Woodruff Elementary

Community Council Minutes
October 9, 2024 @ 3:15
Woodruff Elementary Conference Room

Minutes

• Review and approve the minutes from the May and September meetings (Julie) 
  • Motioned: Wyatt Olsen
  • Seconded: Kristi Mujumdar
• Glance at the budget (Matt) 
  • A-Z program was purchased and taken from Software category
  • Amendment to SIP plan ( Matt)
  • Matt brought up the RTI Conference (Response to Intervention); 7 members will be attending. Originally budgeted $15,000 for it, but it will be $18,000. This includes registration, hotel & food. The difference will be pulled from carry over balance from last year.
• Review SIP data (Matt) 
  • Goal: 70% of students above benchmark for Acadience Reading
  • Current: 51% for beginning of school year testing
  • Goal: 55% of students above benchmark for Acadience Math
  • Current: 38% for beginning of school year testing
  • Goal: Decrease number of office referrals by 20% by end of 24/25 school year
  • Current: 23 school wide incidents
  • Wellness room is still being used to help with behavior incidents
• Review bylaws  (Matt) 
  • Appoint Amy Olsen & Ty Fenn as new Community Council members
  • Matt has combined Rules of Order sent by state & bylaws
  • Becca posed question “What is quorum?”- Matt will clarify with Superintendent
  • Amy suggested changing “absences” to “unexcused absences” for council members
  • Updated bylaws will be approved next month with new changes
• Community Council virtual Training from the state
  • Monday, October 21st @ 6 pm (SCC)
  • Tuesday, October 29th @ 1 pm (SCC)
  • Wednesday, November 6th @ 3 pm (SCC)
  • Thursday, November 14th @ 7 pm (SCC)
• Public Input (Julie)
  • Update on structured recess: Kids can change zones as many times as they’d like
  • The idea of “zones” came from Bridger Elementary not playworks.org, Bridger Elementary saw decrease of behavior incidents with implementation of “zones”
  • Book Vending Machine has been purchased; books are currently being picked & purchased
  • Tokens will be used for book vending machine; students will receive tokens various ways such as, 30 book reading challenge and Y badges
  • Administration is open to new ideas on how students can earn tokens
  • Students can earn Y badges & earn extra privileges such as, checking out 2 books at a time, class privileges, etc.
  • Teachers like Y badge system; it creates an extension of school expectations & student accountability
  • Becca brought up Constitutional Amendment so council members were aware how that applies to education
• Meeting Adjourned: 4:15
  • Motioned: Amy Olsen
  • Seconded: Becca Crookston

Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 3:15