Minutes
December 4, 2040 Community Council Meeting
Attendance: Mike Martini, Ted Jorgenson, Casey Chipp, Britney Critchely, Camee Ellis, Angela Yerka, Matt Patterson. Excuse Mat Brown and Collette Erickson.
School Update:
We have a diverse demographic and we are working on how to best support all kids. Care packs are being sent home with students and we are so grateful that they are using them. We are working directly with community Christmas for our service and not giving to direct families in the school. Community Christmas is able to also give funds and other support to the families.
We have just rolled out to adopt a Maverick and are running a 2x10 model. What this looks like is spending 2 minutes talking/connecting with a student over 10 days to build a connection and to help with needs. Britney states” She is excited to do this at Mountain View and has seen success with it.” We want every student and adult to feel seen, heard, and safe.
HRS survey results Level 1. Data allows us to see strengths and where we need to improve. We are working toward level 1 certification. The goal is to get to level 3 in the next 4 years. Data is showing great and exciting things about how the community and students feel. 3. 5 is commendable. All of our areas are 3.2 or higher between admin and teacher data. Next step is leadership teams. Where are we? How do we show we are meeting needs? Quick data is what we will gather to keep improving. We want things to align with this data to help plan funding. Student and parent data is very similar and are comparable compared to each other, 2.97 and higher.
In February/March we will draft for Trustlands funds plans.
Accreditation Monday Dec 9th we are going through the first steps . Candidacy evaluate capacity to be accredited. They will be interviewing staff and students. We will share our strategic plan. We are needing parents to be willing to be interviewed as well. Helps to be a voice and share perspective. This will give feedback to be better and make improvements. We will be accredited late April early May. Any questions? No questions were asked.
Trustland plans will put a folder together of data, trends and wellness performance data. If there is other data you want to see let us know. We will share goal 1. Draft will be given in February. Our spending right now is on track.
Opened up for feedback A member said that she is appreciative of what we are doing here. Her son's friend says he is willing to try harder because he feels like the teachers care. We plan to be put on a map and we are going to do great things.
Minutes November 6, 2024
Community Council November 6, 2024
Attendance: Mike Martini, Mat Brown, Britney Critchley, Matt Patterson, Casey Chipp, Camee Ellis, Ted Jorgensen, Angela Yerka.
Principal Report:
School progress-Marquee going in 12’x6’ 2 corners front of the school.
Punch List is still in progress getting decton on landings. Will the GM has been great to work with Finishing carpet trim, controlling air pressure. Air pressure effects safety due to the the doors not closing properly,
Hired another student advocate with funding help from the district. Having her is helping in the classrooms that have large class numbers. Teachers are reporting that it is a big help.
HRS- We are super excited about it. WF & MVJH teachers went to a conference in October. We are working on being part of the level 1 Safe supportive and collaborative schools. We want safety not just in the building but to create safety by getting the tool teachers and students need to be successful. We will be sending a survey to parents and staff to see where we are with safety to help see our strengths and weaknesses. From that info and from the staff we will see where we are at in the 8 indicators or where we might be lagging. Indicators will prove it works or we will work to fix it. Education will be implemented and we won't have to wonder later if it is making an impact. HRS makes you prove what works and what doesn’t. How do we work to improve? We know we have work to do in all 8 areas.
If the school isn't safe we can gather the data and find out why so we can focus on fixing what needs to be fixed. We plan to prove we are meeting 8 levels will get a certification. Our goal is to receive level 1 within this first year.
“Indicators help us to focus on the right work” Mike Martini.
Matt Patteson asked for feedback on the A&B day . Casey likes it. Majority seems to be in favor. We are seeing more pros than cons. Britney Critley loves it as a teacher. Mat Brown says he has done labs that he has never been able to do before because of the time. Big boost in science get 2-3 class periods done in one with this schedule. .
Matt Patterson says the depth for the kids' learning is at a high level. Camee Ellis likes that it gives more wiggle room for credits. We have seen a decrease in bathroom problems with less transitions. 30 minutes of social time. STudents seem to value the time at lunch being able to converse and talk. There is inclusion happening and its fascinating with the kids holding ropes in western wear and the kids that wear the baggy style of clothes and they are meshing.
There are 5 levels with HRS first 3 are foundational. It will be a 4 year process to be level 3 certified. We are going to shoot for it. We have put the goal up and the staff have been told and know that is where we are aiming.
Evaluating where we are at. Accreditation process is starting with the brand new school we have to be accredited in the 1st year. We have to establish that we are a school by December with certain information like vision and mission. By May first we are hoping to accredited. Component is to ask community council for feedback. We are working closely with West Field.
PBIS Positive Behavior Intervention and support. Incentivising is good for the students. We wnat to make sure that is works well. We rolled it out to staff. Every staff member at the school is on 1 of 4 committees. One fourth of them are on the MTSS committee this helps us to be successful. WE want to make it equitable. We have weekly, month, quarter and year ends goals and rewards. We would love feedback from what kids are telling parents. Is it enough to motivate them. 3 tickets every Friday 1 for 2 goals met, 1 for no U’s or N’s na d1 for no missing assignments.. Core values are being worked on outside of the classroom. 80% help to reach the quarter incentive. We are rolling it out on Monday 11/11/24. We can use trustland to help with the extra work it is being held in counseling and hoping to have a student advocate help over see. We will mark where the Mav buck was given to track the data for HRS. Funding to support stipend possibly from trustlands or TSSA. Reward the positive to give support.
We are a purple star school. This gives Military recognition. It is designated to show support and provide resources to military families. Helps us to understand where the kids are at and what their needs are. Mat Brown has military background we are lucky to have. Purple Star is on the school website with resources.
Kindness school designation. We can earn a banner, a plaque and celebration,. Counseling and Hope Squad are helping with this. We want to be known for being kind.
The goal is to become familiar with it so we know how trustland is working and what we can plan for and work on getting better numbers.
Aleks spending is about $6000.00
PLCS subs for conference and HRS is about $12000-$14000 for first half of the year. TSSA will cover the rest of the year. Full time ADvocate is $42500 also using full time options teacher. Working to add tutors Math team pay out a small rate over lap with contract time.
Tech supply $3 might not be until June. 3 buyouts for Math paid in 2 batches one in January and one in June. Each semester costs about $12000 split over 2 semesters. We are track for spending.
Camee question the Community Calendar will work with district to make sure it is available. Fans were loud during NAL meeting working to get portable mic in front of students to project sound louder.
We appreciate the feedback and welcome it any time. Be ready for surveys and please be patient and help us gather the data to accomplish the challenging goals.
Minutes Ocotber 9, 2024
Community Council October 9, 2024
Attendance: Matt Patterson Principal, Brittney Critchley, Mat Brown, Tiffany Olsen, Mike Martini, Camee Ellis, Angela Yerka, Casey Chip, Ted Jorfensen, Colette Erickson
Introductions
Historical Piece- Council was created in the spring, opened up for additional members.
Principal Report
- Current plan/no previous plan/ Future plan
- School progress and staffing
- School is still a little bit in progress. Shop class/ Foods/Marque/ Scoreboards.Things are still coming.
Staffing:
- More students than the district anticipated.
- Classes are at capacity 17 classes over 40 students in class. Dropped that to 4-5 classes currently. Hiring 2 more advocates to work as aides in those bigger classes. Year 2 will be better.
- Cool things teachers are doing to accommodate big classes.
4 Committees
- Wellness
- MTSS Positive Behavior Plan
- Instructional Design
- Mentoring
- We are utilizing/improving the school with these groups.
High Reliability Schools
Leading and Lagging
Flexibility to move towards goals. Working on certifications in level 1 High Reliability next fall.
Is MV a safe place to come and learn?
Do we support students?
Are we collaborating?
Our vision school goals are all tied to this. We have year 1 to accomplish this. We are taking a lot on.
Open for questions.
As we decide things we will use trustlands money for these things? Yes
The district Elevate 28 works perfect with High Reliability.
TRUSTLAND PLAN
Goal 1 Increase Student Achievement
- Advocate
- Tutoring
- Buyouts
- Aleks Licenses
- Chromebooks
- Substitutes
- Teacher to attend High Reliability Conferences.
When Mikkell and Matt meet they will add the spending to date. Can carry $12,500.00.
$147.00 per student
Pick Vice Chair
Adjustment to rules of order and procedure.
FYI: your name and email will be on the community council of our school website. Matt will update in the next week or so. Make sure it is accurate and looks good.
Matt showed all the links encouraging for the board to look at and leave that up to individuals to watch. Be informed.
Next time
Discuss technology and cell phone policy
Nominations: Mike Martini nominated Casey Chip Collette Erickson second. Unanimous vote.
Don’t feel like a burden, we need your vote. GREAT things happen here. Colette motioned to close the meeting. Camee second. Meeting adjourned
Next Month 1st Wednesday @ 3:30pm.
Minutes February 2024
Mountain View Jr. High
Community Coucil
February 21, 2024
Start time 3:30 PM End Time 4:36PM
Present: Matt Patterson, Mikkell Willard, Matthew Brown, Kathie Averett, Angela Yerka
Excused: Mike Martini, Matthew Norton
Conducted by Matt Patterson :
Mr. Patterson disclosed that we will be start with a base amount and then as the school grows with students the amount will go up.
Mr. Patterson informed all that Mountain View is 95% staffed. It was also mention that movement to the school should happen in the first part of June. Mr. Patterson let the members know that he will be working with the leadership team on a mission statement and core values for the school. He let them know the plans of being a High Reliablity School (HRS) and that the idea is to provide safety and support with collaboration as a community and school.
The budget and plan was presented to the members as well as shared via slide. See Here https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DEm13ez_QxF3ZuTLXPFX3Qn8sm6Gw-wdCzDkAcKTRq0/edit#slide=id.g431168b3c6_1_11. A vote was sent via google form.
The members that were present chose to defer nomitations for President and Vice President due to not having all members at the meeting. it was agreed that the poll should be sent out via google form.