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Orchard Elementary School

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 at Orchard Elementary
  • Time: 3:15 PM
  • Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
  • Schedule: 1st Wednesday of the month, unless noted by *
  • Meeting Dates:
    • 10/2/2024
    • 11/6/2024
    • 12/4/2024
    • *1/8/2025
    • 2/5/2025
    • 3/5/2025
    • 4/2/2025
    • 5/7/2025

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.

Candice FeilChair
Sharon ChandlerVice Chair
Connie TorresParent
MerAnda BorrowmanParent
Traci FarleyTeacher
Crista HoltPrincipal
Contact Council Member

All fields are required*

 

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: $66,291.81
  • Funds used for: These funds are being used to hire paraeducators and to pay teachers stipends to help with small group time during the day.

2023-2024

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $62,927.23
  • Funds used for: These funds are being used to hire paraeducators and to pay teachers stipends to attend additional training and prep time.

2022-2023

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $63,014.21
  • Funds used for: These funds were used to hire a reading interventionist and general supplies to support teacher and student reading groups.

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: Our procedure for removing a member is as follows: If a member does not attend three consecutive meetings without notice, the chair will contact that person to see if they want to remain on the council. If they do not show up to the next meeting, they will be removed by the other council members with a motion to remove. The chair will then inform the member he/she has been removed from 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.

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

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.

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.

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.

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

Meeting Dates

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.

When: 1st Wednesday of the month, unless noted by *. The meetings start at 3:15 and will meet in the Conference Room at Orchard Elementary. If you can not make the meeting in person here is a link to join the meeting virtually: https://graniteschools-org.zoom.us/j/83398688644?pwd=T1FVeTYvVmtoZmQ0ZG15czJwajMxZz09

School Land Trust Fund 

LAND Trust is a school funding program that provides discretionary funds for academic and student success. For more information about this program, visit the LAND Trust Program Website.

2023 – 2024 School Land Trust Plan

2022 – 2023 School Land Trust Plan

2021 – 2022 School Land Trust Plan

Funding History and Their Use 

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

The yearly reports can be found online using LAND Trust Public Reports – Choose Granite as the district, Orchard as the school, click on the year you want to see, and then Yearly Report.

Additional Information 

Council Council Minute Archives

2021-2022

2020-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016-2017

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