November 20, 2014 Minutes

Lehi Elementary School Community Council

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Meeting Minutes

Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance

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

Voting on September 18, 2014  minutes:

A motion was made by Susan Archibald and seconded by Liz Ash  to approve last meetings minutes.

Nomination and voting for new vice chair:  A motion was made by Lance Madigan to nominate Susan Archibald as Vice Chair.  Mr. Miller seconded the nomination. 

The voting members voted and it was unanimous in favor of Susan Archibald as Community Council Vice Chair.

Good Things:

• Double Dosing is under way with 3 math classes and 3 reading classes going at 3 different levels. 
• Expanded art program is up and running.  Students are taking advantage of Art and Music classes, funded in part by a grant from the Beverly Sorenson Foundation.  Mrs. Jones is doing a fabulous job of integrating the curriculum into her art and music classes and the kids are really enjoying it.
• Gifted and Talented program running well.  Taught by Mrs. Lish and Mrs. Wykstra.
• Good outcome at the boundary meetings.   We will get more info on this in the future.
• Choir changing to Monday to better serve students who are in double dosing or gifted and talented.
• Good attendance at parent/teacher conferences.
• Feb. 4^th –Science Fair

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

Review of Statewide Training

• Mr. Miller and Lance attended a recent training for Principals and Community Council Chairs in Alpine School District, and Lance also attended one of the statewide trainings held recently. They shared some things we were doing well, as well as discussed some things we needed to update.
• We can continue to use this blog to meet meeting reporting requirements, but need to add a link from the school web page.
• We should elect a Vice Chair to assist the Chair (which was done)
• All voting members were asked to review the Lehi Elementary Rules of Order and Procedure (found at http://lehielementary.blogspot.com/p/lehi-elementary-rules-of-order-and.html).  This should be done annually.
• Council Members, parents, or anyone else can review school status, demographic information, testing results, and more (see details on accessing reports below).

Report on school testing/district grading

• The recent school reports were discussed.
• Curriculum information can be found at www.schools.utah.gov/curr/imc 
• School Demographic and Report information are available at https://psdreports.schools.utah.gov/Gateway

Report on the use of Trust Land Funds

• Mr. Miller used $1500 of trust land money to buy supplies for the arts and music program.
• Money will also be used to provide more aide time to the 5^th and 6^th grade teachers.
• Lance requested that Mr. Miller give us an update on use of Trust Land Funds at the next meeting, which he said he would be happy to provide.

Calendar of upcoming meetings:

 Jan. 22^nd, and March 19^th.  Other meetings may be called as needed.  All meetings are held at 3:40 pm in the school conference room.

Adjourn