Heritage Elementary School School Community Council

Minutes

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

1. Welcome to School Community Council

2. Review Minutes

3. Approve Last Meetings Minutes

Motion to Approve Minutes by______Julie______________Second____Maria______

4. School Land Trust Spent Year to Date (Waiting for update from district)

Spent:     $96,090.04

Remaining: $21,974.96

% Remaining   19%   

5. Technology needs for next year hoping to use TSSA for these needs

   1. Shift technology needs to TSSA, so that school lands trust money can be used for other things

   2. Any increase above what we’ve had could potentially be used for technology.

   3. Would be preferred to keep using as much of this money as possible for aides and salaries

   4. Potential to hand down the technology currently in sixth grade to save some money when sixth grade goes to middle school.

6. School Safety (Logan Eubanks)

   1. A bill was passed (HB84) that every school is to have a guardian. Armed personnel, not an administrator or teacher. It will be a trained member of staff, they’ll have a background check, mental health checks, etc.

   2. Details are still being determined, we are learning as we go.

   3. Safety features are being implemented, intercoms, shatterproof coatings on the glass, surveillance cameras.

   4. Stephanie Adams (director of safety at the district level) is working on another grant to cover anything that has not been covered by the original grant. The original grant money was given to the district and used on a needs basis with trickle down, so the amount awarded to each school is not necessarily being used at those schools because of other schools having greater needs

   5. Fire alarm was not working but should be working now, will confirm on Friday.

7. Next years (2025-26) Land Trust Money has not yet been allocated… However, we will base it off $111,000.00 This is an estimate only. 

8. Ideas for How Money Should Be Spent 

   1. Reading Paraprofessionals for our Reading Program (TIER II)

      1. Provide Aide Support to Reading Program. 

      2. Cost $79,000.⁰⁰

      3. Discussion

         1. There is also money from TSSA going toward this.

         2. Even if students do not directly receive help from this money, they’re still benefitted when their peers are at a higher reading level because the class can move faster as a whole.

   2. AMITY Aides

      1. Provide Classroom Support to Teachers/Students. 

      2. Discussion: We took this out of our TSSA this year not SLT Plan

         1. TSSA due date is in June, housing is an issue.

   3. Aide Support

      1. Aide Support to Classrooms 

      2. Total Cost $23,300.⁰⁰ 

      3. Discussion

         1. $1000 went from this category to reading aides. 1 in each of 2^nd, 4^th, and 6^th grades.

   4. Computers for Classroom (Teacher) 

      1. Buy computers for classrooms (where needed)

      2. Discussion: Hoping to put this in our TSSA Plan instead of our SLT Plan

         1. This could be increased if money is more than we thought.

   5. Chromebooks/Box’s for School

      1. Buy for school

      2. Discussion: Hoping to put this in our TSSA Plan instead of our SLT Plan

   6. Software for Accelerated Reading (AR)

      1. $7,500.00

      2. Discussion

         1. May be a little less than this amount, was from TSSA last year. Not every grade is using this, but it is available to the whole school.

   7. Matching grant for Library (JMW)

      1. $1200.00

9. Other items of business

   1. School Safety 

In TSSA we are spending:
$15,000 on technology, including iready.
$107,000 Accelerated reading, subs, and paras:
-($64,000 for para professionals)
-($23,000 for teachers)
$8475 for supplies
-(text books, in service training)
$23,000 – Matt Mallory

Our goal should be to spend all of the school lands trust money

Next meeting: February 12 @ 4 pm, we will be covering the AMITY program.

10. Motion to Close Meeting_________Sara_________Second____Julie______