School Community Council: Agenda and Minutes
Jan 23, 2025
11:30am (Conference Room)
Welcome and Introductions
- Welcome attendees
- Introduce members and guests
- Ryan Harris (Employee Member - Principal)
- Coylene Brinkerhoff (Employee Member - Teacher)
- Holly Nuttal (Parent Member - Certified) - Not Present
- Jodi Krahenbuel (Parent Member)
- Heather Hallows (Parent Member)
- Sherry Foote (Parent Member)
- Travis Henderson (Non Member - Assistant Principal)
- Reminder of training videos
Approval of Previous Minutes
- Review and discuss previous meeting minutes
- Motion to approve minutes
- Motion: Sherrie Foote
- 2nd: Heather Hallows
- Approval: All
Principal's Report
- Update on school achievements and goals
- School Improvement plan and data reviewed
- Improving reading and student retention are top priorities
- Discussed Ideas of how to keep students engaged for all four years.
- CTE traveling sometimes being an issue / possibly having CTE classes offered here or more online classes available.
- Finding out what classes would fit this area best.
- Discussion of any ongoing projects or initiatives
- Locker rooms/gym (March 2025)
- Optional Upgraded Seating
- Ideas /businesses sponsor a row, individuals have option to buy a seat
- Bleachers, Platform or upgraded seating
- Engineer has been to school with blue prints.
- Auditorium (Summer 2026)
- Rebrand
- Positive Overall response / looks nice to have it all uniform in color and logos with all sports / Unified Mark
- Possibly a online school store for apparel
- Shot/Discuss Pit
- Just sand needs to be added / almost done
- State service project funding
- Upcoming Service Day
- Improve NS on the hill
- Have Funding for NS on the hill update.
- Possibly purchase Solar lighting and materials this year /phase project/ Feb. 24th NS project if weather permits
- Quilting service project
- Locker rooms/gym (March 2025)
- Address any concerns or questions from the community
Curriculum and Instruction
- Discussion of teaching methods and strategies
- SBG in full swing. Still improving.
- Pragmatic approach to helping the whole child
- Kid Talk/SST
- Implementing meetings and interventions on how to help students who may be struggling
- Thursday morning admin having discussions about kids that may be struggling
School Climate and Safety
- Discuss school climate and culture
- Review safety procedures, protocols and improvements.
- Vestibule and buzzer system
- Security doors are in place and working
- Guardians Update (Trying to fund SRO instead)
- No longer going with Guardians
- Vestibule and buzzer system
- Address any concerns or issues related to student behavior, well being or safety
Budget and Finance
- Review current School Trustlands Plan
- Discussion of any proposed changes or adjustments
- Increase student retention from 9th to 12th by 2% for each year.
- Part time employees (art, band classes, attendance secretary) paid out of trustlands
- Input on fundraising efforts and community involvement
- Booster Club
- A Booster Club to help with setting up concession stands, ordering concessions to help lessen the load of teachers having to do these tasks.
- Discussion of how to maybe get Booster Club going. Suggestions of people in the community that may be asked to get this going.
- To run fundraisers to support clubs. Think of names and send names to school for Booster Club.
- Booster Club
New Business
- Discuss any new items or topics that were not on the agenda
- Set the agenda for the next meeting
- Introduction of new plan
- Review any needed changes/priorities
- Next Meeting: March 12 @ 11:40 In Conference Room
Adjournment
- Motion to adjourn the meeting
- 1st: Sherrie Foote
- 2nd: Heather Hallows
- In favor: All