Bella Vista SCC Meeting—1/13/25

Attendance

Sonia Klonoski – Chair

Tracy Keck – Secretary

Juliana Jackson – Parent

Korina Jagiello-Caldwell – Parent

Kelly Edwards – Teacher

Barbra Winder – Principal

Approved

TSSP will be worked on by school and goals/direction shared with SCC
SCC will write and develop LAND Trust plan
Final report for plan due to School Performance by end of January
Walking tour from district representative—teachers emphasized desire for Mrs. Winder to stay as principal at Bella Vista
Some unclear reporting on TSSP—received a report that says we underspent, but data does not seem accurate. Looking into finding the correct numbers.

At or above elementary schools/district in almost all areas
The only area we were more on par with the district is staff respect toward children, but seems to be an outlier with one bad experience

Chronic absenteeism has gotten WAY better. Yay!
Year over year we’ve made a huge improvement in our attendance numbers
Bigger issue is early checkouts/tardies
Doing a January weekly attendance incentive. Very generous policy that makes it possible for kids to earn it.

Land Trust: $20,141.23
TSSA: $49,920.57
Cell Tower: $35,921.45
November drill: bomb threat; December drill: hold
January will be a fire drill—will watch for a warm enough day to have it
Looking into a massage chair setup as appreciation for teachers/rest and restore opportunity

They would like a photo of the PTA/SCC
Opportunity for community to come ask questions and learn about the district
January 23^rd and Eastmont
Hosting a pre-k and kindergarten informational night at Bella Vista 1/14
Will highlight that we’re a National Blue Ribbon school
We’re currently highlighted in the CSD newsletter, have been highlighted in the Cottonwood Heights newsletter
Looking into possibly becoming an AVID school. Eastmont, Jordan, Glacier Hills, and Sandy are currently AVID schools. District is also considering rolling it out district-wide. Would work in concert with our STEM focus
Social media is a great place to be pushing awareness and promotion for the school—looking into some paid social ads via the district

Weekly newsletter might be beneficial looking forward a week/next couple weeks so that parents can plan and prepare for what’s ahead. It seems some teachers have different methods, some review/recap the past week and some highlight what will be coming up. Pros and cons to both.
Question about how the split classes are working out. 1/2^nd transitions seem to be going well—teachers probably don’t want to do it forever but it’s working okay. There are some benefits but it feels tough.
The board has talked about the small schools and are being creative in opening up FTE. They are not going to make us lose a teacher, but still up in the air for next year.