Ephraim Elementary School
Community Council Minutes

October 17, 2023 - 3:00 p.m.

Attendance: Gannon Jones, Malaree Parry (Subbing for Lori Wegener), Kristen Weller, Jessica Gordon, Kira Cox

Welcome: Gannon Jones

• Agenda provided and reviewed
• One of the main goals of community council is to create and approve a plan for TrustLands money

School Community Council Responsibilities

• Reason for CC 
• Review assessment data
• Develop school plans

Review of 53G-7-1203 School Community Councils – Open and public meeting requirements

• These are open to any community members
• All this information is on our website

Review of Ephraim Elementary School Community Council Rules of Order and Procedures

• Minutes are kept at meeting
• The council consists of the principal, school employees, and parent members.
• Voting for chair and co-chair
  • Robby Cheney voted in as chair by all in attendance
  • Kristen Weller voted in as co-chair by all in attendance
• Voting is done by simple majority
• Votes must pass by 2/3

6-minute Training Video

• Rules of Order and Procedure
• What does a Community Council do?

School LAND Trust Program- Appropriate Expenditures

• Critical academic needs
• Action needed to meet needs
• Increase achievement in English, language arts, mathematics, and science
• Can’t be used for construction, maintenance, facilities, overhead, furniture, security, or athletics

R277. Education, Administration

• Describes responsibilities of CC members

Report Card

• Did well on RISE
• Did well on Reading- 80% growth, state requires 60% growth
• Trying to improve ELL growth
  • Time Kettle & Say Hi
  • Discovering ways to help students
  • 2 part-time ELL paras and 1 full-time ELL para
  • WIDA test improvement

Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

• Review of required drills: fire, lockdown, lockout, earthquake
• Always looking to improve the safety of our school
• SRO, Jeff McQuivey. He is part-time with our school and the middle school

Digital Citizenship

• This will be built into our rotations
• Norms and responsible behavior related to technology use
• Provided by Common Sense Media

Wellness Policy

• Provided a few minutes to read through it
• Asked if there are any questions

EES Trustlands Breakdown

• Reviewed the totals and explained what the money was applied to within the school
• Trustlands have been completed for this year– An amendment can be made if we wanted to

Next meeting will be on November 28th.

Meeting was adjourned.