Community Council

Welcome to our school's Community Council. Our purpose is to address the academic needs of students at the local level by evaluating and providing opportunities and programs for their benefit.

Community Councils play a very significant role in improving student achievement in each local school. By sharing their unique perspectives and expertise, parents, teachers, and administrators have a wonderful opportunity to address the critical academic needs of the school.

The charge to analyze data, identify needs, set goals, and align resources—and then report back on progress– establishes Community Councils as providing front-line accountability to our school communities.

Members of the Community Council usually serve for a term of two years. Positions are staggered to provide some openings each year. Candidates submit a form in August, and elections are held when multiple candidates are seeking the same position. These elections take place in early September.

Thank you to the Armstrong Community Council for working together to support ALL students learning at the highest levels.

Meeting Schedule and Agenda

Community members are invited to attend council meetings, but do not hold influence over council discussion points or decisions. If you have a concern for your Community Council, please reach out before-hand to one of the council members. We provide a ZOOM option for those who wish to attend virtually.

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Meeting ID: 834 6654 5593

• Location: Armstrong Conference Room
• Time: 4:30 PM
• Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
• Schedule: Usually, Every Second Wednesday of the Month
• Meeting Dates:
  • 9/11/24
  • 10/16/24
  • 11/13/24
  • 12/11/24
  • 1/8/25
  • 2/5/25
  • 3/5/25
  • 4/30/25

Council Members

Council Members are chosen by election and are a mixture of school staff and community members. Candidacy and election procedures begin before each school year.

Invitation to serve on the council: We warmly invite parents to serve on our school's community council. Information about council vacancies, declarations of candidacy forms, and elections are emailed sent out in August of each year.

Serving on the Community Council allows parents to directly influence the way LAND Trust funds are used during the school year, which can include programs, materials, and other education-based solutions.

LAND Trust

Please visit this LAND Trust Public Report page to see the dollar amount our school receives each year from the School LAND Trust program, our school's final reports from the last two years, and a copy of our school's current LAND Trust plan.

The actual, current, and expected funding history for each school can be found online using the LAND Trust Funding Report.

2024-2025

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: 97,111.69
• Funds used for: Funds were used to provide instructional paraeducators, PLC time for teachers, updates to technology, parent academic outreach events, and purchases of learning software and books.

2023-2024

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $98,623.62
• Funds used for: Funds were used to provide instructional paraeducators, PLC time for teachers, updates to technology, parent academic outreach events, and purchases of learning software and books.

2022-2023

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $89,739.57
• Funds used for: Funds were used to provide instructional paraeducators, PLC time for teachers, updates to technology, parent academic outreach events, and purchases of learning software and books.

Rules of Order and Procedure

• Council members will receive training to understand the responsibilities of the council. Council members receive training before preparing and taking action on School LAND Trust Plans and reports.
• All meetings are open to the public and the public is welcome to attend. (required)
• The agenda of each upcoming meeting, with draft minutes of the prior meeting, will be made available to all council members at least one week in advance, and will be posted on the school website. The agenda will include the date, time, and location of the meeting, and any proposed action items.
• Written minutes will be kept of all meetings, prepared in draft format for approval at the next scheduled meeting.
• Approved minutes will be retained for three years.
• The chair conducts the meetings (required), makes assignments and requests reports on assignments. In the absence of the chair the vice-chair shall conduct meetings.
• The council must have a quorum to vote. A quorum is a majority of council members.
• Meetings shall be conducted and action taken according to very simplified rules of parliamentary procedure as required in 53G-7-1203(10). Council actions will be taken by motions and voting with votes and motions recorded in the minutes. These rules of parliamentary procedure can be found in the district community council handbook.
• The council consists of the principal,  1 school employee(s) who is/are elected in even years,  1 school employee(s) who is/are elected in odd years, and  3 parent / guardian member(s) who is/are elected in even years,  2 parent / guardian member(s) who is/are elected in odd years.  (Size of the council MUST BE ADOPTED BY VOTE OF THE COUNCIL and consistent with 53G-7-1202. Elections are required to be staggered with half of the council elected each year.)
• In order to ensure that a quorum can be present, the following process shall be in place to remove and replace a member, as needed: If a member does not attend three consecutive meeting, they may be removed by a majority vote of the other members of the council.

School Community Council Handbook

School Community Council Handbook

Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

Council Elections

Elections are not in progress at this time.

Meeting Archives

We only keep minutes for the current school year and the previous 3 school years. If you need older minutes, please reach out to a council member, and we'll do our best to accommodate you.