MINUTES, March 19, 2015

Lehi Elementary School Community Council 

Thursday, March 19, 2015 

Meeting Minutes

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

Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance 

Voting on January 20, 2015 minutes:  A motion was made by Susan Archibald and seconded by Amy Grace to approve last meetings minutes. 

Good Things:  

• Excited for the upcoming Munch and Mingle – please encourage others to attend
• Dudes and Doughnuts continues to go well
• Spelling Bee and Knowledge Bowl – both activities are excellent to encourage our gifted and talented students. As was the Robotics Class
• Battle of the Books is another great activity
• New Librarian, Mrs. Nicole Soderquist, is fitting in well, and the kids seem to love her. 

Report on Use of Trust Land Funds:   Mr. Miller gave an update

• Double dosing is working well to help improve students learn for those who attend.
• Gifted and Talented is at the same time, causing some complications with some students that are in both (not foreseen that while some students struggle with reading, they could at the same time excel at math. Priority given to Double Dosing)
• As are other extra-curricular activities such as band, choir, and drama are moved to other dates as much as possible
• Also incorporating extension activities during flex-time
•  Reading Rocks will be held this summer with the PTA’s assistance

Report on Use of Trust Land Funds:   Mr. Miller reviewed our action plan for 2015-2016 Trust Land Funds.

Plans for Next Year: 

• Report was in draft, so a final will be sent to Council members before it is submitted.
• Council Members were encouraged to talk to other parents about the Council and recruit for next year’s Council.
• Council Memberships that will expire this year include:
• Lance Madigan (Community/Parent Member)
•  Liz Ash (Faculty/Staff Member)
• Terms are supposed to be for two years, and Councils are encouraged to have equal numbers of outgoing and incoming members to maintain consistency. Since we have many people expiring year after next, we wanted to try and encourage more members to join next fall.

Adjorned

Next meeting will be scheduled for August (announcement will be emailed to current Council, posted on school web site and at school, and posted to PTA Facebook page.