October 8, 2021 – Minutes

 School Community Council                10/8/21

Welcome

Meeting called to order

Council members:

   Becca Stradling, president                  Jana Eliason (via Zoom)             Sabrina Imig (via Zoom)                                  Stephanie Barrington                          Tiffany Sisneros                       Brennan Feller            

Stacey Nofsinger, Principal                 Zeke Alexander, Teacher        Kelsie Wilson, Teacher

Business Items:

1. Digital Citizenship
   1. https://youtu.be/GayXetx7KgI
   2. Topics in elementary schools include:
      1. Media balance & well-being
      2. Privacy & security

• Digital footprints & identity

1. Relationships & communication
2. Cyberbullying, digital drama, & hate speech
3. News & media literacy

1. How would you like Jordan Valley to cover digital citizenship?

The above topics aren’t truly applicable to JVS. Some ideas that would be helpful:

1. When to stop using the ipad and giving it back to the adult
2. Appropriate content: How do we teach what is or is not appropriate

• Right time to use certain apps

1. Take responsibility and be respectful of the devices.

2. School Safety Plan Update
   1. One of the slopes have been redone (north side headed to seminary building)
   2. South evacuation ramp & widened sidewalk around lamp post hasn’t been installed yet
      1. Want this to be done by winter (update – company is planning to come out 10/14-15/21)
   3. New plan ideas:
      1. Parking lot
         1. multiple entrances and exits
         2. no more cracks, holes & drainage
         3. pedestrian practice course
      2. evacuation ramps to the church through the gate

• Waiting for these parking lot fixes until we get the district approval for a new parking lot.

1. Railings by sidewalks?? Just to give us a second to catch up and stop kids from running into street?

1. SCC members who have been members for 4+ years have mentioned the safety concerns of our current parking lots year after year

3. TSSP
   1. Transition rooms are underway
   2. Featured in the Sandy Journal- Loved the Article
4. Land Trust Plan
   1. Still waiting on iPads
   2. ASL PD scheduled for January

Other Input/Questions

Student “Play Date” once a month, on a Saturday.  Parents can bring their students to play and socialize in our fenced in safe playground. We are surprised how much our students connect and we love getting parents together.  Parents of students with special needs like the idea to meet each other.

Need to look into the logistics of having an outside of school time social circle.

Cell tower funds- waiting on the amount before we can get it approved. We talked about how it works.

Stacey will send out an email and if 2 people respond that they like that, then we can approve it.

Peer tutoring. Ways to get peers here.  Have talked to Diamond Ridge

CTEC elective class?  We should keep the conversation up on peer tutors.

Move to adjourn

Additional Addendum:

Becca Stradling motioned to accept the cell tower fund and Tiffany Sisneros made a second motion to approve.