Heritage Elementary School School Community Council

Agenda

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

I. Welcome to School Community Council

II. Review Minutes

III. Approve Last Meetings Minutes

 Motion to Approved by__Julie__Second___Maria_____

IV. Trust Lands Spent Year to Date:

          Spent Year to Date: $112,249.              

          Funding Remaining: $5,816.

          % of Funding Remaining: 5.2%

Hoping to spend the amount down further.

V. School Business

           1. Heritage Elementary School Food Drive March 10-14 Mr. Mallory

          2. No School Monday, February 17^th President’s Day  

          3. Friday, February 28^th Teacher PD Day---No School for Students

          4.  March 6^th and 7^th PTC’s

                   A. Short Day on Thursday Release at 1:00 No school pre or Kindergarten.

                   B. No School for Students on Friday due to PTC 8:00-12:00

March 3-6^th is Inclusion Week, wear Inclusion shirts on March 5.

          4. Maturation Date has been changed to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Fifth grade)

VI. Follow-up on Proposed Funding for 2025-2026

1. See Other Page or Back-side of this Page.

Vote to approve the outline of the plan: Motion to approve: Sara, Second: Kendal, Vote passed

VII. Public comments or input

                   RISE data: our goal was to raise Language Arts scores by 2 percent, scores actually fell by two percent, but Math and Science scores both rose significantly. The point was made that increasing reading ability can help math and science scores. Discussion on how to set our goals for next year, whether to focus on Language Arts again. Americorp aides are able to help in Math.

-Early morning reading program, providing opportunities for students to read and take quizzes and work on comprehension. TSSA money is key in keeping the school running.

-Goals will be set using RISE and Acadiance testing.

-We have awesome kids and parents that care, and wonderful teachers. What the teachers do to help kids learn to like learning and those core subjects is so powerful.

-We can always be working to improve things, but we do have an awesome school already!

-We got second place on Inclusion week T-shirt sales!

AMITY Housing:

-Make sure housing is sorted out fully before bringing them in, they want the ability to take public transportation. Nail down housing, then offer as many experiences as we can.

Magnet School:

We have high hopes for a beautifully smooth and successful transition when those changes happen.

Biggest concerns are further unknowns, such as secondary school decisions and questions about how things transfer, etc.

VIII. Next Meeting Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 4:00 PM

1. Vote on new plan
2. Sign off on new plan

IX. Motion to Close Meeting___Kendal_______Second_______Julie__________

School Land Trust Budget Proposal for 2025-26

1. Proposed Budget for Next Year 2025-2026 based on $113,257.06
   1. Reading Paraprofessionals for our Reading Program (TIER II)
      1. Provide Aide Support to Reading Program.
      2. Cost $79,000.⁰⁰
      3. Discussion
   2. AMITY Aides
      1. Provide Classroom Support to Teachers/Students.
      2. Discussion: We took this out of our TSSA this year not SLT Plan
   3. Aide Support
      1. Aide Support to Classrooms
      2. Total Cost $25,557.⁰⁰
      3. Discussion
   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
   5. Chromebooks/Boxes 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
   7. Matching grant for Library (JMW)
      1. $1200.00