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Community Council GVMS 3/15/2022

Welcome – Jeff Bartholomew

Attending: Jeff Bartholomew, Sharon Mecham, Jaylynn Olsen, Vince Buege, Laura Belnap, Kassie Donaldson, Emily Madsen, Mindy Coates, Matt Weidner, Chauri Hendrickson, Tyce Hill 

Introduced Office Vince Buege. He is our Resource Officer and services all 3 Gunnison Schools. He has been implemental in helping getting youth court up and running again. When students are getting into trouble instead of going through the Utah Juvenile Court System, they will go and participate in Youth Court through our High School. 

Introduced Jaylynn Olson. She is our Mental Health Specialist. She goes into the classroom and teaches resiliency and other topics. Mrs Mecham and her also have dedicated Bulldog Hour to Group work. The children chosen for these groups are individuals who need additional resources. Currently they are doing a Life Change Group. This group helps aid in peer support and giving them the tools to manage feelings and learn coping skills. Jaylynn has also implemented a mental health day for teachers. 

New marquee – The district was able to use COVID money to purchase all new digital displays for the their schools. 

PCBL – Our leadership team has been to 2 of their 4 training this year. They go and collect information and come back and report to our teachers. 

  • Education is moving in a more individualized movement
  • This program will take a few years to implement
  • Parents will have to be involved on a different level
  • Grading will be different – no letter grades
  • As part of the transition multiple students/staff/parents are being interviewed in the coming weeks. This will help know what the baseline needs to be with implementing this program. 
  • Also discussed “I Can” statements and how they will be implemented into the classroom.

Trustlands 2022/2023

  • Budget $53,748
    • $42,000 – Paraeducators 
    • $6,800 – Technology
    • $4,500 – Professional Development, Mental Health

The committee voted unanimously on those totals and how to be distributed. 

We have a new Student Council Advisor new year – Ashley Dyreng. Big thanks to Stella Hill for all her years of service. Ashley also takes care of our Monthly newsletter that goes out to all parents. 

Sharon Mecham 

  • Currently working on CCR (College Career Readiness) meetings. These are meetings where the current 8thgraders meet and discuss their next year’s schedule for 9thgrade
  • She also explained the new Pathways that the High School is transitioning to. This will combine the pathways and CTE to offer more to our students
    • Internships and Scholarships
    • Community involvement in vital. 

PTO – President Kassie Donaldson

  • What to do with donation funds?
    • Brainstormed and here are some ideas
      • Paint 4 square on sidewalks
      • Pickle Balls in gyn
      • Apple pens
      • Donate to Bulldog Strong
    • Wanting to do one last fundraiser before the end of the year. They talked about doing a popcorn sale. Still working out all the details. 

Thanks for serving on the Community Council