It’s that time of year again, and we’re looking at our first community council meeting of the year. Thank you all so much for being willing to serve on our council. Mrs. Johnson had a tentative schedule for the year laid out for our meetings. The dates are:
- Oct 3
- Nov 28
- Feb 6
- Mar 20
We can adjust those if needed once we meet. We’ve got it scheduled for 3:30 pm here in the main office conference room. Let me know if that is a conflict for any of you and we can work out a new time. I’ll include that in our next Skylert on Monday, so just try to let me know by then.
You can find an overview of what timelines all community councils are held attached to this email. You can also see an overview of the roles and responsibilities of a council here.
If you are interested in being our chair for this year, there are two options for an online training:
In our first meeting on October 3rd, we’ll tentatively plan on:
- Electing a chair, someone to take minutes, etc.
- Review Land Trust, TSSA, and Safe Walking Route Plans
- Discuss any concerns from council members or staff
- Review dates for upcoming meetings
We’ve had a lower turnout in terms of applications this year despite advertising at Back-to-School Night, Skylerts, social media, PTSA, and our website, and so I’ve been looking into the rules about ratios of staff to parents and so forth. We have four parent volunteers, and three staff volunteers. This means that one of our staff members won’t be able to be a voting member, although they are still welcome to attend like anyone else in our school community. We can work that all out in our first meeting when we elect a chair and other positions.