Ridgeline High School
School Community Council Minutes
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 at 7:00 a.m.
Ridgeline Conference Room

Members Present: Sandra Hugie (co-Chair/parent), Bridget Crane (School counselor, non-voting member), Emma Smith (teacher), Brittany Foster (Assist. Principal, non-voting member), Wendy Finley (Secretary/parent), Maria Hunsaker (Chair/parent), Robert Henke (principal), Heather Murphy (parent), Holly Fronk (parent)

Members Absent: Jeff Neilson (parent/school board rep.), Kerri Williams (parent), Bonnie Odd (teacher), Tara Bindrup (parent), Jim Crosbie (Assist. Principal, non-voting member), Kyle Day (teacher),

Visitors: Diane Theurer, Marcie Lyons

Conducting: Maria Hunsaker

Agenda Item #1: Welcome & Approve December 2018 Minutes
Discussion: Holly Fronk made a motion to approve minutes from December’s meeting and Sandra Hugie seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous to approve the minutes.

Agenda Item #2: Principal’s Updates: Trustland Budget and other school information
Discussion: The Trustland budget had not been updated online, so Mr. Henke could not give us an update. There is no more SAGE testing. Going forward, schools will be graded based on the scores for the ACT taken by the Juniors and not the SAGE testing. Mr. Henke showed the council how to see the grades data for all the schools in Utah. The website is www.schools.utah.gov. Once on the site, you click on the data gateway. You can compare schools using the past SAGE scores. There is also a way to see individual school grades. Up until now, schools have been given a grade of A, B, C, D, F based on SAGE scores. Now a school’s grade will be based on its ACT scores. Mr. Henke showed the council what the new site looks like showing the school’s overall performance. Some of the areas are English Learner Progress, Achievement in subjects, Growth in subjects, and Postsecondary Readiness. The council looked at different schools in Cache County District and also schools outside the district. Ridgeline has some of the highest scores in the state.

Agenda Item #3: School Counselor’s Updates
Discussion: Bridget Crane gave the update. Ms. Crane announced an event at the USU Spectrum for next Monday, January 14th regarding how electronics impact the brain. It is a free event for families. Currently, the counseling department is doing a 30-day stress management event. They will post different coping strategies for stress on social media. Registration for students for next year starts February 4th and will go through the whole month of February. It will start with a counseling department event going over the registration process and then there will be a “Rush” event where students can go around and talk to different teachers regarding their classes.

Agenda Item #4: Other Items
Discussion: Mr. Henke stated the council needs to look at the Trustland Budget for next year. He suggested having the school-wide leadership committee look at the budget and decide what is necessary for next year. Then the leadership team will present to the council in March.
Parent-teacher conferences are coming up next Monday and Tuesday. There will be a practice ACT over a four-day period for all Juniors. It will be in January sometime. There will also be a parent meeting on how to prepare your student for the ACT. All Juniors will be taking the ACT on February 20th.
The Sweethearts Dance is coming up on February 9th.

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Holly Fronk. Heather Murphy seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned.

Next meeting: Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 7:00 a.m.
Minutes prepared by Wendy Finley