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Meeting Minutes - March 7, 2024

Rocky Mountain Junior High School 

Community Council Meeting 

March 7, 2024 

2:00 P.M. 

Meeting Agenda Plan

Attendees: Lacy Richards, Dana Lamb, Sandy Green, Quincey Mogolich, Jamie Pilkington, Colette Erickson, Cindy Pendleton, Stacy Adams (online)

Welcome – Quincey Mogolich, principal

Approval of Minutes for Feb. 1, 2024: Dana approved, Sandy seconded

School Business:

  • Block Schedule - school board passed for next year (A/B schedule)
    • Ideas are still in the planning stages for what this will look like at Rocky next year
    • Hoping to keep Den Time as the last period of the day, possibly 80 minute classes with 4 minute transitions
  • Estimated Enrollment - currently 778 students have submitted course requests to attend Rocky next year
  • Purple Star School - April 15-19 is Purple Up Week
    • Rocky is one of a handful of schools becoming Purple Star Schools - Krista Davis has volunteered to head-up these efforts
    • Other schools include Roy High, North Ogden Jr, and Freedom Elementary
    • These schools have practices in place to provide more support and help to students from military families.
      • Including situations like if a girl was a cheerleader at her previous school and the family transferred here. That girl would be allowed on the cheer team that same year.
    • There will be a committee for support structures for the military family/student (parents, students, staff); links on the school website for easy access to information for new families - Lacy Richards and Cindy Pendleton volunteered to be part of that committee.
    • Application is due March 20, so may not get distinction until next year but will continue all efforts
  • Panorama Spring Survey
    • Parents can read the survey questions ahead of time
    • This test is helpful to understand the social and emotional status of students.
    • Results especially helpful when trying to decipher the cause behind some behavior issues and address those causes
  • Testing: April 29-May 3; make-up/extended time on May 1st and May 6th
    • The testing period will be after 2nd period
    • May 1 and 6 will be extra time for those students who still need to finish
    • Schools need a certain percentage of students to take the RISE to prevent being docked in the school’s scoring. Students who opt out, count against this percent and skew the overall school scoring results. 
  • 3rd quarter incentive - Boondocks on May 21st; $20 for four hours of unlimited events
    • No N’s or U’s for any scenario
    • 3.0 or higher
    • Increase GPA from 2nd quarter to 3rd quarter by 0.5
    • For the year - two tardies or less and no unexcused absences

Proposed Goals for 2024-25

From website: CC proposed plan 

2024-25.pdf<https://drive.google.com/file/d/12toQiu8N8mLRSDFYVJ4RqTR60wDtPJjl/view?usp =sharing> 

Summary of proposed expenditures: 

1. 4 teacher buy-outs to reduce class sizes. (4@ $12,500 = $50,000) 

2. Professional Development for teachers, staff, and administration. ($10,000) 3. Funding for individual department needs. (Novels, science equipment, calculators, classroom supplies, etc.)($3,000) 

4. Funding for a teacher stipend for Edgenuity & Summer school credit recovery.($1,500) 5. Funding for ALEKS math program.($9,000) - cost is $20.40/student 

6. Update and improve technology to improve student learning. (Newline boards, TVs, document cameras, printers, replacement, and repair). ($20,000) 

7. Hire a student advocate to provide direct support to 9th grade students. ($22,500)

          1. Advocates focus on attendance and getting students to passing grades
          2. Help with load for counselors - district allows 1 counselor per 350 students 
          • Lacy motioned to accept the proposed Trustlands plan, Dana seconded. All voted unanimously in favor.

Other Expenses for Trustlands/TSSA 

    • Blocksi - $3.50 per student = 1186x3.5 = $4151.00

○ Parent version should be sent out soon with email describing how to use ● Panorama - $4.00 per student = 1186x4 = $4744.00 

  • Edgenuity - $2125.00
  • Calculators - $4211.35

TSSA 2024-2025

 Goal # Current Goal Proposed Goal Budget
 1 Ensure that at least 95% of all 9th-grade students have 6 or more credits when they transition from Rocky Mountain Jr. High to the high school.

Ensure that at least 90% of all students pass core classes by having access to additional support for academic progress during school hours.

Ideas to meet student needs:

                • Co-taught math class
                • Math labs
                • 3 student advocates
                • ISS specialist
                • Technology (e.g. smart TVs, programs)
                • SEL support with aides
                • Math aides
                • Reading aides

 $82,838

Less 30%

=

$57,986
 2  Provide a Mental Health Specialist to work with the students that we have identified as at risk (social and emotional) and provide them with additional support to help them achieve academic success. Panorama will also be used to help track and identify students that are at risk.  Provide a Mental Health Specialist to work with the students that we have identified as at risk (social and emotional) and provide them with additional support to help them achieve academic success. Panorama will also be used to help track and identify students that are at risk. $30,000 

 

Additional Business:

  • Kaycee Sortor has been hired to be the new librarian since Mrs. Sportsman is retiring.
  • There will not be honors math and English classes offered in 7th and 8th grades. Co-teaching will allow for remediation and extensions.
  • SchoolAI coming soon (pilot program): similar teaching platform to Nearpod, will allow for even more opportunities for extensions.

 

Adjourned: Colette motioned, Sandy seconded.