October 2016 Community Council Minutes
Community Council Minutes for
October 14, 2016
Hooper Elementary
In attendance: Mr. Gerstheimer, principal
Lori Brinkerhott
Ahsley Droscher
Lee Claycomb, for Barbara Brown
Michelle Bliss
Report:
Mr. Gerstheimer reported on last year’s budget. Most of the budget goes to supporting aide time. These aides help with direct student remediation and work in all grades. The school did very well on both the SAGE and DIBELS benchmarking test, the school received a “B” grade from the state.
This year’s budget will remain the same. As a school, we have made a very ambitious goal to increase our overall testing scores by 10%. The faculty is very committed to continuing to work hard to show an increase.
As a faculty, we are training on “Mindset” in our faculty meetings. We hope that this training will help our student understand how they learn and improve our student body’s attitude towards the rigorous expectations we now face. Ashley Hunt is spearheading this training. We also have allotted a weekly time in our block schedule for grade level teams to meet in what is called a Professional Learning Community (PLC). This time will be used to look over data gathered, student progress, and best instructional techniques. The Trustland’s budget pays the aide time to make this possible. Students will rotate through Physical Education, Library, and computer/typing training during this block time.
Video:
The community council watched a video about the Trustland system and proposed changes. There is a Constitutional Amendment proposed by Senator Ann Milner, which, if passed could significantly increase revenue from the Trustland’s management, which in turn would be passed along to local schools. We are hopeful this amendment will pass.
Schedule:
The meeting schedule posted. Reviewed and accepted.
No other new business.
Meeting Adjourned.