School Community Council Meeting Minutes
Sprucewood Elementary
September 25, 2023
Members:
Faculty | Community |
Cathy Schino (Principal) | Jen Bradford (Vice-Chair) |
Emigh Lo (K-2 Teacher) | Mindy Cupello (Chairperson) |
Jen Dean (3-5Teacher) | Jason Dyer |
Alex Horwood | |
Alicia Lemus | |
Dustin Ondrasek |
Members Absent: Jason Dyer, Emigh Lo
- Call to Order 4:10pm
- Review Bylaws https://sprucewood.canyonsdistrict.org/scc-bylaws/
Item for Vote: Keep bylaws as they are or adjust them? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Cathleen Schino | Keep as is |
Jen Dean | Keep as is |
Emigh Lo | Not present today |
Jen Bradford | Keep as is |
Mindy Cupello | Keep as is |
Jason Dyer | Not present today |
Alex Horwood | Keep as is |
Alicia Lemus | Keep as is |
Dustin Ondrasek | Keep as is |
Vote Summary: unanimous to keep the bylaws the way they are currently written | |
- Review Rules of Order & Procedure https://robertsrules.org/rror–00.htm
Item for Vote: Use Robert’s Rules tightly or loosely? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Cathleen Schino | Loosely follow Robert’s Rules |
Jen Dean | Keep the informal/ casual way of using Roberts rules |
Emigh Lo | Not present today |
Jen Bradford | Keep loose on the Robert’s Rules, but if that isn’t working, vote to return to the more formal way of doing our meetings |
Mindy Cupello | Keep same |
Jason Dyer | Not present today |
Alex Horwood | Loose Robert’s rules |
Alicia Lemus | Keep Robert’s rules loosely followed as we’ve done in the past |
Dustin Ondrasek | Loosely follow Robert’s rules, allow for some flexibility |
Vote Summary: Unanimous to keep the Robert’s rules loosely followed. | |
- Review requirements for Open and Public Meetings Act https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title53G/Chapter7/53G-7-S1203.html?v=C53G-7-S1203_2018050820180701
Item for Vote: Do we believe we are in compliance with requirements for Open and Public Meetings? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Cathleen Schino | Yes, we have passed the district audits for information that needs to be posted on website for all stakeholders |
Jen Dean | Yes, we are in compliance |
Emigh Lo | Not present |
Jen Bradford | Looks like requirements are met |
Mindy Cupello | I think we are following the requirements for compliance |
Jason Dyer | Not present today |
Alex Horwood | Requirements met |
Alicia Lemus | Requirements met |
Dustin Ondrasek | Looks good |
Vote Summary: unanimously agree that we are in compliance | |
- Create and approve meeting dates for year
- Proposed dates
- Oct 16
- Nov 13
- Dec 11
- Jan 22
- Feb 12
- Mar 11
- April 15
- May 13
- Proposed dates
Item for Vote: Stay on Mondays at 4:00 pm, virtual or in person meetings? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Cathleen Schino | Mondays are great, proposed dates look good, virtual works well |
Jen Dean | First of the month? These Mondays look good. Virtual works well, open to meeting either way |
Emigh Lo | Not Present Today |
Jen Bradford | Dates look good. Virtual or not? Unsure-Open to either way |
Mindy Cupello | Prefer going virtual; Mondays are good |
Jason Dyer | Not Present Today |
Alex Horwood | Virtual great, Monday great |
Alicia Lemus | Scheduled dates look good, virtual works well, Mondays work well |
Dustin Ondrasek | Like the mondays, schedules look good, virtual works well. |
Vote Summary: We will keep our meetings on Mondays, held virtually, and we will hold our January Meeting on the 22nd | |
- Elect Chairperson, Vice Chair
- Mindy is going to the training, volunteered to be a Chairperson
- Dustin gave first motion to approve & Alicia seconded that Mindy would our chairperson
- Jen Bradford volunteered be the Vice Chairperson
- Jen gave first motion to approve & Mindy seconded the motion for Jen Bradford to be the Vice Chairperson
- Mindy is going to the training, volunteered to be a Chairperson
- Complete SCC Member Roster (include emails for website)
SCC Member Name | |
Cathleen Schino | cathleen.schino@canyonsdistrict.org |
Jen Dean | jennifer.dean@canyonsdistrict.org |
Emigh Lo | Emigh.lo@canyonsdistrict.org |
Jen Bradford | jenrbradford@gmail.com |
Mindy Cupello | mindylouhou@gmail.com |
Jason Dyer | thedyeronsnow@gmail.com |
Alex Horwood | alexhorwood66@gmail.com |
Alicia Lemus | lcsanchez777@gmail.com |
Dustin Ondrasek | dustin.ondrasek84@gmail.com |
- Share SCC training dates provided by District
- September 27th 10-11:30am & 6-7:30pm
- Important websites to know that contain helpful SCC information
- Review last year’s LANDtrust plan, whether goals were met, how money was spent
- 2022-2023 Landtrust budget was $45,942.88. We spent 41,677.30 on MTSS aide salaries and rolled over $4,265.58
- Goals: 80% of students make typical growth on reading and math Acadience measures
- 72% in reading
- 68% in math
- Data to note:
- District average on ELA Rise test has improved by 4% over the past 3 years, and Sprucewood has improved by 14%!
- Last year Sprucewood scored above the ELA district average for the first time since the “Covid Slide”
- Sprucewood made the highest percentage of improvement in the district last year on ELA and Science Rise!
- Other
- Approve cell tower expenditures
- Proposed items from school:
- Social media ($500 for the year)
- Book Blitz ($500 for the year)
- Choir ($500 for the semester)
- Staff Morale ($600 per month)
- New Falco Outfit ($1500-$1800)
- Updating Books ($10,000)
- Additional amendment for Parent Teacher Conference meals ($1,000)
- Approve cell tower expenditures
Item for Vote: Do we approve to support expenditures above? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Cathleen Schino | I would love to have all of these items approved. Grateful to have these items purchased for our staff and students. Promise to be fiscally responsible and project that we will come under the budget provided. |
Jen Dean | I would like to approve all items. I am grateful for all of these purchases. They will make a big difference for our students and teachers, too! |
Emigh Lo | Not present today |
Jen Bradford | Who buys the items for staff morale? Schino uses a Costco membership & looks at teacher surveys for favorite items Was there enough funding last year? Some months there were fewer treats because of purchasing dinners for PTC Who buys the proposed books? Schino will purchase books to support daily teacher read alouds and skill based instruction times where students read chapter books and novels. Can we add more to the teacher morale budget or do a separate budget for PTC dinner? Yes! This committee can decided where we want the cell tower funding to be allocated |
Mindy Cupello | Teachers & staff are the best and they deserve all of the budget items that are listed for Cell tower. Whole list is approved |
Jason Dyer | Not present today |
Alex Horwood | Whole list approved! $1,000 per year for PTC dinner |
Alicia Lemus | I agree- list is approved! |
Dustin Ondrasek | Whole list approved! Funds should be approved to give the teachers something a little more worth while for parent teacher conferences (PTC). Proposing to add additional funding for separate PTC meals to help keep monthly. |
Vote Summary: budget for cell tower is approved as listed above with one amendment to add separate budget money for PTC meals | |
- Adjourn until next month’s meeting October 16th
5:20 pm
Mindy first motion to adjourn & Alex seconded
