Mt. Logan Middle Schools
Community Council Minutes
January 12, 2023
3:45-4:45

Agenda

• Accolades
  • Two of the students involved in the school musical, Oklahoma, featured on KVNU radio show “For the People”
  • Terri Jackson inducted into the Ref Hall of Fame!
  • MLMS on the National Forum “Schools to Watch” list for academic excellence, developmental responsiveness, social equity, and organizational processes- even after 6 admin changes we’ve still maintained that status which is amazing!
• MLMS Mission
• Review and Approve October-December Minutes (Vote)
  • Not enough people were here to approve so we will review and vote on approval in the February mtg
• Academic Needs Review
  • 26% are ELL’s, -2% are homeless, -%11 with disabilities
  • Teacher experience: 67% 7+ years of experience Retention is 66%
  • Rise test scores had a 3.8% increase in Math/1.2% ELA/2% Science
  • Comparisons to state and district scores- overall MLMS scores are very comparable
  • ELA, Math and Science scores by group- economically disadvantaged group performed the best, then those w. disabilities, then ELL’s
  • Attendance at MLMS is a bit lower than district and State averages and is a concern nationwide
    • Wellness rooms and now an attendance liaison are helping with attendance concerns
      • Comparable schools- ELA- 6/21 Math 8/21 Science 12/21 (Info from ESBE Data Gateway) Union middle school in Canyons district would be a good school improvement plan to look at
      • In all academic grades given for term 1- 16% of the student population received a 0-1 grade
      • Citizenship grades- 23% received an N or U
      • Over the last 4 years the amount of scores on CFA’s has increased across all subject areas
• Budget Update
  • This will be addressed when Spencer is back
• Unused Funds Proposal
  • Wait for Spencer
• Goal Ideas For Future
  • Looked up Union Middle Schools SIP to compare and found they had a lot of similarities however it would also be beneficial to look up their specific CFA’s they use in each subject.
    • What can be done to lower the disparity between the CFS’s and the RISE test
    • Focus on oral language strategies
    • Are CFS’s still what we want to measure?
    • Measuring growth through STAR exams
    • Do we need to add or change the CFA’s
• Public Input
• Next Steps
  • Decide on a goal by the end of next mtg so we can have it turned into the district by March
• Call to adjourn- Martha 2^nd - Becky
• Adjourned at 5:05pm

Next Meeting: Thursday, February 9, 2023 @ 3:45pm