Wilson Elementary
Community Council Minutes
January 11, 2024 @ 3:00 pm
Faculty Room
Community Council Minutes
January 11, 2024 @ 3:00 pm
Faculty Room
Agenda
- Digital Citizenship
- LCSD plan reviewed
- Go Gaurdian
- 1st offense: 1 day loss of tech
- 2nd offense: 1 week loss of tech
- 3rd offense: 1 month loss of tech
- Cell phone/watch policy is by school currently
- Attendance
- 120 students not at school 91% of the time
- 67% of kids are here 91% of the time
- Reasons:
- Sick or “sick”
- Excused absences are harder to get support for
- Babysitting siblings
- Vacations
- Teachers try to give work, parents don’t always pick up or complete work at home
- Major tardies-1 hour or more
- Solutions:
- Tell parents at the beginning of the year (Back to school night?) that the first few hours of the day are critical
- Share absence policy and how/when to excuse students with parents
- Suggest carpooling or walking groups with neighbors
- Send/give info about bus stops/pick up times to parents
- Phone calls to parents when kids are absent
- School Land Trust Plan
- Reviewed previous year’s goals
- $12,500 to arts education goal
- Options through BTS: Theater, Visual Art, Dance, Music (have to be certified teachers)
- $59,000: people
- Try to give every teacher support during reading (WIN) and math time
- $3,000: Programs
- $1,786.88: Literacy/STEM night