September

LPHS COMMUNITY COUNCIL

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

AGENDA

WELCOME: Chip Koop    

COMMUNITY COUNCIL BUSINESS:   

Organizing Council

Filling Vacancies on Council

LP ADMINISTRATION:

                Trust Land Spending

                Learning Recovery Update

DVD

                Trust Lands Administration – Earning for Education

                Touch the Future

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION   

"Committing Minds to Inquiry, Hearts to Compassion, and Lives to the Service of Mankind"

COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

  Julie Hallsted

  Chrissy Hannemann, Chair

Lisa Harkness 

  Annette Kindt

  Brian McGhie, Teacher Rep. 

Carla Merrill

Chip Koop, LPHS Principal  

  Rex Brimhall, Co Chair/Asst. Principal

Rod Campbell, Counselor  Rep.

  Renda Bahr, Secretary

Community Council members are balanced by voting precinct and serve for a period of two years. If a committee member needs to resign before their term is up, someone will be appointed in their place. Council members are invited to gather feedback from their community which will provide agenda items for future monthly council meetings. 

MINUTES OF MEETING – 10:00 A.M.

WELCOME: Chip Koop

ATTENDING: Dr. Chip Koop, Gary Twitchell, Annette Kindt, Brian McGhie, Carla Merrill, Rod Campbell, Lisa Harkness, Julie Hallsted, and Renda Bahr

COMMUNITY COUNCIL BUSINESS

                Process to nominate someone or make a proposal

Someone needs to make a motion, it must be seconded, then voted on by the voting members of the council.

                Welcome to new Council Members

                                Diane Lohner representing the Timberline Middle School area

                                Annette Kindt  and Brian McGhie representing the Mt. Ridge Jr. High area

                                Gary Twitchell, Assistant Principal

                Voting on Council Chair – (1 year term) Chair must be picked with all new council members in place at the first meeting.

                                Motion was made to nominate Annette Kindt as Council Chair, seconded, followed by a unanimous vote in favor of                                                 Annette Kindt to serve as Council Chair for the term of one year.

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                Co-Chair - Can take charge of the meeting in the Chair’s absence.

Motion was made to nominate Gary Twitchell as the Co-Chair, it was seconded, followed by a unanimous vote in                 favor of Gary Twitchell as the Co-Chair.

Teacher Representative – To be determined.

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LP ADMINISTRATION:

TRUST LAND PROPOSAL FOR 2012-2013 – Gary Twitchell

Continuing funds for the following programs:

Learning Recovery                                                                                                                                                                     The learning recovery teacher coordinators for 2012-2013 school year are; Matt Bell, Jacob Rees, Chartina Voorheis, and Matt Melville. The teacher co-coordinators are paid a base amount of $100 per term, adding $20 per student’s recovered credits.  The “F” grade will remain on the transcript but the “P” will show they have passed the course. The Council is pleased at the progress this program is making and would like to continue to fund it.

Student Assistance

Evaluation of CRT Scores This did not happen. The money that was set aside will remain in the budget.

Testing

PLAN test – October 10  

Per our agreement with the State, they will for the second and last time pick up one-half of the expense for the Sophomore PLAN testing which is the preliminary ACT test.

ASVAB – It is offered by the military.  

The Council would like to see as many students as possible take this test, on the basis that it is free and is the best career assessment test out there.  Even though the students are not required to take this test the council members would like to make sure to get word to both parents and students of its importance.

(This would be one more reason to get the email communication going.)

Teacher Development Funds for Conferences

Each teacher receiving funds to help cover the cost of a conference will review with their department any information obtained, as well as submit a review of the conference to the council.

Agenda Items for Next Time:

·         School Data - Tom Erekson

·         Email Communications

o    Form used during Senior SEOP’s – Rod Campbell

o    “We want email from the school” form for the website and Twitter – Kenley Brown

Future Meeting Times: 10:00 am

Binder for each council member:

Meeting Schedule for the Year:

                September 5, October 3, November 7, December 5, January 9, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, August TBD

Also, October 6 at 1:00  

 SCC/PTSA/Board Member/Superintendent Representative Meeting – Wendy Hart and Rhonda Bromley