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. The school community council meets the second Wednesday of every month at 2:45 PM in GHS Alumni Room. Minutes of the meetings are available on this website. All patrons of the school are invited to attend meetings, but if they would like to speak they need to be put on the agenda one week in advance. Please call 385-646-5320 for further information. For more information on how to get involved, please contact Dr. Wright at jgwright@graniteschools.org.

Meeting Schedule and Agenda

Community members are invited to attend council meetings, but are not voting members. If you have a concern for your Community Council, please reach out to one of the council members.

• Location: GHS Alumni Room
• Time: 2:45 PM
• Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
• Schedule: Every 2nd Wednesday of every month from August-May
• Meeting Dates:
  • 8/27/2025
  • 9/10/2025
  • 10/8/2025
  • 11/12/2025
  • 12/10/2025
  • 1/14/2026
  • 2/11/2026
  • 3/11/2026
  • 4/8/2026
  • 5/13/2026

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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.

Contact information for council members can be requested by contacting the School's Principal.
You can also send a message to any council member in care of a message sent to the School's Principal.

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.

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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.

2025-2026

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $492,134.14
• Funds used for: We will hire two instructional coaches to support teacher instruction of ELA, math, and science. ($230,000) We will hire a testing coordinator to facilitate the testing for each indicator ($40,000) We will hire paraprofessionals working under the direction of a licensed teacher to track student academic progress on ELA, math, and science standards. ($60,000) We will attend a conference including Solution Tree and College Prep professional development to assist teachers in their instructional effectiveness. ($25,000) We will provide a summer-school and credit-recovery program for students who are working to earn credits toward graduation ahead of schedule or for students who have lost credit due to failing classes ($75,000) We will provide a GED Program on the Granger campus to support students who are not on track for a standard 24 or 27-credit diploma ($50,000) We will purchase reading/writing software including No Red Ink, Read Theory, Capti, and Mastery Connect to support the ELA instruction. ($15,000)

2024-2025

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $501,840.65
• Funds used for: We will hire an instructional coach to support teacher instruction of ELA, math, and science. ($150,000) We will hire a contract substitute teacher to maintain high levels of instruction even in the absence of a classroom teacher. ($100,000) We will hire a testing coordinator to facilitate the testing for each indicator ($40,000) We will hire paraprofessionals to track student academic progress on ELA, math, and science standards. ($80,000) We will attend a conference to assist teachers in their instructional effectiveness such as the Solutions Tree PLC and AVID conferences. ($50,000) We will purchase phone-free school technology to remove cell phones as a distraction to students from the opening bell to the closing bell ($50,000) If the Utah State Board determines that the aforementioned plan is not allowable, we will instead purchase mobile technology for classrooms to untether teachers from their interactive whiteboards. ($50,000) We will purchase reading/writing software to support the ELA instruction such as No Red Ink, Read Theory, Capti, and Mastery Connect. ($15,000)

2023-2024

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: $495,939.96
• Funds used for: Supported teacher professional development and additional para-educator support.

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Rules of Order and Procedure

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School Community Council Handbook

School Community Council Handbook (English)

School Community Council Handbook (Spanish)

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Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan

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Council Elections

Elections are not in progress at this time.

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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.

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