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Minutes - March 2018

COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING

March 7, 2018

Present: Emily DeVries, Jackyln Wintle, Angie Francom, Chris Earnest, Heather Woodland, Krissy Hales, Prascilla Crook

Welcome by Angie Francom

Minutes were read

Registration Data was gone over by Ms. Earnest

  1. Need 1 more full time math teacher, part time English, 1 full time SPED teacher, 1 full time physics/science teacher.
  2. Projected enrollment for next year is down to 1018
  3. There is enough FTE to cover the above needs for new teachers.
  4. Class size is projected to be between 24-29

Safety:

  1. There will be a lockdown drill this month to continue to educate students/parents on safety procedures.

School Improvement Plan for 2018-2019:

Click for the full plan

Goal #1: Improve student proficiency in reading, writing, math and science while continuing to improve student pass rate in all classes school wide by 1%.  We will pass this goal by May, 2019.

Measurements:

We will use ALEKs data, Benchmarks,

A motion to approve the 2018-2019 plan was made by Jen Francom and a second by Heather Woodland, all present were in favor to approve.

CLT working on expanding/adding to our current school goal of: Every student prepared for the next level.

Character Ed is going well at Orion

  1. Topics were chosen with suggestions from teachers of subjects that Orion students need help in.
  2. Ms. Earnest showed the Character Ed slides/video that will be shown on Monday March 12, so that the council will be aware of what is being taught in character education at Orion.

2018-2019 Schedule:

  1. Every Monday will be a late start: These late starts have been a benefit to teachers as they have met and collaborated with each other to help become better teachers.
  2. Titan Time will be held every Tuesday through Friday: Each Titan Time will last 30 minutes
  3. Ms. Earnest went over the new bell schedules for next year.
  1. School will end at 2:35 every day
  2. Reading time was lowered from 15 minutes to 10 minutes
  3. There will be more enrichment activities every Friday next year

May 2, 2018 will be our final Community Council Meeting for this year