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.

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.

• Location: Calvin Smith Elementary library
• Time: 7:30 AM
• Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
• Schedule: 2nd Tuesday
• Meeting Dates:
  • 09/11/2023
  • 10/9/2023
  • 11/13/2023
  • no meeting
  • 01/08/2023
  • 02/12/2023
  • 03/11/2023
  • 04/08/2023

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.

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,   school employee(s) who is/are elected in even years,   school employee(s) who is/are elected in odd years, and   parent member(s) who is/are elected in even years,   parent 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:

School Community Council Handbook

School Community Council Handbook

Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan – Choose 'Granite' as the school district, and then our school. Select the current school year and the Yearly Report.

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.

Community Council is made up of elected parents, teachers and the principal.  The public is welcome at the monthly meetings. 

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. If you are interested in serving as a community council member please watch for information each spring.

Thank you to the Calvin Smith Community Council for all your hard work to support ALL students learning at the highest levels.

Meeting dates for the 2024-2025 school year are: September 9th, October 7^th, November 4^th, no meeting in December, *January 13^th (*2nd Monday), February 3^rd, March 3rd, *April 14th (*2nd Monday).  We meet in the school library from 7:30-8:25 a.m.

Land Trust Plan

School Improvement Plan

Meet the Council

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.

2023-2024 Upcoming Meetings -Monday at 7:30 a.m.

Sept. 11th Minutes

October 9th Minutes

November 13th Minutes

January 8th Minutes

February 12th Minutes

March 11th Minutes

April 15th Minutes

April 22nd Agenda

2022-2023 Upcoming Meetings 

September 13 Minutes

October 11 – Minutes

November 8 –Minutes

January 10 – Minutes

February 14 Minutes

March 14 – Minutes

April 11 – Agenda

2021-2022 

Community Council meeting are held the first Friday of Every Month @ 7:30 am in the Library.

September 3 – Minutes
October 8 – Minutes
November 5 –Minutes
January 7 – Minutes
February 4 – Minutes
March 4  – Minutes
April 1 – Minutes

June 8 – Agenda

2020-2021

September 4 – Minutes
October 2 – Minutes
November 6 – Minutes
December 4 – Minutes
February 5 – Minutes
March 5 – Minutes

School and Student Achievement Plan and Behavior Plan 2018-2019

Important Documents

• Rules and Orders of Procedures
• Conducting the Meeting
• Code-of-Conduct
• District Community Council Page

Business Partners

Please support our wonderful business partner because they support us.

Thank you!

Council Archives

2019-2020

September 6 – Minutes
October 4 – Minutes
November 1 – Minutes
December 6 – Cancelled
January 3- Minutes
February 21 – Minutes
March 11 – Minutes
April 3 – Canceled
May 1 – Minutes

2018-2019

Final Report for 18-19
September 7th Minutes
October 5th – Minutes
November 2nd – Minutes
December 7th – Minutes
January 4th –Minutes
February 1st – Minutes
March 1st – Minutes
April 5th – Minutes
May 3rd – Minutes

2017-2018

Final Report for 2017-2018

September  No Meeting – No Minutes
October Minutes
November Minutes
December Minutes
January Minutes
February Minutes
March Minutes
April Minutes

2016-2017

Final Land Trust 2016 – 2017

• September 1st – Minutes
• October 6th – Minutes
• November 3rd – Minutes
• December 1st – Minutes
• January 5th – Minutes
• February 2nd – Minutes
• March 2nd – Minutes
• April 6th – Cancelled
• May 4th. – Minutes

2015-2016

• September 3rd 2015 Minutes
• October 1st
• November 5th
• December 3rd- Cancelled
• January 7th- Cancelled
• February 4th
• March 3rd
• April 7th
• May 5th

2014-2015

Final Land Trust 2015

• September Agenda
• October Minutes-2014
• November minutes 2014
• January minutes 2015
• March 2015 Minutes
• May minutes 2015

Community Council Archived minutes 2010-2013