North Park Elementary

School Community Council Minutes

Thursday, January 12, 2o23

Media Center

4:00 p.m.

Absent:

Sasha Beorchia, Katie Weber

Present: Jullie Payne, Alex Fife, Mckay Wilson, Chantel Labrum, Marisa Herd, Chad Hawkes

1. Welcome

   1. Alex welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order, and Chad Hawkes seconded the motion.

2. Approval of past minutes

   1. Mckay Wilson approved the past minutes

3. Review of Old Business

   1. Update on School LAND Trust  & TSSA Budgets

      1. We were able to purchase the 2 chromebook carts with our funds. The district is also letting us house another full cart of chromebooks  in the library in our school. 

      2. Fundraiser note: Fun run at Canyon Elementary makes a lot more money than we do. We can talk to them and figure out with the PTO if we want to do a bigger fundraiser. If we can make it a bigger event, and involve more of the community, we might be able to make a bigger profit. At Canyon, food trucks were there and donated half of their profit. If we make it bigger, we will only have to be asking for money once. Jullie will talk to the principal at Canyon, and see what all is involved with their fundraiser. 

   2. Any Updates on Grants Searches

      1. We got a lower price for “Wishmakers”, which is our book for our North Park Family Book Quest. This will allow us to allocate money elsewhere. 

      2. We talked about letting parents know what the book is soon to find available audio options for the book, if they wish to do so. 

      3. The district’s new direction moving forward with cameras is that the district will be providing cameras for exterior carpool areas, playground, and by the main office. The district will also be paying for the renewal of licenses. 

4. New Business

1. School Goals and Improvement

   1. Our Acadience reading test is next Tuesday, so we will look at data in February. 

2. Academic Data Discussion for current budget implementation

   1. What academic needs the council should address in the upcoming school year?

      1. Our data discussion will take place next month, after we have our scores back from Acadience.

      2. Chad and Marisa talked about what reading groups and reading enrichment looks like- and we will have a more in depth discussion next month. 

3. Teacher and Student Success Plan

   1. We will start to talk about our goals for next year- when we have the data. 

4. Any other items

   1. TSI

      1. TSI stands for Targeted Support and Improvement. TSI is something that the state has been asked to do by the federal government. Every subgroup in the school should be something we are looking at. In order for a sub group to be measurable, there has to be at least 10 in a subgroup that take the RISE (end of year testing). Some of our subgroups are students with disabilities, English Language Learners, Hispanics, Islanders, Asians, Blacks to name a few. 

      2. Our school has been identified as a TSI school for our Hispanics. That means that they have been performing in the bottom 5% of  the state on assessments such as the RISE testing . For 2 years they have been lower performing on the RISE and WIDA Access. We are also on alert for our Students with disabilities, and our English Language Learners. 

      3. Thisidentification started in 2018, and now CCSD has 16 schools on TSI. We have 4 years to see if we can get out of TSI. There are no extra funds, but it does let us know that we have a population that we need to be extra aware of. This subgroup also has a high percentage of absenteeism. 

      4. Jullie presented some information about TSI. TSI started annually in 2018-2019. It is part of the Every Student Succeeds Act. You have to have 2 consecutive years of progress to get out. 

      5. There is a group of teachers that will be on a TSI committee with Jullie, and we will create a plan for our TSI status. 

      6. Alex brought up that we might be able to look at some grants, that we might be able to qualify for with our TSI status.

      7. The question was asked about what contributes to this, and  the following was discussed. Behavior issues and absences sometimes contribute to students having difficulties learning. Chad brought up here are sometimes focus issues and issues with distraction. Every family situation is different as well. We are working to support students while they are in school.

      8. Previously, schools didn’t know if they were on “alert”. Now, we know we are on alert. 

      9. If you have a language other than English on the “Home Language Survey”, they are screened as English as a Second Language. If the students qualify, they are pulled from the general education classroom and given 30 minutes of instruction language daily. 

   2. ID Badges

      1. The protocol is that a person who rings the doorbell needs to show their ID. North Park has been asking for IDs if we don’t know the individual. 

      2. Chantel talked about how with her daughter’s school there was a key card that everyone had to have in order to be let in the school. 

      3. IDs will be asked for people that we don’t know, but if Vardee knows the person,  ID will not be required. It will be handled on a case-by-case basis. 

5. Adjournment

   1. Alex motioned to adjourn the meeting, and Marisa seconded the motion. 

Next Meeting: February 1, 2023 at 4:00 pm