Local School Improvement Council (LSIC)

Meeting Agenda

An agenda is an outline that guides the order of items that need to be discussed or acted upon during a meeting. Agendas should be distributed prior to the meeting to prepare members.

1.     Call Meeting to Order

2.     Reading and Approval of Minutes – 1st meeting of the school year

3.     Principal’s Report – GSA Data Results – Facilities and infrastructure – School Safety Initiative

4.     Officer/Committee Reports – election of officers

5.     Items to be Discussed  -

·  Celebrations and progress

• Chronic absenteeism dropping from 22.3% to 4.28%

• Successful family events and community partnerships

• Staff and student accomplishments – National Board Certified Teachers – Mrs. Williamson and Ms. Tilley

·  Academic progress beyond GSA

• Beginning-of-year i-Ready results and growth goals

• Grade-level strengths and concerns – Chart Attached

• Writing instruction and foundational skill gaps – 3rd ELA proficiency in IReady EOY was 62% which tells us our kids are reading well.

   

  Writing brought them down.

   

  They did extremely well on the practice writing test.

   

  But the scores were not the same on the actual test.

   

• Progress of students receiving interventions – IEP student progress has us as an ON Watch ATS School.

• Support for students affected by HB 3035 – 39 3rd graders identified under current regulations for HB3035 and possible retention.

·  Attendance

• Current attendance and chronic-absence trends -

• Reasons students are missing school

• Transportation or family barriers

• Ways LSIC members and community partners can help

·  Behavior and school climate

• Overall discipline trends—without identifying individual students

• Bullying, threats, fighting, social-media conflicts, and inappropriate language

• Teaching accountability, conflict resolution, and safe communication

• Whether staff and students feel safe and supported

·  Student mental-health and social-emotional needs

• Increasing anxiety, trauma, emotional dysregulation, and crisis concerns

• Access to counselors, social workers, and outside agencies provide supports for foster-care students and other at-risk children.

• Prevention and early-intervention programs – dental clinic – immunization clinic – School Based Mental Health grant – increased SEL instruction during the school day.

·  Special education

• Whether staffing and classroom resources match student needs

• Intervention services, related services, and caseload concerns

• Training or resources staff need to serve students appropriately

·  Family engagement

• How families prefer to receive information

• Improving participation in conferences, Title I events, and academic nights

• Helping parents understand attendance, academic expectations, and accountability

• Identifying why some families consider private school or homeschooling

·  Student engagement

• Recess, clubs, robotics, music, art, and leadership opportunities

• Ways to make learning more relevant and enjoyable

·  Safety and operations

• Arrival, dismissal, traffic flow, and bus concerns

• Building security and emergency procedures

• Cell phones, social media, and digital citizenship

• Playground, cafeteria, restroom, and facility concerns

·  Staffing and resources

• Technology, instructional materials, and facility needs

• Professional-development priorities

• Items that need to be raised with the county board

·  Community partnerships

• Churches, businesses, volunteers, mentors, food and clothing resources -Rylees Foundation clothed 145 children for back to school.

   

  Opened our Rylees sunshine closet for hygiene supplies and new pants/leggings and shirts for students who may need a change of clothes during the day. Partnership with several local churches for food bags, backpacks, school supplies, and clothing needs

• Attendance incentives or student rewards

• Opportunities for community members to support instruction and family needs

·  Action planning

• What is the greatest barrier currently affecting our students?

• What is one change that would improve student belonging or engagement?

• What is one change that could improve safety for our staff and students?

6.     Announcements – next meeting preferences on time and location. 

7.     Adjournment