April 25, 2025 – Minutes

                                                               Brookwood School Community Council Meeing Minutes

                                                                                             Friday, April 25, 2025

                                                                                   7:45 – 8:45 am Brookwood Library

Voting Attendees: Corrie Barrett, Megan Olson, Kim Allen, Ann Odom, Mitch Evers, Kimball High, Derek Matsumori, Caroline Butters, Kathy Smith, Katie Dunn, Hadley Waters, Jamie Dowdle, Jessica Pohlman

NonVoting Attendees: Katie Dahle, Heidi Vincent, Scot McCombs, Dominic Huntr, Kasandra Hokanson, Jonathan Landward, Abigail Wilcox, Jenna Erow, Cathy Carr, Liz Palmer, Ashley Moehle. Camille Merkley, Heidi Lujan, Chrislyn Woolston, Lezlie White

• Welcome: Megan Olson
• Approve Minutes: Megan Olson, Second: Caroline Butters, minutes are approved.
• Discussion about elementary level chromebook filtering and access options
  • Corrie Barrett reviewed how CSD partners with parents
    • Parents need serial numbers of chromebook to use Technology connect portal to monitor login time
      • Usage means how long the chromebook is open, not necessarily how long students are using them
      • Some words are flagged that aren’t actually inappropriate
      • In the future, parents will recieve an email when students search an inappropraite word.
      • Go to tcp.canyonsdistrict.org to change filtering options.
      • Doesd Safe Search apply to other search engines?
        • No it just works on google, but only google is allowed
        • Searches within apps (like YouTube) don’t work with SafeSearch
        • YouTube can’t be accessed through the google suie anymore
        • Why are certain sites allowed if safesearch can’t be applies?
          • IT doesn’t have power to make policy decisions. There are several committees who work together to make decisions.
          • the district is more focused on the appropriatemess of the application and less on the search capabilities. Is the content appropraite and useful for students
          • There are strong processes, procedures and policies to determine that.
          • Sometimes apps change over time, and if the become inappropraite for students they can be removed.
          • Liz Palmer: Who is responsible for keeping up with the apps to know if they are staying appropriate for students?
            • no specific employee, but staff, IT, parents can ask and they will be reviewed. Content Keeper has fulltime people who are managing it.
    • Reviewed immediate actions CSD has taken
    • Reviewed filtering systems used by CSD Contentkeeper
      
      • Highest restrictive is a whitelist, all internet is blocked
      • Does CSD filtering work on a district chromebook at home?
        • Yes. It will override a home filtering network
        • If you log into your disrict account on you personal chromebook device, district filtering will apply
        • If you log in on any other personal device , no district filtering will happen
    • Looked at the three options for filtering
      • 1. No Change. Parents can request higher restrictions
      • 2. All elementary chromebooks will be on highly restrictive
      • 3. All elementary chromebooks will be on highly restrictive but parents can opt into less restrictive settings.
      • PBIS rewards should be white listed
        • White listing requires pre approval of sies, so sites that are needed have to be requested in advancde of research or use
        • Is having students on highly restrictive settings difficult for teachers?
          • Yes, it takes more time for teachers. They have to adapt their teachings for those induvidual students.
          • There is alot of staff asking for sites to be reviewed
      • If we go with option 2 or 3, will that change things dramatically for teachers?
        • • PBIS should be allowed, but it’s being filtered as a gaming site so it’s being denied
          • Sites are sometimes rolled into multiple categories so they’ll sometimeshit the filter in a different way and stay blocked
    • Should CSD eliminate access to students accounts after school hours?
      • Parents should be responsible for what is happening at home.
      • Chrislyn Woolston: Students have figured out how to go to someone else’s house and access inappropriate material at home.
        • Anyone can access google with out an account
  • Brookwood SCC recommends option 1 (11 for option 1, 2 for option 3)
  • Brookwood SCC 10 voted no to turning off access to accounts after school, 1 voted yes, 2 said they are interested in looking into it.
  • District-wide boundry changes/school closures: Katie Dahl
    • Not as many children in the schools
    • 10 schools have student populations under 375
      • Idealy want 3-4 classes per grade
      • $1.2 million to keep an elementary school building open
      • Legislature isn’t giving enough money to maintain our schools or teacher raises
    • School board is looking at options for closing some elementary schools and realigning upper school boundaries
    • Recommendations by Dec. 31st for the 26-27 school year
    • No funds to build new schools right now, but looking to consolidates schools and build new elementary buildings in the future.
  • SCC Financial update: Everything is on track
  • PTA Update: things are going well
  • Adjourn:
    • Motion: Megan Olson, 2nd: Kathy Smith, motion approved