Community Council Minutes
October 23, 2024 @ 3:30pm
Main Office Conference Room
Members
Kym Allen
Jill Beer (Principal)
Jodi Barro
Sarah Braden
Candie Miller (Teacher)
Doralice Diaz (Teacher)
Debbie Brough
Agenda
Welcome
Public Input (10 minutes)
Discussion about Seal of Biliteracy
Questions about ballot measures related to education funding.
Training Video follow up (5 minutes)
Reminder: All members must watch the video & email principal
Review ByLaws (5 minutes)
Discussion about the process for electing members to the community council
Discussion about having representation form the different programs and language backgrounds.
Discussion about helping all parents better understand what community council does
Discussion about possible amendments to bote about in the future
Public input time
No meeting in August
Teacher appointment to community council instead of school-wide employee voting
EOY and BOY data for 5th grade (5 minutes)
Students maintained learning targets from the end of 4th grade to the beginning of 5th grade.
RISE data- school wide proficiency levels in LA, math, and science.
Discussion about efforts to improve RISE scores
Plan to work with the instructional coach
Comparison with similar schools
Discussion about what it means to be a DLI school and how that does or does not impact test scores
Takeaways on Visit to Wasatch
HC needs to Increase rigor
Discussion to clarify on what is meant by rigor
Triangulate data
Effective use of PLCs (teacher work groups)
PLCs with other schools=one approach
School attendance rates at Hillcrest and other comparable schools.
Discussion about vacationing and other reasons why people let their kids miss school
Revisiting SIP (School Improvement Plan)
Currently have Portuguese and Spanish-speaking aides.
Lots of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking volunteers!
Trying out AmeriCorps volunteers to help with attendance tracking & calling.
Raz-Kids for Spanish and Elefante Letrado for Portuguese paid for by the state BUT we may lose Elefante letrado funding next year.
Discussion of Responsibility System (positive behavior support)
99% of students now on “Y”
the system is working with almost 5x fewer behavior incidents this year as compared to last year at this time.
Concerns about students getting labels as “good” or “bad” students as a result of the system have not played out – students taking longer to get to “Y” have had their progress framed positively to avoid stigma.
Now that students are on the “Y” to maintain enthusiasm for this there will be a pins/sticker/badge system to recognize students who are, e.g., “on the Y for X# of days” as a way to continue positive momentum.
