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Uintah Elementary Community Council Agenda March 3, 2023

 Community Council Agenda 3/3/2023

Members Present

  •     Parent Members
  •     School Members

Members Absent

  •     Parent Members
  •     School Members

Minutes

Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes

Council Business

  • Budget Reports: 
    • Trustland: We began the current year with a budget of $90,917.90.  Currently we have spent $25,015.06 on salaries and benefits for our school aides. We have one more large expense coming through which is the chromebook annual billing.  The expense is for 750 chromebooks at the school with a total cost of $22,320.  The current balance is $65,902.84 minus the chromebook expense for a balance of $$43,582.84.  We are in good shape and can carry over $9,091.79.
    • TSSA: We began the year with a $73,739.47 carry over and received $113,761.44 for the current school year for a total of $187,500.91.  We have currently spent $31,840.23 on Aide salaries, $20,650 on curriculum and software licenses, and $48,842.25 on technology. (audio enhancement and new line panel) for a total of $101,332.48.  Currently we have a budget of $86,168.43.  This will cover aide salaries and possibly 8 or 9 Newline panels. 
  • Next Years Projected Budget for 2023-2024 is $96,971.47
  • Next years goals - 
    • Goal #1: At least 65% of students in grades K-6 will achieve typical or above growth on the year-end Acadience Pathways of Progress by the end of the 2023 - 2024 school year.
      • Reading aides will work under the direction of the reading coach to support reading intervention for students K-3 who score below benchmark on the Acadience assessment. This funding will support the salaries of the aides. ($29,000)
      • Technology repairs, replacements, and maintenance will be done to ensure teachers have access to the technology.  ($7000)
      • Reading fluency and comprehension will be monitored using Acadience and benchmark assessments. This assessment will be administered by aides at the beginning, middle and end of the school year to diagnose student progress. The funding will cover the aides salaries to do this assessment.($2,000)
      • Substitutes will support teachers during benchmark assessing. ($2,000)
    • Goal #2: All students K-6 will show at least 15% improvement or reach at least 80% proficiency on the end-of-year math essential skills assessment as compared to the beginning-of-year math essential skills assessment. This will be completed by the end of the 2023 - 2024 school year.
      • ChromeBooks/ I-Pads will be utilized to support and enhance learning in the area of Math. ($25,000)
      • Provide teachers opportunities to meet in Professional Learning Communities to monitor student progress in Mathematics and determine intervention strategies. This opportunity will be facilitated by PLC aides who will provide instruction of Computers, FAME, Library and PE. ($12,000)
      • Aide support will be provided to students with academic and behavior needs which affect their academic success and imped the learning of other students in the classroom. ($7,000)
      • All students will access supplemental instruction software to improve student learning and for teachers to access common data. ($4,500)
      • Provide supplies and other materials as needed in our PLC classes. ($2000)
    • The total expenses for next year will be $90,500 ($52,000 in Aide Salaries, $36,500 for technology, and $2,000 for school supplies).  Leaving a carryover of $6,471.47.

Next Meeting

  •   April 20, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Adjournment