Brookwood School Community Council January 2025 Minutes
Members Present:
Parents: Kimball High, Megan Olson, Derek Matsumori, hadley Waters, Ann Odom, Katie Dunn, Jamie Dowdle, Mitvh Evers
Faculty/Staff: Principal Corrie Barrett, Caroline Butters, Kathy Smith, Heidi Vincent
PTA Rep: Chrislyn Woolston
Members Excused:
Parents: Jessica Pohlman and Kim Allen
- Review/Approval of October Minutes
Megan Olson motioned to approve minutes from October, Kathy Smith 2nd. All in favor
- Brookie’s Market
Was Art-A-Palooza but it needed a name change because no art.
Really pushed this year for class baskets to be business donations. Hoping this allows us to ask for less money from parents ahead of the auction!
We will still do activity tables during conferences, teacher experiences will be sold at 4:00 pm on the dot.
Baskets due Feb. 17th
Silent auction, same website. All pre-approved.
Fundraiser goal is $20 k, raised from the $17k.
- TSPP/Landtrust Goals and Plan
BLT met and looked at the current gaols, no changes were proposed.
Proficiency and growth goals *see October minutes (goals reviewed in meeting).
Looking to see the Acadience benchmark metrics next month.
BLT team will meet after metrics come in and determine if changes need to be made. We will review proposals on 2/21 in SCC. Recommendations / changes can be adopted in BLT, then signoff by SCC will be on 3/25.
- SCC financial update
District said a 2nd cell tower would net $0 increase. Principal Barrett went to the district and demanded we recieve some compensation. They agreed to add $5-$6k per year additional.
1st tower compensation of $1,062 per month, but that amount is decreasing to $937 per month (due to revenue sharing to other schools).
Fundraising – no changes to current projections.
Landtrust – we found excess funds. Need to find ways to spend it. Excess funds due to unpaid time off. The surplus can be spent on technology and academic software to help students reach reading/math goals.
Heidi gave an update on Newsela. Aligned with the reading curriculum, additional sources for writing. Evaluating the option of spending on Newsela. Although it would be site-wide license ( all grades) Principal Barrett said we would only be using it for upper grades (5th grades). deal is to help these students meet their growth goal. Younger grades are still developing, Upper grades still finishing Lexia and would use it for reading to learn.
Evaluating purchasing Ipads for progress monitoring purposes.
- Input from PTA representatives
PTA event focused on enhanced reading “literacy month” in March. Wanting to encourage parents to get kids reading at home. E.g. Mrs. Lunds summer reading program (reading in a bathtub with stuffies). Little teacher efforts, but reminders. End the week with an Assembly, bring in an author to remind them how exciting reading is. Will be approved in Feb. PTA meeting.
- Dates to remember………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………SCC Members
2024-2025 SCC meetings:
- February 21, 2025
- Marh 28, 2025
- April 25, 2025
- May 16, 2025
Adjourn- Megan Olson mentioned, Ann 2nd, all in favor
