Bridger Elementary School
Communtiy Council Minutes
February 1, 2021 @ 1:50pm
Zoom Meeting

Council Members

  • John Taggart-Principal
  • Jared Burgess-Employee
  • Kayleen Hamilton - Chair
  • Sshauna Samford- Parent
  • Keisha Littlejohn-Parent
  • Brandy Mouritsen- Parent
  • Kym Allen- Parent

Agenda Items

  1. Welcome
    • Kym Allen is added to the council by unanimous vote of the parent group.
  2. Update on School Improvement/Trustlands Goals - John
    • John reviewed student DIBELS growth and proficiency rates from the middle of the year testing.
    • He also compared this year’s data with last year’s data over the same time period.
  3. Trustlands Plan Amendment - John
    • John shared the amendment to modify the reading goal to be reading fluency K-5 instead of just K-3 as we discussed in the October meeting.
    • This change was recommended after the BOY data was collected back in October.
  4. Discuss Possible Goals for Next Year - John
    • The council discussed possible ideas to improve reading for next year.
    • See the ideas section below.
  5. DLI Update
    • John updated the council on the district’s plan for DLI as well as possible ideas to enhance recruiting.
  6. Wrap Up Q & A
  7. Adjourn

Ideas

  1. What about using volunteers to set up a Zoom room to have students being able to read with someone? From Kym. Who would coordinate it? What are the rules to set up? Schedule it as a set up for volunteers and students? Possibly have the volunteers come in and start the zoom mtg from a room in the building.
  2. What are we doing to incentivize reading? With the mask mandate change can we go back to incentivizing reading?
  3. How about using Trustland funds to support reading incentives to increase student reading independently for next year.