December 12, 2022 – Minutes

School Community Council Meeting Minutes

Sprucewood Elementary

December 12, 2022

Members Present:

Members Absent: 

AGENDA 

• Call to Order

4:03

• Approve November minutes

First – Brooke Mathews 

Second – Parker Lindsay 

• Finalize School Safety report and Digital Citizenship reports. Principal submitted on CSD Dashboard before Dec 16th. 

Principal Schino submitted final reports on Dashboard December 2nd according to decisions made in November 14th SCC minutes.

• Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data and expenditures and review if on course or if amendments are necessary. 

LANDtrust Goal

By May 2023, 80% or more of Sprucewood students will demonstrate typical to above typical growth in basic reading skills according to Acadience Pathways of Progress. 

Budget

$45,942.88- Entire budget will be used to pay for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) aide salaries.  We are on course. 

Data

Our first growth data point will be available during our February 2023 SCC meeting.  Pathways of Progress data is formulated by combining our Fall data (September) and Winter data (end of January).

• Begin Child Access Routing Plan (SNAP) and prepare recommendations.  Due January 14th. 
• Text Description of Safe Walking Routes
• The school map identifies the safest general routes. (see SNAP map attachment)
• Students should use sidewalks when available. If there are no sidewalks, students should walk in a safe manner, facing oncoming traffic, as close to the edge of the road as possible.

Zone 1

Hidden Valley Road: West down Hidden Valley Road, enter the school grounds at the south entrance gate.

Pineridge, Cinnamon Ridge, Mill Ridge Road: North to Hidden Valley Road, walk west, enter the school grounds at the south entrance gate.

Aspen Ridge: west on either Hidden Valley Road, or Spring Ridge, enter the school grounds at the south entrance gate.

Spring Ridge: Access Hidden Valley Road using Pineridge, Cinnamon Ridge, York Ridge, or Mill Ridge Road, west on Hidden Valley, enter the school grounds at the south entrance gate.

Zone 2

Cedar Ridge: West to school, enter school grounds by crosswalk with crossing guard. 

Eastridge Road: South on Oakridge to Cedar Ridge, enter school grounds by crosswalk with crossing guard. 

Zone 3

11780 South: West to 1000 East, south on east side of 1000 East to Cedar Ridge, east to crossing guard on Cedar Ridge. 

Eagle Bend Road and Castle Rock Road: West to 1000 East, south on east side of 1000 East to Cedar Ridge, east to crossing guard on Cedar Ridge. 

11585 South/Sanders Road: West to 1000 East, south on east side of 1000 East to Cedar Ridge, east to crossing guard on Cedar Ridge. 

Black Forest Drive: west to 1000 East, south on east side of 1000 East to Cedar Ridge,east to crossing guard on Cedar Ridge.

Zone 4

Sandy Creek Drive, Dry Creek Road, E Park Mesa Way, Spruce Mesa Way: south to Sunburn Lane, east to 1000 East, south on west side of 1000 East to crossing guard in front of the school on 1000 East. 

Meadow Wood Drive, Willow Wood Drive to Riparian Drive: East to 1000 East, south on west side of 1000 East to crossing guard in front of school on 1000 East. 

Pond Ridge Drive to Riparian Drive or Cattail Drive: East to 1000 East, north on west side of 1000 East to crossing guard in front of school. 

*Sunset Ponds area-encouraged to carpool.

Zone 5

West of 700 East (Bus Zone): Ride the bus rather than walk or ride their bicycles to school.

East of 700 East between 12000 South and 12300 South (Bus Zone): Ride the bus rather than walk or ride their bicycles to school.

*Walking east along 12300 South to 1000 East to access the school is not an approved safe route.

• Concerns for Canyons School District

There are no sidewalks on the east side of 700 East, only a large shoulder. This shoulder for students to walk on, especially in the winter, is hazardous when the snow plows push the snow onto that shoulder. Several students have been observed riding bikes in the road on this stretch due to the snow. 

*We would like Canyons to declare this location a hazardous route and add a bus stop at the turn in for Sunset Ponds on the east side of the road. 

• Concerns for Community

*Add a sidewalk from 11800 South to Meadow Wood Drive on 700 East

There is a bus stop directly across the street from the Sunset Pond subdivision. *Add a crossing guard on 700 East to supervise students across the street and allow access to the current bus stop. (There is a bus stop directly across the street from the Sunset Pond subdivision.)

*Put in a crosswalk with school crossing signs and a light to indicate that drivers should stop when pedestrians are crossing. 

*Add a school crossing sign to the Trax Crossing intersection on 700 East right before Kimball’s Lane to make the public aware that the Sunset Pond’s students could be walking across the street to ride the bus if permitted a bus pass. 

*Add a solar crossing light on Riparian Dr. that mirrors Sunburn Ln. Orange lights will alert drivers to students crossing. 

• Infrastructure Changes

There are no known changes to the infrastructure that we are aware of.

• Other
  • Cell tower budget update (year to date spending for morale)
    • In September our SCC voted to allow $400 per month of cell tower to be spent on items to boost staff morale.  
    • As of November $1,379.58 of the possible $1,600 for the first four months of school has been spent.  
    • Items that have been purchased include: favorite snacks and drinks that the entire staff listed in a beginning of year survey (most purchased items include Pringles, Doritos, Lays Chips, Coke, Diet Coke, Green Tea, LaCroix, Swedish Fish, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups), pizza and soda for sweeping crew, Jamba drinks for ESP day, breakfast items for training days, lunch to celebrate beginning of year, mini bundt cakes, thank you cards
    • Survey staff where they would like items placed by Jan 9th. 
    • In January itemized list 
  • Vote on Life Skills Program January- May field test
    • Notes from December School Board Meeting: Principals, in consultation with School Community Councils, PTAs, and faculty and staff, will decide whether their school will participate in a January-to-May field test of the curriculum.The Board of Education is projected to begin the curriculum adoption and approval process in April 2023. If approved, the lessons could be used in CSD schools in August 2023. The aim of the curriculum is to help students learn the skills necessary to resolve conflicts, make responsible decisions, set goals for personal growth, build resilience, serve the community, and respect themselves and others.

• Adjourn until next month’s meeting January 9, 2023 (Do we want to meet in January or February?  District agenda is listed as January/February)