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School Community Council

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Meeting Schedule
Council Members
LAND Trust
Additional Information
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: Media Center
  • Time: 3:40 PM
  • Next Agenda: At this time, there is no agenda to review.
  • Schedule: 3rd Tuesday of every month (subject to change)
  • Meeting Dates:
    • 09/20/22 - Cancelled
    • 10/18/22
    • 11/15/22
    • 01/17/23
    • 02/21/23
    • 03/21/23
    • 04/18/23

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.

Michelle ChristoffersenPrincipal
Dee NortonChair
April HallParent
Ana PendletonEmployee
Jen JenningsVice Chair
Kristie SchindlerParent
Brenda WilkinsParent
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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

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.

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

2022-2023

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $61,049.11
  • Funds used for: We will hire/continue employment of high quality paraeducators and provide specific training for them throughout the school year.

2021-2022

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $66,572
  • Funds used for: Landtrust was used to hire paraeducators and update technology that would aid in small group instruction.

2020-2021

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $69,961
  • Funds used for: Hire 1.0 teacher to reduce class sizes due to the inequity between our DLI students and Non-DLI students.

Additional Information

These are additional resources that explain more about Community Council.

  • School Community Council Handbook
  • 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.

2022 - 2023

  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes

2021-2022

  • September Minutes
  • October Minutes
  • November Minutes
  • January Minutes
  • February Minutes
  • March Minutes
  • April Minutes

2020 – 2021

  • September 15, 2020 – Minutes
  • October 20, 2020 – Minutes
  • November 17, 2020 – Minutes
  • January 19, 2021 – Minutes
  • February 16, 2021 – Minutes
  • March 9, 2021 – Minutes
  • April 20, 2021 – Minutes

2019 – 2020

  • September 10, 2019
  • October 8, 2019
  • November 12, 2019
  • January 14, 2020

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