September 13, 2021 – Minutes

School Community Council Meeting Minutes

Sprucewood Elementary

September 13, 2021

Members Present:

Members Absent: 

• Call to Order: Meeting called to order by Principal Schino at 4:06 pm 
• Welcome All members introduced themselves
• Review Bylaws and Rules of Order & Procedure

https://sprucewood.canyonsdistrict.org/scc-bylaws/ 

https://robertsrules.org/rror–00.htm 

• Review requirements for Open and Public Meetings Act

School Community Councils are subject to Open Meetings Law, Utah Code Title 52, Chapter 4, Section 207; electronic meetings will comply with the law and be publicly noticed as is any public meeting by this body.

https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title52/Chapter4/52-4-S207.html

• Elect Chairperson and Vice Chair

Motion: Schino motions for TJ McClure for Chair and Jason Dyer for Vice Chair 

Second: Terri Avery seconds the motion 

• Approve meeting dates for year

1. Proposed Dates: Mondays 4:00 to 5:00pm

September 13, 2021, October 11, 2021,  November 15, 2021,  December 13, 2021,  January 10, 2022,  February 7, 2022,  March 7, 2022,  April 11, 2022, May 9, 2022 

Motion:Mindy Cupello made a motion to approve the proposed dates

Second: Bo Jensen made a second motion to approve the proposed dates

1. Our website currently states: “All meetings will be held virtually at 4:00 P.M. until the council decides it is necessary to meet in person.”  Do we want to continue virtually or move to in-person?  

Motion: Mindy Cupello makes a motion to keep meetings virtual

Second: Jason Dyer makes a second motion to keep meetings virtual

• Complete Roster (is this the best email for each member?) all correct 

• Share SCC training dates provided by District

Training will be in person at the Canyons Center (District Office building) 9361 S. 300 East, Sandy 84070. 

SCC 101 will be offered online with a short recap at the “all SCC training”. All new members are encouraged to watch SCC 101 prior to attending this year’s training. 

September 14.   SCC Training    9-9:50 a.m.         Chairs and Vice Chairs             

                                                             10-11:30              All SCC                                                

                                                             6-6:50 p.m.         Chairs and Vice Chairs            

                                                             7 – 8:30 p.m.      All SCC

All members need only attend the All SCC training, unless they are the chair or vice-chair. Chairs and Vice Chairs will attend their breakout and then the All SCC. Principals may attend the Chair and Vice-Chair training if you want, but your required training is the All SCC training. Everyone only attends once – each session is a repeat of previous sessions.

Schino suggests having elections next year in May instead of waiting until September so we know ahead of time who will be serving and that they can attend the training in a more timely manner.  

• Review last year’s LANDtrust plan, whether goals were met, how money was spent 

           ELA Goal:

•     60% of students scoring below or well below benchmark in the Fall Acadience 

Reading Composite will move to at or above benchmark, and 60% of students scoring 

basic or below basic in Reading Inventory will advance to proficient or advanced.

*32% of students moved according to Acadience data

*48% of students moved from according to Reading Inventory data

Celebration from achievement data:

63.5% of students began year at or above benchmark and 71% of  students ended year at 

or above benchmark

School Climate Goal:

•     By May 2021 100% of Sprucewood teachers will implement all four aspects of Morning Meeting in the order of Greeting, Sharing, Group Activity and Message every morning of the week during the designated time of 8:50-9:10am.  This goal will be measured by monthly walkthrough data gathered by Principal and Achievement Coach.

*Goal was met!  The final three months of school walkthrough data showed 100% implementation. 

TSSA budget $57,044: 

$54,284.16= technology (chromebooks and ipads to get our building 1:1)

$2,759.84= rollover to this year’s budget

LANDtrust budget $52,692:

$34,970.75= salaries for Tier II reading aides

$10,632.00= equipment 

$1,710.25= textbooks

$5,379.00= rollover to this year’s budget (however, this amount is already allocated to pay for phonics readers we ordered in April, but were on backorder until this month)

• Other

Principal Schino proposed the SCC approve paying two expenditures from cell tower funds at approximately $2,000.00 total.  We currently have $18,017.27 available in cell tower:

1. Tiffany McDaniel and Randi Vanderwerff for Kindergarten Teacher Professional Learning Time to avoid having to get substitute teachers (pay teacher salary for 2 hours per month Sept-May at their hourly rate) approximate expenditure is $150 per month, $1,500.00 approximate total per year
2. Christina VanDam for Social Media management for running our instagram, Facebook, Twitter and DOJO communications (one time $500 stipend for the entire year)

TJ motions to approve the spending as outlined

Mindy Cupello motions to second the spending as outlined 

• Adjourn until next month’s meeting October 11, 2021

Meeting adjourned at 5:02pm