Hillcrest Elementary

Community Council Agenda
February 26, 2025 @ 3:30pm
Main Office Conference Room

In Attendance : Kym Allen, Candie Miller, Jill Beer, Doralice Diaz, Debbie Brough, Jodi Barro, Sarah Braden, Katie Lee-Koven

• Public input
  • Question about signage on roads for school zone
    • Complicating factors include:
      • Placing a crosswalk in the middle of the street is not preferable, we will need an additional crossing guard
      • The current organization of the church parking lot. Discussions have occurred re: revising this but there is no concrete plan yet.
• Data Dive review & new info
  • Attendance stats
    • Reading: Middle of Year - Acadience reading scores shared by grade
      • Non-English Language: AAPPL - Comparison data with the state - breaks down by speaking, listening, reading & writing, by grade and by language
      • Math: Middle of the year, by grade, comparing to district averages
      • Reminder of RISE data from last year Teachers recently had a workday where they did a data dive.
      • Teacher goals for improvement plan discussed and shared

        • Progress monitoring

        • Interventions

        • Rigor

        • Attendance

• School Improvement Plan Development (Due March 21st)

  • See teacher ideas from previous bullet

  • $102,000 projected as trust lands funding

    • Computer programs: IXL, GimKit, RazKids+, Frax, Elefante Letrado

      • Question about district and state level contracts. Most programs do not have larger contracts and the school arranges its own contracts.

      • Elefante Letrado - losing state funding for this next year

    • Aides

      • Match this year’s # of aides and increase if possible

    • Subs for collaboration days

      • Vertical planning for language teachers

      • English teachers working on strategies for language learners, observing the FL classes.

    • CKLA books

      • Access for language teachers so that they can integrate

    • Technology - small amt. of funds

      • 3-5 are 1 to 1 with computers

      • Younger grades requesting more access to computers

      • District funds 1:6 (K-2) and 1:2 (3-5)

    • If money remains - Teachers would like to attend conferences

      • DLI, Math, Reading, RTI

  • Reading and Math goals, but no separate foreign language goals, these will be within the categories of reading and math.

  • Discussion about setting up metrics based on growth vs. % of students at or above proficiency level

  • Jill to draft SIP and share with CC at next meeting.

Our next meeting has been changed to March 19th