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Minutes November 2008

by Rob Aubrey

School Community Council Meeting

November 12, 2008

Minutes:

1. Welcome

  • § Meeting was called to order at 7:05pm.

2. 10-1-08 Meeting Minutes Review

  • § Update on computer lab - insurance is paying $11,000 for equipment replacement. Butler Elementary is considering best approach for this with anticipated computer lab upgrade next year. School is ‘limping’ along with current computer inventory. There are also some archaic computers in the classrooms. Edy recommends we wait until January and then assess situation.
  • § Edy McGee reviewed the minutes. Minutes approved by committee.

3. Possible Introduction of Dr. Doty

  • o Dr. Doty unable to be here today. Edy will invite Dr. Doty and East side school board members to the January meeting
  • o Dr. Doty invited to speak about where we are in terms of district transition.
  • o Negotiations to have shared services with east and west side districts were not successful.

4. Instructional Aids

  • § Kindergarten - 1 ~ Edy given permission to hire 17 hour/week aid (T, W and ½ Th) hired and started yesterday
  • § Math - School Land Trust money covers hiring three 17 hour/week aids to help in classrooms in for two grades at a time (1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th grouped together) to allow the primary teacher to work with students who are struggling with math and the aid will work with the rest of the class. Have one of the three aids positions filled. Edy to put advertisement in Cat Tracks newsletter.
  • § A few teachers are also going to start after school tutoring (teachers will be paid in service rates - this will be paid out of CSIP money) - children will be approved for this based on results of core measure testing.

5. Account Balances (FILL IN DETAILS FROM AGENDA)

  • § Foundation
  • o $15,325.74
  • o ($1406.00 ) Fit Kids
  • o Balance: $13919.74
  • § School
  • o $12729.61
  • o $26.55 Albertsons
  • o ($100.27) Flowers/plants for front of the school
  • o $2169.58 Smith’s Earn and Learn
  • o ($95.61) Vigos
  • o ($100.00) French
  • o ($100.00) Welch
  • o ($50.00) Reed
  • o $19.79 Albertsons
  • o $204.57 Target
  • o ($100.00) Johnson
  • o Balance: $14595.22

6. Fund Raising

  • § Idea ~ Learning Points - kids can earn points for ‘shopping’, participating vendors donate money back to “school of choice” (Learning Points may be a for profit organization that likely keeps some of the money)
  • § Grant - Walmart update - Edy resubmitting
  • § Other Grants - www.grantsalert.com or fastweb.com
  • i. Edy investigating options for using an outside grant writer
  • ii. Ed looking into possibility of shared efforts for grant writing across Canyons School District
  • iii. Grants are typically for very specific areas (grants come with many restrictions)
  • iv. The district has a grant writer - and all grant submissions going out are to go through her first
  • v. Idea discussed to conduct a survey of the teachers to find out what areas they are interested in and/or where they need help
  • vi. We need to be sensible about programs being brought in and balance that with core curriculum time.
  • § 501 (c) (3) - if grant is a 501c, then it must go through foundation
  • § Plastic Jars for ‘Support Your Local School Kids’ - idea from ‘My Blue Heaven’ movie ~ need to understand the process of how the donations will be picked up - Rob to contact PTA to see if they can help - ask all Community Council Members to take a jar or two to local businesses Thanks go to Ed Schwartz for making an ‘in-kind’ donation of the plastic donation jars that will be placed in the local businesses.
  • § Butler Elementary SCC Brochure printing at gotprint.com 11cents a piece for 2500 - color/double sided = $275 - Wendy Pearson made motion to pay up to $300 for brochure printing, Ann Marie Sulzen seconded motion, motion passed. Anne Jacob will assist Ed Schwartz and Rob Aubrey in finalizing brochure prior to printing.

7. Website for SCC

  • § Rob Aubrey is webmaster
  • § Website = www.BESCC.com (there is link to this from school web page)
  • § Cat Tracks Monthly newsletter (Robin Nielson is editor) - Rob/Ed to write an article about School Community Council and the web site for Dec edition
  • § Ideas discussed to promote interest/usability of web site (e.g. wants/needs section, suggestion section, post cat tracks, etc… ) Anne Jacob will help with ideas for web site.
  • 8. Update on Programs -
  • § Meet the Masters - Next assembly in Dec 1st (assemblies are for the parents who are teaching and consider only having the older students go to the assemblies)
  • § Fit Kids - ends next week, starts again in March
  • § Dance Program - supposed to start in Dec, preparing for Butler Dances Around the World
  • § Discussed ideas for programs -
  • i. funding after school programs -
  • ii. on site PE specialist
  • iii. arts specialist (whether it be visual arts or musical/vocal)
  • iv. Carol Whittaker to draft teacher survey questions and Anne Jacob will help to create the electronic survey on survey monkey
  • v. Need to discuss at Jan SCC meeting where to focus energy/funding in the future on a few items to ensure we don’t get spread to thin (need to survey teachers before Jan meeting) - plan to have survey done by Dec 15

9. Update on After School Enrichment Programs

  • § Spanish - will have 2 classes for Session II ~ a beginner session and intermediate, will also look into having 3 classes for Session III (very popular)

10. Other Items - None

11. Next Meeting ~ January 7, 2009 at 7pm (typically meetings will be first Wednesday)

12. Adjournment - Motion approved to adjourn meeting and meeting adjourned at 20:55

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