Community Council

Welcome to our schools 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.

What Does My School Community Council Do? Video

Meeting Schedule and Agenda

SCC meetings will be held the 2nd Wednesday of each month (where possible) in the faculty lounge at 3:15pm.

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.

• Location: Bennion Elementary Faculty Lounge
• Time: 3:15 PM
• Next Agenda: At this time, there is no agenda to review.
• Schedule: Every 2nd Wednesday from September-April
• Meeting Dates:
  • September 11, 2024
  • October 2, 2024
  • November 13, 2024
  • January 8, 2025
  • February 5, 2025
  • March 12, 2025
  • April 2, 2025

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: $59,604.48
• Funds used for: The funds are being used for paraeducators to support classroom teachers with interventions and supporting students who are below level.

2023-2024

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $55,026.05
• Funds used for: These funds will be used to pay for aides to help with small group instruction under the direction of teachers for students who are below level (red and yellow) according to Acadience data.

2022-2023

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $60,183
• Funds used for: These funds will be used for paraeducators to support instruction and classroom programming.

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  2 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: The sitting community council shall determine the number of vacancies for the next school year’s community council (see timeline). Council members have staggered terms. Ensure terms are staggered to the highest extent possible. For example, if there are five parent members, there should be three vacancies one year and two the following year (not four vacancies one year and one the following year). A notice shall be posted in the school and sent home (see timeline) with information which includes: • The statutory qualifications for community council candidacy and membership • An invitation for interested persons to become candidates • The date by which candidacy must be declared, to include the notice that candidacy declaration forms are available at the school and must be delivered to the principal • Voter instructions If a position remains unfilled after an election is held because of a lack of declared candidates, the continuing and newly elected parent/guardian and employee members of the council shall appoint a parent/guardian or employee who meets the criteria. Only parent members appoint new parent/guardian members, and only employee members appoint new employee members. A vacancy, which occurs for any reason other than the expiration of a member’s term, shall be filled by a qualified person to serve out the unexpired term through appointment by the respective (parent/guardian or employee) members. Members will be replaced if they miss three consecutive meetings.

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.