Community Council

“The Utah State Legislature passed a law in 2000 requiring every public school in the state to establish a School Community Council* at the school-site level (Utah Code. Section 53A-1a-108). Two years later the legislature passed a second bill mandating several changes in the duties, powers and membership of the School Community Councils in Utah. This law took effect July 1, 2002.”

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.

For more information on School Community Councils, please see the documents below. Please visit schools.utah.gov/schoollandtrust 

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: Whittier Elementary Conference Room
• Time: 4:00 PM
• Next Agenda: Review the agenda for our upcoming meeting.
• Schedule: First Tuesday of every month
• Meeting Dates:
  • 9/03/2024
  • 10/08/2024
  • 11/13/2024
  • 01/14/2025
  • 02/04/2025
  • 03/06/2025
  • 05/14/2025

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.

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: $64,256.54
• Funds used for: Paraeducators hired to help increase proficiency.

2023-2024

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: 59,583.94
• Funds used for: Paraeducators hired to help achieve proficiency goals. Compared to school wide baseline performance on the 2023 RISE, students\\\\\\\' average test performance on the 2024 Math and ELA RISE will increase by 3% to a schoolwide proficiency rate in ELA and Math. For k-2, at least 68% of students will be at Benchmark or Above on the End of Year Acadience Reading assessment.

2022-2023

• School Plan / Final Report
• Funds received: 55,808.84
• Funds used for: Paraeducators hired to help increase the number of students achieving ELA proficiency by May of 2023.

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,  3 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: If a member does not attend three consecutive meetings, they may be removed by a majority vote of the other members of 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.