Midvale Middle School
School Community Council Minutes
December 7, 2022 – 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Online Meeting: https://meet.google.com/xrq-yvsw-sck
Parent Members: Pamela Brown, Kathy Anderson, Alicia Woodward, Alyssa Powers, Andrea Andersen, Benjamin Wood, Janette Pasaye, Jessica Dalton, Mac McCann, Mandy Yu, Stephanie Liu and Rachel Pena. Alternate: Minh Thu Liew Parents in attendance: Pamela Brown, Kathy Anderson, Alyssa Powers, Benjamin Wood, Jessica Dalton, Stephanie Liu, Mandy Yu, Alicia Woodward, Rachel Pena, Andrea Andersen.
Parents not present: Minh Thu Liew, Janette Pasaye, Mac McCann
Board Member Present: Mont Millerberg
Faculty members in attendance: Mindy Robison, ConnieTrue Simons, Amy Skelton, Jessica Olmos, Jordan Cloward, and Shelley Allen.
- Welcome ~ Pamela Brown
2. Action Item: Approve November Minutes
Motion to approve: Alicia Woodward
Second: Kathy Anderson
Passed unanimously
3. Community School Facilitator Report ~ Jessica Olmos
Thank you to everyone who volunteered for Reality Town
We are about finished taking applications from Families for Holiday Support, we will be helping over 100 students at our school.
Our school community is amazing. Most of our donations are coming from our school
staff and local community members.
- Community member: Hygiene kits
- RPT: 250 food bags
Attendance Update:
Our goal for the year is to run an awareness campaign to parents and students on why
school attendance is important.
Parent Square posts twice a month with data for parents on the importance of attendance.
Announcements will have short videos of our students giving their best tips for getting to school on time.
Article about chronic absenteeism
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/11/24/23472189/utah-public-schools-chronic-absenteeism-truancy
4.Portrait of a Graduate Update ~ Shelley Allen
RISE UP Lessons on School Website
Upcoming RISE UP Lessons:
PILOT Reflection
Problem Solver
Innovator
Logical Thinker
Open-minded Communicator
Team Player
Service – Grade Level Projects
- Counselors Report ~ Amy Skelton
8th grade– scheduling Plan for College and Career Readiness (PCCR) meetings with
parents. Focus on high school transition
Working with students individually and small groups-emotional regulation and support
7th grade- Lifelines Suicide Prevention lessons in Health
- Action Item: Identify Top Safety Concern ~ Pamela Brown / Mindy Robison
Previous ideas:
- Attendance
- Social emotional
- Behaviors (disrespect, defiance, fighting, language)
Discussion about how attendance, social emotional and behaviors are all connected.
Comments about how if students are not in school we can not help with social emotional
concerns. If we focus on attendance, it should help with social emotional and behavior
concerns. When students are not in the building, we are very concerned about their
safety and well being.
Action Item: Identify Top Safety Concern
Motion to approve attendance as our top safety concern: Benjamin Wood
Second: Alicia Woodward
Passed unanimously
Safety Concern Plan
#1 Safety Concern: Attendance. We are currently at 82% attendance based on the # of periods offered and the # of students present. When students are not at school, they are much more at-risk of engaging in dangerous behaviors. Students who regularly attend have higher test scores, better grades, and higher graduation rates.
Other concerns considered: We also discussed social emotional health, but decided that it is being addressed through our TSSP, and that attendance will positively impact social emotional well being as well.
Action Plan:
- We have created an attendance committee who is regularly looking at our attendance data.
- Increase social media and ParentSquare messaging around attendance to help educate parents about the importance of regular attendance.
- Have hired a behavior interventionist whose primary focus is on attendance and getting students to school.
- Scheduling meetings between administrators and parents whose students are missing over 10% of school to offer supports.
- After winter break, the attendance committee is going to roll out an attendance competition to encourage increased daily attendance in a positive way.
- Hired a full-time, licensed educator to run in-school suspension in order to minimize the need for out-of-school suspension, thereby keeping more students in school.
Motion to approve top safety concern plan: Alicia Woodward
Second: Jessica Dalton
Passed unanimously
- 2021-2022 TSSA Final Report ~ Mindy Robison
Many students are making expected growth on the MI, math inventory.
We are seeing the highest growth we have seen in some time on the RI, reading
inventory.
- Teacher Student Success Plan ~ Mindy Robison
- 75% of students will meet or exceed expected growth on the Reading Inventory (RI) during the current school year.
- 60% of students will meet or exceed expected growth on the Math Inventory (MI) during the current school year.
- On a monthly basis, at least 95% of students will be recognized through our school-wide positive behavior intervention system.
- 100% of students were recognized every month
- Student connectivity and wellness will increase as measured by improved scores from the pre and post wellness survey through the implementation of the after-school program, counseling supports, and lessons in homeroom on Portrait of a Graduate.
- TSSA/LAND Trust Budgets ~ Mindy Robison
- Recent hires: Veronica Gordon, Cassie Vultaggio
- Recent purchases: math manipulatives, social studies map, atlases, geography
puzzles, materials for Portrait of a Graduate
- Parent Data Report / Questions ~ Kathy Andersen
Motion to have our next meeting in February: Andrea Andersen
Second Benjamin Wood
Passed unanimously
12. Adjourn Pamela Brown
Motion to adjourn: Benjamin Wood
Second: Kathy Andersen
Passed unanimously
Our next meeting will be online on February 1, 2023
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