Community Council Minutes
February 4, 2022 @ 7am
Hillcrest Zoom Meeting

Minutes

• Hillcrest Mission
• Review and Approve January Minutes
  • Heather Fairbank motioned to approve; Debbie Brough seconded; unanimous vote by those present to approve the December minutes.
• Budget update
  • Update on spending, all approved expenditures are now happening.
  • We will carry over less than 10% of the 2021-22 budget into next year, good news in a year when it’s been hard to find people and spend money.
• DLI Update
  • Shared enrollment numbers for 1 st grade for Fall – 50+ Spanish, nearly 40 Portuguese
  • Last day for school choice and DLI enrollment is February 18^th
  • Planning to send a postcard before then to all of the households in district boundaries
  • Request: Please include all-day kindergarten registration information on the postcard as well
• 2022-23 School Improvement Plan
  • Review data from Hillcrest and Bridger for students who will likely attend Hillcrest in 2022-23.
  • Respond to the following guiding questions:
    • What is/are the school's area(s) of greatest academic need?
    • What goals will help the school address the areas of need
    • What do students/teachers need to know and do to accomplish the goal?
    • How will students and teachers be supported in their efforts
  • Data reviewed:
  • Strong academic needs for English learners persist as we’ve seen in previous years
  • Much greater needs in math than in English/Language Arts
    • Could be because we’ve focused on reading and the LETRS training teacher are participating in
    • Not as much coaching in math
    • Math is more abstract, kids don’t have math literacy and as they get into higher grades, language is needed for math
    • A lot of overlap between English learners and students with disabilities
    • Need to make sure they are getting appropriate accommodations on assessments
  • Discuss potential expenditures for 2022-23.
    • Mr. Holmgren surveyed teachers and received the following ideas
    • Discussed multiple ideas including focusing ongoing LETRS training on more math language
    • Math coaches or interventionists could be helpful
• Public Input
• Next Steps

Next Meeting: Friday, March 4, 2022 @ 7am