issue-This has not been approved by the board of education yet.  The suggested change moves our boundary from State Street to I-15.  If approved, we would add students from Sego Lily and Eagle Crest. 
• Feb. 4th –Science Fair 

Attending our meeting was a Community Council Rep. (Kimberly Kosorok) for our area.  She will take any issues or concerns we may have back to the District Community Council Meeting. 

Review of Rules of Order and Procedure:   Lance proposed an addition to the rules of Order and Procedure.   

• Meetings are regularly scheduled, however interim meetings may be called by the request and support of two Community Council Members. One week notice is still required.
  
• In extreme circumstances, a motion and second can be made electronically (email, etc.) or by phone among Council Members.  A majority must approve, and the motion is given preliminary approval until the next Community Council meeting (whether a regularly scheduled meeting, or an interim meeting).

Amy moved that we approve the motion, and Kathleen seconded.  It was unanimously approved. 

Report on the use of Trust Land Funds 

Year-to-date budget report-  We are on track for use of funds.  Double Dosing does not get paid out until the end of the year.   

Progress of Plan-At the next meeting we will review progress of plan in more detail.  On Feb. 10th we will work on the layout of the School Improvement Plan. 

Collaboration Meeting Observation:  On Feb. 9th the School Community Council will take the opportunity to observe the collaboration meetings of the teachers and see how this time is used to help students.  Meet in council room at 2:15pm.   

We will meet on Feb. 10 to report on observations and start School Improvement Plan. 

Feedback from parents:  Kindergarten registration coming up.  Discussed need to get word out to parents early about registration. 

Calendar of upcoming meetings: 

March 19th.  Other meetings may be called as needed.  All meetings are held at 3:40 pm in the school conference room. 

Adjourn