Held at Altara Elementary in the Conference Room from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m
| SCC Meeting Minutes – September 12, 2025 SCC Members | Role | Present |
| Rochelle Griffin | Parent | x |
| Katie Esplin | Parent | x |
| Cassie Smith | Parent | x |
| Kristen Romero | Parent | |
| Hannah Smoot | Parent | x |
| Natalie Gumbo | Parent | x |
| Julie Fielding | Principal | x |
| Michell Erb | 3rd grade Teacher | x |
| Michelle Platt | Kindergarten Teacher | x |
| Sara Caldwell | Assistant Principal | x |
Agenda Items:
1. Approve last meeting’s minutes
a. Motion to approve by Michelle Erb
b. Second by Rochelle Griffin
c. All voting members voted in favor
2. Elect Chair
a. Motion to elect Rochelle Griffin as Chair
i. Nominated by Michelle Erb
ii. Second by Michelle Platt
iii. All voting members voted in favor
b. Motion to elect Michelle Erb as Co Chair
i. Nominated by Rochelle Griffin
ii. Second by Michelle Platt
iii. All voting member voted in favor
c. Motion to elect Katie Esplin as Secretary
i. Motion by Rochelle Griffin
ii. Second by Michelle Erb
iii. All voting members voted in favor
3. Set meeting schedule for the year
a. Meet second Friday of the month @2:00 in the Altara Conference Room
i. October 10, 2025
ii. November 14, 2025
iii. January 9, 2026
iv. February 6, 2026
v. March 13, 2026
vi. April 17, 2026
b. Approved by all voting member
4. Spring 2025 Data
a. Current goals: 80% of our students will be proficient in reading and math by May of 2026 or make typical or better progress using Acadience data. School Climate goal: By May of 2026, Altara will achieve a 4:1 positive to corrective ratio in 90% of the classrooms.
b. May 2025
i. Reading goal missed by 1%, final data is at 79%
ii. Math goal overachieved by 1%, final data is at 81%
iii. School climate goal last year was met at 100% of classrooms doing morning meeting and thrive time.
5. Discuss Digital Citizenship- Presentation by Michelle Veazie
a. Action item
i. Watch video that will be sent out to us. Digital Citizenship video
b. Things required at our school
i. Each student should have 3 lessons on digital citizenship. These will be implemented in thrive time and library and STEM.
ii. October 13-17 Digital Citizenship week
1. Announcements in the morning
2. Added information into classroom morning meetings
iii. There will be a teacher training at a faculty training
iv. Posters about digital citizenship in classrooms
v. Digital citizenship “booth” or poster at the STEAM night in January
vi. Messages to parents in Monday Minute emails once a month
vii. K-2 have 30 minutes on devices, older grades have a little more time on their devices.
viii. We are considered a commonsense approved school
c. These are the items that will be put into our digital citizenship plan
6. School Happenings
a. Attendance
i. Chronically absent student have a high chance of failing and getting behind based on data
ii. Attendance plan
1. Students will get rock solid tickets for attendance as a class and grade recognition
2. Check in with chronically absent student’s parents
3. District will also be starting an attendance campaign
iii. Discussion about if we should start at 100% or start at 95 or so? 1. Decided to make term goal based on historical data
b. Emergency Drills
i. We will hold monthly drills but can’t announce when they are. We can let parents know which drill it will be for the month.
c. 24 FTE in our building currently and we are in good shape of keeping them as of now. They won’t pull after October 1
d. Fun Run
i. PTA wants to put on a fun run.We are allowed to do 1 for the
school and 1 for the PTA to help fund fieldtrips.
- October 17
2. High school students will help
3. Make it a spooky fun run
4. T shirts for students
5. Save the date will be going out
6.Goal isto make money for field trips and student incentives
e. School Choir
i. Performed today for the school
ii. Christmas performance
iii. Spring performance
f. PTA
i. Up and running and going well with a lot of volunteers
g. Red Ribbon will be in October
7. Next meeting held on October 10th @ 2:00
b. Discuss safe walking routes at this meeting
i. Bring information about neighborhood issues where things aren’t safe.