Eastmont School Community Council Agenda
Meeting Date: April 21, 2021 @ 5:30 PM Virtual – Zoom
Members:
- Jessica Dalton, Parent (in attendance)
- Heidi Sanger, Parent (in attendance)
- Elizabeth Miles, Parent (in attendance)
- Ashley Barfuss, Parent (in attendance)
- Jennifer Crane, Parent (in attendance)
- Jen Coccimiglio, Parent (in attendance)
- Derek Gruander, Parent (in attendance)
- Daniel Herzog, Parent (in attendance)
- Julie Taucher, Counselor (in attendance)
- Stephanie Davis, Teacher (in attendance)
- Stacy Kurtzhals, Principal (in attendance)
- Brooke Rauzon, Assistant Principal (in attendance)
School Community Council Agenda items:
- Approval of minutes from the previous meeting in March
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- Minutes were approved
- School Data update/Budget Review
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- We are currently giving the RI/MI assessments. RISE testing began on Monday.
- We are right where we need to be for our end of year budget.
- Math intervention classes:
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- We have 1 teacher (Ms. Schott) who will teach our Math Connections program. It will utilize the Math 180 classes. Students were selected based on MI data.
- 2 classes for each grade level.
- She will work closely with the math core teachers to support the classroom.
- The Extended class includes one class for each grade level. The selected students will have a double block of math, giving them extra support in math focusing on standards and basic skills. Mrs. Severn will be pre-teaching/reteaching students on the core curriculum.
- Our bell schedule will change-TA will be first period on Mondays and Tuesdays and then we will extend the time for our classes Wednesday-Fridays. We also think this will be grade for our tardy students who are missing instructional time.
- We also reached out to the elementary schools so we know the incoming students who will need be enrolled.
- We will provide group incentives to increase attendance and reduce tardies.
- School beautification project –
- Lockers have been painted blue with a few red.
- On the 1st floor Ms. Davis is going to include inspirational quotes to liven up the hallways.
- Leon Wilcox offered to have the painters paint the lockers and also has given us money to buy some graphics that include our logo to update our front entry, the gym and auditorium, columns and stairwells.
- Parents are so EXCITED for the beautification on our building!!!
- We also are going to get new desks from Albion that are conducive to small group instruction.
- Lockers for 2021-22
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- Students will have the option to have a locker if they choose too.
- We want students to still carry a backpack because they are carrying their Chromebook and binder.
- Tardies are the lowest they have ever been!!
- We will have a locker contract so they now the expectations.
- One suggestion is to allow students to come in before school starts to practice opening their locker.
- Determine who will continue on SCC for the 2021-22 school year
- Jen, Daniel and Derrek are only on their first year.
- Nominate and Vote on an SCC chair for the 2021-22 school year
- Jen will be the SCC chair for the 21-22 school year.
- Counseling Update
- River will be leaving Eastmont. River will be the new counselor for the online school.
- Ann Marie Proctor will be the new counselor!
- Julie and River are finishing up their teaching in classrooms.
- Stacy has the schedule for next year ready to go.
- Youth Academy
- 6th-12th grades-Students who need support before entering back into the school
- Long term home and hospital
- Day treatment-anxiety, suicide attempt or mental health issues-they can transition at any time that they are ready.
- State custody or foster care
- DCMT referral-before they can leave the program they have to be successful, compliant and met all of the goals that were set up for them.
- Intervention and recovery to support transitioning students back to their boundary school or stay at Eastmont
- We want the students to be with their same age peers
- Moving forward we want to have an elementary, middle and high school program with 8-10 students per classroom, two teachers, three health aides and a counselor and access to Eastmont’s social worker and our school psych.
- Bell View will become the alternative high school once Glacier Hills opens.
- it would function as a school within a school
- Once stabilization occurs they could be transitioned out to other classes.
- YA is not an ABS unit. 70% of the students are entering YA for recovery before they return to their boundary school or staying at Eastmont.
- Same resources will be offered to Jordan High school, however it will be housed at Bell View (Diamond Ridge).
- Dedicated funds are available for the program.
- We can use our school funds to support interventions for the program.
Next meeting is May 19th at 5:30-7:30pm via Zoom.
