Gunnison Valley Elementary Community Council Minutes
April 6, 2023
3:00 p.m. GVES Faculty Room
In attendance: Arleen Jensen, Erin Cherry, Cheltzey Larson, Heidi Avery, Elise Bown
Attending by Zoom: Mindy Coates, Marci Childs
1 - Review and approve minutes: Minutes were sent to members to review via email. A motion to approve the minutes for March 2, 2023 was made by Cheltzey Larson and seconded by Erin Cherry.
2 - Current Spending: Current spending was reviewed by Arleen. The budget will need to be amended and funds moved from Para Salaries to Textbooks to cover the cost of next year's curriculum textbooks. The committee approved of the move because there are excess funds in the Para Salaries that won’t be spent and funds are needed to complete the purchase of textbooks. The motion was made to move funds by Cheltzey Larsen and seconded by Erin Cherry. This amendment to the budget will be approved at the next board meeting. Other than that we are on track with our spending.
3 - Next year’s plan - Next year’s plan was reviewed and approved. Our goal is to have 80% of our students proficient on EOY Acadience testing in reading and math. On the RISE test we are working toward 50% of 3-5 graders to be proficient. Standardized testing will be used to measure growth.
4 - Questions, concerns and other information - There are no questions or concerns at this time. Other information that was shared with the committee, we have been approved for a Beverly Taylor Arts grant. There is a new person who is overseeing the grant process so it will be the end of May before we receive any other information regarding the grant. We will be advertising for a person who is certified in some type of art classification to teach part time next year.
We also made the committee aware that Reflex can be done at home on personal computers and IPads. Student Login information will be sent home at the end of May.
Our next scheduled meeting will be held in October.
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Approved - Chairman