Hillcrest Elementary

Community Council Minutes
October 23, 2024 @ 3:30pm
Main Office Conference Room

Agenda

• Welcome
• Public Input (10 minutes)
  • Discussion about Seal of Biliteracy
  • Questions about ballot measures related to education funding. 
• Training Video  follow up (5 minutes)
  • Reminder: All members must watch the video & email principal 
• Review ByLaws (5 minutes)
  • Discussion about the process for electing members to the community council
  • Discussion about having representation form the different programs and language backgrounds.
  • Discussion about helping all parents better understand what community council does
  • Discussion about possible amendments to bote about in the future
    • Public input time
    • No meeting in August
    • Teacher appointment to community council instead of school-wide employee voting
• EOY and BOY data for 5th grade (5 minutes)
  • Students maintained learning targets from the end of 4^th grade to the beginning of 5^th grade.
• RISE data- school wide proficiency levels in LA, math, and science. 
  • Discussion about efforts to improve RISE scores
    • Plan to work with the instructional coach
    • Comparison with similar schools
    • Discussion about what it means to be a DLI school and how that does or does not impact test scores
    • Takeaways on Visit to Wasatch
      • HC needs to Increase rigor
        • Discussion to clarify on what is meant by rigor
      • Triangulate data
      • Effective use of PLCs (teacher work groups)
        • PLCs with other schools=one approach
• School attendance rates at Hillcrest and other comparable schools.
  • Discussion about vacationing and other reasons why people let their kids miss school
• Revisiting SIP (School Improvement Plan)
  • Currently have Portuguese and Spanish-speaking aides.
    • Lots of Spanish and Portuguese-speaking volunteers!
    • Trying out AmeriCorps volunteers to help with attendance tracking & calling.
  • Raz-Kids for Spanish and Elefante Letrado for Portuguese paid for by the state BUT we may lose Elefante letrado funding next year.
• Discussion of Responsibility System (positive behavior support)
  • 99% of students now on “Y”
  • the system is working with almost 5x fewer behavior incidents this year as compared to last year at this time.
  • Concerns about students getting labels as “good” or “bad” students as a result of the system have not played out – students taking longer to get to “Y” have had their progress framed positively to avoid stigma.
  • Now that students are on the “Y” to maintain enthusiasm for this there will be a pins/sticker/badge system to recognize students who are, e.g., “on the Y for X# of days” as a way to continue positive momentum. 
• Comparison data with similar schools (15 minutes)