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  • Meeting Schedule
  • Council Members
  • LAND Trust
  • Rules of Order and Procedure
  • School Community Council Handbook
  • Teacher and Student Success Plan / Continual Improvement Plan
  • Elections
  • Meeting Archives

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: Conference Room
  • Time: 3:30 PM
  • Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
  • Schedule: 2nd or 3rd Thursday from September- May
  • Meeting Dates:
    • September 14, 2024
    • October 17, 2024
    • November 14, 2024
    • December 12, 2024
    • January 9, 2025
    • February 13, 2025
    • March 13, 2025
    • April 17, 2025
    • May 8 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.

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.

Robin TenbrinkPrincipal
Chrissy BreezeChair
Matthew GarberVice Chair
Meghan NestelTeacher
Ryan HattTeacher
Lindsey LarsenTeacher
Kamaile HarrisMember
Jennifer HuntMember
Katie AllenMember
Randa FarnsworthMember
Contact Council Member

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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: $121,098.86
  • Funds used for: Salaries

2023-2024

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $107,512.44
  • Funds used for: Salaries to reduce class sizes

2022-2023

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $127,207.47
  • Funds used for: Salaries

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,  2 school employee(s) who is/are elected in odd years, and  2 parent / guardian member(s) who is/are elected in even years,  4 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: We will provide Zoom links for each meeting.

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.

2024-2025

  • September Minutes
  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • January Minutes

2023-2024

  • September Minutes
  • October Minutes
  • January Minutes
  • February Minutes
  • March Minutes

School Community Councils are elected parent/guardian and employee representatives who work together with the principal to increase student achievement. By law, the council is responsible to review school data and develop plans for school improvement. Councils also allocate the LAND Trust funds to assist the school in reaching achievement goals. Please see the Granite District web page for more information regarding the roles and responsibilities of community councils (www.graniteschools.org).

Meeting Schedule

Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Room
Dates:

September 12, 2024

October 17, 2024

November 14, 2024

December 12, 2024

January 9, 2025

February 6, 2025

March 13, 2025

April 17, 2025

May 8, 2024

Next Meeting Agenda:

September 2024 Agenda

March 2024 Agenda

February 2024 Agenda

January 2024 Agenda

October 2023 Agenda

September 2023 Agenda

March 2023 Agenda

February 2023 Agenda

January 2023 Agenda

November 2022 Agenda

October 2022 Agenda

September 2022 Agenda

May 2022 Agenda

April 2022 Agenda

March 2022 Agenda

February 2022 Agenda

January 2022 Agenda

November 2021 Agenda

September 2021 Agenda

April 2021 Agenda

March 2021 Agenda

February 2021 Agenda

January 2021 Agenda

November 2020 Agenda

October 2020 Agenda

September 2020 Agenda

Council Members

If you’re interested in being a part of the Community Council, please fill out one of the Candidacy Declaration forms.

  • Candidacy-Declaration-Form
  • Candidacy-Declaration-Form-Spanish
PrincipalEmployeeRobin Tenbrink
ChairParentChrissy Breeze
Vice-ChairParentMatthew Garber
MemberParentRanda Farnsworth
MemberParentKamaile Tripp- Harris
MemberParentJennifer Hunt
MemberParentKatie Allen
MemberEmployeeMeghan Nestel
MemberEmployeeLindsey Larsen
MemberEmployeeRyan Hatt

LAND Trust

SLT 2021-2022

SLT 2022-2023

SLT 2023-2024

TSSA/CIP Plan 2023-2024

CIP Plan 2024-2025

TSSA/CIP Plan 2023-2024

  • 2019-2020: $80,451.00
  • 2018-2019: $76,165.00
  • 2017-2018: $71,320.00
  • 2016-2017: $48,804.00
  • 2015-2016: $45,564.00

Supporting Documents

  • Rules of Order and Procedure
  • School Improvement Plan 2019-2020

Meeting Archives

2022-2023

April Minutes 2023

March 2023 Minutes

February 2023 Minutes

January 2023 minutes

November 2023 Minutes

October 2022 Minutes

September 2022 Minutes

2022

May 2022 Minutes

April 2022 Minutes

February 2022 Minutes

January mtg. cancelled

November 2021

October 2021 Minutes

September 2021 Minutes

2020-2021

  • September 2020 Minutes
  • October 2020 Minutes
  • November 2020 Minutes
  • January 2021 Minutes
  • February 2021 Minutes
  • March 2021 Minutes

2019-2020

  • February 2020 Minutes
  • January 2020 Minutes
  • November 2019 Minutes
  • October 2019 Minutes
  • September 2019 Minutes

2018-2019

  • March 2019 Minutes
  • February 2019 Minutes
  • January School Technology Report
  • January 2019 Minutes
  • November 2018 Minutes
  • October 2018 Minutes
  • September 2018 Minutes

2017-2018

  • April 2018 Minutes
  • March 2018 minutes
  • February 2018 Minutes 
  • January 2018 Minutes
  • November 2017_Minutes
  • October 2017_Minutes
  • September 2017 Minutes

2016-2017

  • March 2017 Minutes
  • February 2017 Minutes
  • January 2017 Minutes
  • November 2016 Minutes
  • October 2016 Minutes
  • September 2016 Minutes

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