Willowcreek Middle School

SCHOOL/COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, April 7, 2008 – 12:00 Noon

Attendance: Danelle Bates, Natalie Clark, Laura Giles, Lisa Hadfield, Tani Ireland, Leslie Jones, Heidi Moore, Fred Openshaw, Natalie Petersen, Allison Randall, Dixie Wilson, Tom Wiltbank

Excused: Dan Jackman

Group was welcomed by Natalie Petersen. Minutes from the March meeting were read and approved.

Introductions were made. Michael Browning, new Principal of Willowcreek introduced himself to the group. He is very grateful to come into a well established and highly functioning School/Community Council. His assignment of Principal at Willowcreek will begin July 1, 2008. Shauna Butler was also introduced to the council. She will be serving on Willowcreek’s 2008-09 School Comminity Council. She will represent the Cedar Valley area.

Advisory Update—Mr. Openshaw gave the council an update on the advisory period for next year. The proposed plan for 2008-09 is to have advisory run on Tuesday’s only. As of right now, the general feedback is positive for this to happen.

The pass rate for 3 rd term was 92 percent. This is slightly lower than it was for 2 nd term, but is still showing that students are making great progress.

The feeder elementary discussions are going well. The two schools that have not been visited are Saratoga Shores, which is scheduled for April 22, 2008 at 12:30pm and Pony Express. This has been a helpful tool in answering questions about Walkaway’s.

The first School/Community Council meeting for 2008-09 is August 4 th at 12:00pm in the WMS Conference Room. The meeting times thereafter will be the second Monday at 12:00 noon.

The school improvement plan for 2008-09 is that Willowcreek will improve their CRT scores in language arts, math, and science by two percent. At the beginning of next year, teachers will evaluate 2007-08 end-of-level CRT scores. There will be practice CRT tests and common assessments given throughout the year. The practice tests will act as a guide to help students and teachers realize the areas of concern. Using the Read 180 program, the Go My Access program, U-tips, and students’ grades, this will give us the tools we need to make this goal possible.

Trust Land Budget—Mr. Openshaw once again, discussed the proposed Trust Land Budget for the 2008-09. $10,000 will be used for two sets of graphing calculators, $15,700 to put toward another mobile lab, $18,000 to pay the teachers for the after school Tuesday program, $8,000 for after school Tuesday late buses, and $13,000 for the Go My Access software. The call for motion to approve the budget was given and approved.

An update for the new high school was given. The Naming Committee has been formed and the first meeting is April 9, 2008. Patrons can go to either Willowcreek’s web-site or Lehi High’s web-site to give their suggestions for the name, mascot, and colors of the new high school through April 23, 2008.

Mr. Openshaw thanked the School/Community Council members for being a part of this committee and being so supportive of the programs Willowcreek is implementing.

School/Community Council meetings are adjourned for 2007-08 and will resume August 4, 2008 at 12:00pm.