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LAND Trust Plan
Community Council
All parents and community members are invited and encouraged to attend community council meetings. The council determines Garland Elementary policy as well as how essential funds are spent to improve student learning. Serving on the community council is an opportunity for parents to serve and to be involved in the creation of the land trust plan and determining how the land trust funds will be used. All information is made available via the website, newsletters, and emails. It is also available, upon request, at the front office or sent home with the student.
Meeting Dates
All meetings will be held at 3:15 p.m. in the school library.
September 28
November 16
January 25
March 22
April 26
Elections will be held in Sept. 2021 if necessary
2021-22 Council Members
Jennifer Webb (Parent) webbsworld@hotmail.com
April Wheatley (Parent) april.wheatley@gmail.com
Sara Merrick (Parent) sara_pwll@yahoo.com
Jessica Nielsen (Parent/chair) thejnielsen@gmail.com
Patricia Novoa (Teacher, non-voting member) patricia.novoa@besd.net
Marcia Wilson (Counselor) marcia.wilson@besd.net
Mark Johnson (Principal) mark.johnson@besd.net
The duties of the school community council are to:
Develop a School Improvement Plan
Develop a School LAND Trust Plan
Assist in the development and implementation of a Professional Development Plan.
Develop a Reading Achievement Plan.
Advise and make recommendations to school and district administrators, when appropriate.
Oversee that appropriate internet filtering and safety precautions are in place.
Key Links
LAND Trust Plan
Funding History
2015-16: $52,513
2016-17: $56,010
2017-18: $76,927
2018-19: $90,199
2019-20: $88,591
2020-21: $95,884
2021-22: $91,685
2022-23: $98,412
Land Trust Plan 2018-19 Final Report
Garland Elementary Community Council Agenda/Minutes
Meeting Date: March 21, 2022 Meeting Time: 3:00
Meeting Location: school library
Council Members Present: Patricia Novoa, Jessica Nielsen, (Mark Johnson non-voting member) Marcia Wilson
Members Absent: Jennifer Webb, Sara Merrick, April Wheatley. (These members were consulted and informed of options prior to any decisions being made final.)
Financial Report: The budget for 2021-2022 is: $91,685. The carry over is: $1,138. The distribution for 2022-2023 will be $98,412
Plan Implementation Report. The current plan has been implemented as written
New items—
Land Trust plan for next year. The following document represents what was discussed by the council.
Land Trust Planning for 2022-2023 School Year
Our distribution for this year was: $91,685
Our distribution for next year (2022-2023) will be: $98,412
Here are the highlights of this year’s plan:
Our goals are linked to end of year DIBELS/Acadience scores. This test is administered three times per year. Our goal is to reach the following scores on the end of year test which will be conducted in April and/or May of 2022. The goals represent the percentage of students who we hope to be at grade level. Kindergarten: 90% First Grade: 80% Second Grade: 82% Third Grade: 85% Fourth Grade: 87% Fifth Grade: 87%. Percentages are measured using the composite score.
Action Stepsclose
1.We will purchase a Storyworks subscription for each of our 4th grade students. This a Scholastic magazine. This will cost $1,149.00. We will also purchase a Scope magazine subscription for each of our 5th grade students. This is also a Scholastic magazine. This will cost $1,209.00. Grand total: $2,358.00.
2.We will pay for the services of 7 reading aides. Each aide will work 142 days in the year, 5.25 hours per day. We project this will cost us $12,860 per aide, for a grand total of $90,020.00. These reading aides will provide small group instruction for all students in our building. Training for these aides will be provided by the instructional coaches in our building. The aides will also be observed regularly and will be evaluated and given feedback by the instructional coaches.
Things to consider
Typically, the district gives reading aides an increase each year. These increases are usually decided on after we have submitted our plan. So, we will have to estimate how much it will be. If that increase were 3%, then it would cost us $92,720. An increase of 5% would be a total of: $94,500. We are committed to retaining these people for next year. We will plan for the amount of $94,500, just to be on the safe side.
The district has already purchased chrome books for all students. They have plans to replace them as they age.
The district is replacing all audio enhancement systems this year.
Scholastic Storyworks and Scope magazines have been very valuable to the 4th and 5th grade. They would really like to continue using it. We are working on a quote for next year. However, we assume it will be about the same expense. We decided to purchase these magazines again. We also decided to purchase the Spanish version for our DLI students as well. For grades 1-5, we will need a total of about 290 subscriptions. That will be about $2,300. Renewing the 45th and 5th grade subscriptions in English will be about $2,200 as well.
Smart boards. The new type of smart board is about $2,800 each. We discussed purchasing one of two of these, but ultimately decided not to do it. We have spoken with the district tech rep. and decided to acquire some used smart boards at no cost.
Projectors for smart boards are about $600. We always need to replace a few of those each year. We decided to purchase two of them for a total of about $1,200.
Action Items (a detailed description of the motion, who made the motion, # voted for, # voted against)
Jessica Nielsen moved to approve the highlighted items for our land trust plan. Patri Novoa seconded. No one voted against.
Digital citizenship—Utah Netsmartz
Informational Items—none
Garland Elementary Community Council Minutes
Meeting Date: November 17, 2021 Meeting Time: 3:15
Meeting Location: school library
Members Present: Patricia Novoa, Sara Merrick, Jessica Nielsen, April Wheatley (Mark Johnson non-voting member)
Members Absent: Jennifer Webb
Financial Report: The budget for 2021-2022 is: $91,685. The carry over is: $1,138.
Plan Implementation Report. The plan is being implemented as written and expected.
New items--
Action Items (a detailed description of the motion, who made the motion, # voted for, # voted against)
During the month of October, several council members visited the school to see our reading groups in action. They took a tour of the building and were able to ask questions and see first hand how the land trust money is helping our students.
At this meeting, the council discussed the Garland Elementary Positive Behavior Plan. All council members were given access to the plan a few weeks ago and were given the opportunity to provide input and feedback. Also at this meeting, council members helped to create a care and connect statement for the school.
Digital citizenship—Utah Netsmartz presentations will be used to provide the required digital citizenship instruction.
Informational Items—none
Garland Elementary Community Council Minutes
Meeting Date: September 28, 2021 Meeting Time: 3:30
Meeting Location: school library
Members Present: Patricia Novoa, Sara Merrick, Jessica Nielsen, April Wheatley (Mark Johnson non-voting member)
Members Absent: Marcia Wilson, Jennifer Webb
Financial Report: The budget for 2021-2022 is: $91,685. The carry over is: $1,138.
Plan Implementation Report.
Here is the plan:
School Plan 2021-2022 - Garland School
School Plan Approved
School Plan Approval Details
Submitted By
Mark Johnson
Submit Date
2021-05-06
Admin Reviewer
Karen Rupp
Admin Review Date
2021-05-19
LEA Reviewer
Keri Greener
LEA Approval Date
2021-05-19
Board Approval Date
Goal #1close
State Goalclose
Our goal is based on reading achievement. Our goal is to have the following percentages of students read on grade level: Kindergarten: 90% First Grade: 80% Second Grade: 82% Third Grade: 85% Fourth Grade: 87% Fifth Grade: 87%.
Academic Areaclose
English/Language Arts
Measurementsclose
Our goals are linked to end of year DIBELS/Acadience scores. This test is administered three times per year. Our goal is to reach the following scores on the end of year test which will be conducted in April and/or May of 2022. The goals represent the percentage of students who we hope to be at grade level. Kindergarten: 90% First Grade: 80% Second Grade: 82% Third Grade: 85% Fourth Grade: 87% Fifth Grade: 87%. Percentages are measured using the composite score.
Action Stepsclose
1.We will purchase a Storyworks subscription for each of our 4th grade students. This a Scholastic magazine. This will cost $1,149.00. We will also purchase a Scope magazine subscription for each of our 5th grade students. This is also a Scholastic magazine. This will cost $1,209.00. Grand total: $2,358.00.
2.We will pay for the services of 7 reading aides. Each aide will work 142 days in the year, 5.25 hours per day. We project this will cost us $12,860 per aide, for a grand total of $90,020.00. These reading aides will provide small group instruction for all students in our building. Training for these aides will be provided by the instructional coaches in our building. The aides will also be observed regularly and will be evaluated and given feedback by the instructional coaches.
Planned Expendituresclose
Category
Description
Estimated Cost
Total:
$92,378
Books, Ebooks, online curriculum/subscriptions
Item #1. Scholastic magazines for 4th and 5th grade.
$2,358
Salaries and Benefits (teachers, aides, specialists, productivity, substitutes)
Item #2. Hiring and paying 7 reading aides.
$90,020
Digital Citizenship/Safety Principles Componentclose
No
Summary of Estimated Expenditures
Category
Estimated Cost
(entered by the school)
Total:
$92,378
Books, Ebooks, online curriculum/subscriptions
$2,358
Salaries and Benefits (teachers, aides, specialists, productivity, substitutes)
$90,020
Funding Estimates
Estimates
Totals
Carry-over from 2019-2020
$1,137.78
Distribution for 2020-2021
$95,884
Total Available Funds for 2020-2021
$97,021.78
Estimated Funds to be Spent in 2020-2021
$94,242.01
Estimated Carry-over from 2020-2021
$2,779.77
Estimated Distribution for 2021-2022
$91,685
Total Available Funds for 2021-2022
$94,464.77
Summary of Estimated Expenditures for 2021-2022
$92,378
Estimated Carry-over to 2022-2023
$2,086.77
The Estimated Distribution is subject to change if student enrollment counts change.
Estimated Carry-over
I don't understand this section. I have not entered my budget yet and we will not be carrying over that much. Our planned total expenditures for 2021-2022 are $92,378. Assuming that is accurate, we would a carryover of $2,086.
Funding Changes
There are times when the planned expenditures in the goals of a plan are provided by the LEA, a grant, or another unanticipated funding source leaving additional funds to implement the goals. If additional funds are available, how will the council spend the funds to implement the goals in this plan?
If we had enough additional funding, our first priority would be to hire an additional reading aide. If we didn't have enough funding for that, we would purchase additional curriculum to support our reading instruction, such as: 95% materials, Shell fluency, Reading Mastery, more Scholastic magazines, etc. We may also choose to purchase replacement microphones for our audio enhancement systems. These cost over $200.00 each and many of them are aging and are due to be replaced.
New items--none
Action Items (a detailed description of the motion, who made the motion, # voted for, # voted against)
The council discussed the current land trust plan and several members of the council are going to visit the school so they can see first hand how the land trust money is being spent. They will be observing our reading groups where the aides do their work.
Digital citizenship—Utah Netsmartz
Informational Items—none