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Welcome to our schools Community Council or Trust Lands Committee. Our purpose is to address the critical academic needs of students. Together we create and implement a plan to address these needs and provide opportunities that will benefit students. This is accomplished by managing School Trust Land funds.

Council Members are chosen by election and are a mixture of school staff and community members.

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: Faculty Room
  • Time: 8:50 AM
  • Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
  • Meeting Dates:
    • No Meeting
    • 9/26/2025 (We will vote on rules and procedures) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dJVOrUffnEoKVApIecmOxUSEE5CKJ9POpdpBJifhuJo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.irigxepgf185
    • 10/10/2025
    • 11/14/2025
    • 12/12/2025
    • 1/16/2026
    • 2/06/2026
    • 3/6/2026
    • 4/17/2026
    • 5/08/2026

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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.

Rosalba HidalgoChair of the Council/Parent
Becky WatkinsVice Chair of Council/Employee
Jill De La CruzAdditional Member/Parent
Kyle ChoffinPrincipal
Dan RubioAdditional Member/Parent
Joana DoddAdditional Member/Parent
Traci BurtAdditional Member/Parent
Heather TuckerAdditional Membe/Employee
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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.

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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: $79,447.66
  • Funds used for: We will hire a class size reduction teacher.

2024-2025

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $75,595.93
  • Funds used for: Paraeducators are hired with Land Trust funding to provide more targeted reading instruction in small groups.

2023-2024

  • School Plan / Final Report
  • Funds received: $76,331.01
  • Funds used for: If paraeducators are hired with Land Trust funding, teachers and paras will be able to provide more targeted reading instruction in small groups.

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Rules of Order and Procedure

Our council's Rules of Order and Procedure are being updated and will be posted here shortly.

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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.

2025-2026

  • 2025-2026 Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)

2024-2025

  • September Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • October Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • November Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • January Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • February Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • March Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)
  • May Minutes (GOOGLE DOC)

2022 – 2023

  • September Minutes (PDF)
  • October Minutes (PDF)
  • November Minutes (PDF)
  • December Minutes (PDF)
  • January Minutes (PDF)
  • February Minutes (PDF)
  • March Minutes (PDF)
  • April Minutes (PDF)
  • May Minutes (PDF)

2021-2022

  • September Minutes (PDF)
  • October Minutes (PDF)
  • January Minutes (PDF)
  • March Minutes (PDF)
  • April Minutes (PDF)

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