COTTONWOOD HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes of April 4, 2017 Meeting

In Attendance: Terri Roylance, Kristen Price, Jen Buskus, Leslie Ollis, Cory Angeroth, Phil Cannon, Thomas Caster, Stan Hanks, Julie Johnsson, , Kenzi Penney, Kami Sage Minutes: Community Council Business:

• Minutes of March 14, 2017 were reviewed and approved by majority vote from members of the council.

Current Issues:

• Brag flags – Clarke Nelson was not in attendance so this will be discussed next month.

• Electronics Policy 2017-18 – We discussed the effectiveness of current policy (see meeting agenda). Policy states that third offense will result in keeping phone until end of quarter. Council agreed this wouldn’t work. It was discussed that there should be a warning by teacher, second warning by teacher, if phone is not put away it will be sent to the office. Terri discussed that phones turned into administration are logged and kept in a secure location. It was suggested that students be required to complete detention time for repeat offenders. There is concern that teachers need to be consistent in following the policies as well.

• Crosswalk Safety – Granite School District is aware of concerns with the lack of crosswalk safety and will be helpful in finding a solution. Terri will contact Don Adams, Assistant Superintendent to further discuss the problem. The student who was hit in the crosswalk is back to school but is experiencing PTSD and has asked for a vest to wear while crossing the street.

LAND Trust Plan 2017-18:

• Terri suggested that we didn’t have enough people to sign off on the LAND Trust plan. She will send out the link again so more CC members can sign off. If you are having problems please try a different browser.

Freshman Academy:

• Freshman Academy has been initiated in response to parent concerns about supporting 9th graders in their transition to High School. This year geography teachers spend 20 minutes each class to discuss the Freshman Academy curriculum. Those who were still struggling are now attending a Freshman Academy class.

• Next year freshman students will choose from one of the following classes: Freshman Academy, LIA or Avid. If the school determines they no longer need support at the semester they can opt out. Cottonwood will incur increased cost for a new teacher. Curriculum includes goal setting and test taking skills, how to use the Utah Futures program for career options, guest speakers, etc. Second half of the year may also include credit recovery.

Master Schedule 2017-18:

• Cottonwood surplused one PE teacher to Skyline. We will be hiring an ASL teacher to replace Ms Perkins who is retiring, and 2 new math teachers to double block freshman math and 1 class of sophomore math. Adding one LIA Psychology teacher and a new FACS teacher. Will be replacing the teacher for the Self Contained Emotional Disturbed class who is moving to teach AVID. Athletic Director, Matt Bauman, is leaving Cottonwood to work for the district. Coach Hirschi and Soutwick will share the responsibility next year. We will also be hiring a new counselor to replace Ms Wheeler who is leaving.

Principal’s Update:

• Henry V – Terri Roylance said the production was outstanding. 39 theatre students went on to compete at State. Choir students are heading to Seattle.

• Misc. – 3 boys and 3 girls were chosen to represent Cottonwood at Boy/Girls State

• Spring Sports – Terri encouraged CC to support spring sports. Football coach is pushing for a 3.0 average GPA. CC members were concerned about holding the bar too high and discouraging participation in the program.

• Graduation – Scheduled for 5/26 @ 1:00. Seniors are required to get signatures of teachers to qualify. We will have approximately 386 seniors graduate. Terri and committee are concerned with 30% of seniors who are on the edge of graduating. They discussed each individual and made plans for helping them finish.

• Boundary Discussion – CC Members were encouraged to send emails to Steve Hogan as per the letter template emailed by Clark Nelson.

Meeting Adjourned Next Meeting to be held: May 2, 2017 @ 6:30 am