Brookwood School Community Council Minutes
February 21, 2025
7:45-8:45 am, Media Center
Members present:
Parents: Megan Olson, Ann Odom, Jessica Pohlman, Kim Allen, Jamie Dowdle, Kimball High, Derek Matsumori, Hadley Waters, Katie Dunn
Faculty/Staff: Principal Corrie Barrett, Kasandra Hokanson, Caroline Butters, Abigail Wilcox, Monica Rotermund, Kathy Smith, Cathy Carr, Heidi Vincent, John Landward
Members Excused:
Parents: Mitch Evers
Faculty/Staff:
- Welcome: Megan Olson
- Approve September minutes
- Motion: Megan Olson, Second: Caroline Butters
- Review School Data
- Reading fluency is the biggest concern
- Parents need to encourage reading at home
- Discussed incentives to encourage growth
- Reading fluency is the biggest concern
- Accountability for parents signing off on reading
- PTA reading activity
- Maybe make a cover sheet with ideas to help parents
- Increase incentives for March reading activity-each class can earn a reward
- must include oral reading
- introduce the idea at conferences in February
- SCC could sponsor reading incentives
- Add oral reading at home and school to Brookwood action plan goals
- Teaches concerned about significant absences affecting reading
- Discussed reading+ as a supplement for next year
- Discussed math data
- 2nd grades numbers are low, hoping for 3 full time teachers next year
- A teacher recommended advocating to legislature for a cap on classes at 20 students
- Kimball asked about workbooks coming home uncompleted
- Teachers clarified that often work is done on a seperate paper or as a class on the board
- Walk to math program is working well
- Discussed school climate
- Absences are huge problem-primarily vacations
- Megan will check to clarify how checking out/in is recorded and how it affects attendance data
- Michelle Brunson works with families with chronic absenses/tardiness
- How can we raise awareness and use SCC funds to address these issues?
- Can we remind parents that the school calendar is posted years in advance and to plan vacations around days off?
- Megan updated on baskets for Brookie’s Market
- Several class baskets had donations from businesses
- Adjourn
- Motion: Megan Olson, 2nd: Hadley Waters
