October 13, 2021 – Minutes

Peruvian Park | School Community Council 

October 13, 2021 3:15 p.m.

Attendees:

Andrew Adams

Jessica Dalton

Heather Watson

Annette Marchant

Alicia Woodward

Tami Yamane

Leslie Jewkes

Emily Tippetts – PTA representative

Unable to attend: 

Rachel Stoddard

Action Items:

Cell  tower money

• Mrs. Jewkes requested $3,000 to be transferred to the principal’s account for staff appreciation.
• Leslie motions to vote
• Second from Alicia
• Unanimous vote to approve 7-0

PTA Updates

Teacher Leadership Team Report (BLT)

• Figure out how to do activities safely
• PTA has spirit week planned
• Keep the spelling bee

Data Review:

• Beginning of year benchmark testing results are available
• Looking similar to pre-covid years for students who attended PPark in-person
• New students and online students are testing a bit lower
• Initial reading score is higher than math

Land Trust / Budget Review:

• Land trust & TSSA have been corrected — final amounts will be adjusted after October 1 enrollment counts
  • TSSA – $83,400
  • Moved behavior aide to 40 hour workweek as suggested at previous meeting since allocation is larger than expected.
    • Spent $13,000 on assistants and ReadingPlus program
  • Landtrust will be in the $70,000 range. Allocation will be finalized after October 1 enrollment count

COVID Updates: 

• School moves  between green and yellow COVID categories.
• Home testing does not count toward the school numbers, so the published numbers may be off slightly
• Masks from Governor are at the school and available
• BLT (teacher leadership) is looking at activities and how they can adjust them to be COVID safe.
  • Leslie and another member of the SCC will review the proposal and approve
• Volunteers
  • School community mask usage is high with many classes 80-95% wearing masks.  Other classes have 25-60% wearing masks.  Council discussed finding a balanced approach to serve school community. Volunteers may be invited for Halloween parties, up to 2 people willing to wear masks.
  • Going forward – if a teacher has a specific volunteer need in the classroom, they would submit a proposal to be approved.
  • Alteration to activities and volunteers for COVID plan.
    • Alicia motions to approve
    • Tami seconds
    • Vote unanimous

School Safety / Digital Citizenship:

• Updated report available on district website
  • https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/safe-schools/
  • Review and discuss any changes at November meeting.

Heather motions to adjourn

Alicia seconds

Meeting adjourned.