February

LPHS COMMUNITY COUNCIL

WEDNESDAY, February 6, 2013

AGENDA

WELCOME:

COMMUNITY COUNCIL BUSINESS:   

After school studies for art.

LP ADMINISTRATION:

                Review spending of Trust Land funds for the 2012-2013 school year.

                Thank you for help received from the communities for the Teacher Incentive Reviews and Be the Change Days.

COUNSELING:

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

MINUTES OF MEETING

COMMUNITY COUNCIL BUSINESS:

Fine Arts 

Fine arts teachers inquired about help for students before and after school. As long as it can be tied to the Trust Land Plan it can be approved or can be submitted for next year’s plan. They could also apply for a grant to fund help for students before and after school.   

LPHS ADMINISTRATION:

Spending of Trust Land Funds for the 2012-2013 School Year

A.      Response to Intervention

1.       Teacher Preparation:

Mentor Teachers – The meetings have been very valuable.

2.       Tutorial Services:

                The Academic Studies Program is being funded by Trust Land funds and is open every day until 4pm  except on Fridays. Are we using it effectively? We just did a study on how many students were using the assistance center and it was much higher than we thought. A log is kept of all students using the academic studies room that are not enrolled in the class.

        What happens in Academic Studies:

Students are receiving tutoring in English, math, and science.  A UVU student also provides tutoring in math and science on Tuesday’s after school.

                                                                Tests are being proctored and monitored. The first priority should be helping students who are seeking help. Is it becoming a testing center? A week or two before each term ends there is an over abundance of students testing. This issue probably needs to be addressed.

                                                                Practice tests for ACT testing.

                                    A survey would be really helpful asking the students “If you need tutoring but choose not to use the academic assistance center what is the reason?”                                             

3.       Learning Recovery:

                Students must be within 10% of recovering credit to be eligible. It provides students with opportunities to recover lost credit by completing additional work with recovery specialists.

4.       Student Advocate:

                                We have three student advocates monitoring students. (Trust Land pays for one student advocate.)  They are  tracking as many as 30 students at one time and averaging as many as 75 student visits per week.

                                They deal with:                   

                                                                Attendance issues.

                                                                Students that are significantly behind and not getting work turned in on time.

                                                Tracking students’ progress on a weekly basis.

                                                                Students that are border line or high risk.

                                                                Medical issues and disabilities (not necessarily related to learning).

B.      Advanced and Enhanced Learning

1.       Decrease class size and/or increase course offerings:

Funds are used to purchase class prep periods which allows us to drop classes down to a more manageable size where students can receive more individual attention.

  We are transitioning into the new math core by not offering as many sections and by teaching a wider range of math. It is creating more work for the teachers as they have to change what they are currently teaching and develop new lesson plans.

                Not all sophomores will be on the new track.  Students who had Geometry and passed it will stay on the old track. All students will have to complete Common Core 3 or its equivalent (Algebra 2) by graduation.  

What is the direction we are going with the AP classes and using Trust Land funds? The consensus of the council is to focus on AP classes and the more advanced sciences.

                Council would like a rough draft of how the money will be spent for the 2013-2014 school year.