February 5, 2025 – Minutes

February 5, 2025, 3:30-4:19.
School Community Council Meeting Notes
 
Council Members Present: Ryan Durant, Diane Edtl, Cassie Smith, Aimee Payne, Kim Adams, Nicole Brinkerhoff, Amanda Sessions
Non-Members Present: Randall Seltz
Members Not Present: Brooke Christensen (excused), Sarah Heaton, Aita Kapriyelov, Marie Seager
 
Roll Call and Welcome
 
Approve Minutes from January Meeting
Ms. Edtl made a motion to approve the minutes. Ms. Payne seconded the motion. The motion passes unanimously.
 
Business Items
TSSP/Land Trust Budget
Mr. Durant is projecting the TSSP budget is going to be in excess of $25,000. To use that money, Mr. Durant proposed sending a group of teachers to the AVID conference and a PLC conference.
Members of the council asked clarifying questions about the intent and purpose of sending staff to the conferences.
Ms. Smith made a motion to approve the funding for the PLC and AVID conferences. Ms. Edtl made a second. The motion passed unanimously.
 
TSSP Plan Review
Mr. Durant reviewed data that shows where Mount Jordan students are in achieving the current goals. Currently, Mount Jordan is on track to meet our reading growth goal. Mount Jordan students have already met the math growth goal. Both goals are measured through the MAP tests.
 
FTE Projections for Next Year
Currently, Mount Jordan has 747 active students. The district had projected us to be at 715 for the 24-25 school year. For the 25-26 school year, Mount Jordan is projected to be at 798 students.
 
Proposed TSSP Goals for Next Year 
Mr. Durant presented a draft of TSSP goals for next year. The major difference is an increase in achievement by 5%. Due to the increase in projected enrollment, Mr. Durant said we may have more flexibility in our plan to pay for other things since the district should be covering more FTE.
Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about the proposed expenditures and action steps in the 25-26 TSSP/Land Trust plan.
Mr. Durant discussed the rationale behind why the goals were written as they are.
School Safety Report
Mr. Seltz discussed the planned fire drill in January. The drill went as expected. Mr. Seltz said the next drill is an earthquake drill in April.
 
Counselor’s Report
Ms. Brinkerhoff said the counselors are preparing for registration for next year. Counselors are communicating with our feeder elementary schools and helping 8th grade students register for high school for next year. 6th and 7th grade students are registering for classes next week.
 
Faculty Report
Student Personal Technology Review
Ms. Payne presented data she collected from a survey she created and sent to Mount Jordan’s faculty. The survey suggested that faculty members are not documenting cell phone violations on the dashboard system for a number of reasons, such as wanting the administration to focus on bigger issues, some misunderstanding about what to document, some feeling like documentation takes too much time.
Ms. Payne said some teachers suggested streamlining the referral process, having a more clearly defined policy or procedures. Teachers also want the accountability for enforcement taken off their plates.
 
Principal’s Report
Registration season is here. 8th graders went to Jordan to check out the school. Incoming 6th graders visited during the school day and their parents visited at night.
AVID Summer Bridge preparations are underway. Permission slips are going out to elementary schools.
Mr. Durant proposed changing the date of the next SCC meeting (in March) to March 12 because the FTE 2.0 will come out after March 5, but before March 12.
Ms. Smith made a motion to change the date of the next meeting to March 12. Ms. Payne made a second. The vote was unanimous. 
 
Meeting Adjourn
Mr. Durant made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Smith made a second. The motion passed unanimously.