Posted September 22, 2023
Date: Sept. 18, 2023
Agenda:
| CSC LogisticsEnrollmentTitle 1Target Goals and UIP |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Tappan, Teddi Garcia, Mona Fresquez, Eric Bartczak, Heidi SaundersGood things & norms – Roles Teddi Chair, Katie Tappan Parent CSC Members- we still need 3 parents to join CSC, Mona suggested she could follow up with parents to encourage enrollment. Eric suggested we incentivise participation, Can we offer a chrome book for members? Change in time for CSC meetings: CSC agreed to meet at 3:30 instead of 4 because of our change in bell time. This new time will still give participating parents the opportunity to get home and settle in. Declining enrollment updates, Janine updated that DPS is supposedly waiting on new board members to decide next steps. Eagleton was projected at 194 but this year was actually 207. All schools are budgeted at 215. Title 1 Schools, District receives federal funding, we receive that budgeting through the district. As part of being a Title 1 school we give a parent compact. Teacher explains we offer a rigorous learning environment and explains how parents can support their child’s education. The document is intended to establish a partnership between teacher/school and parent. Teddi commented that the new parent compact is easy to read. School performance framework – Eagleton is on an improvement plan (yellow) with the state, but we were less than 3 points away from green. Student Target goals: Goals around attendance and attendance improvement. 95%. TO DO: CSC is to review our By-Laws and give feedback to Janine. Also, review our Parent Compact (A title 1 requirement) |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: May 15, 2023
Agenda:
| CSC Nominations: Review VotesMIS Feedback for the 23-24 SYCommunity Engagement Process from DPSPrincipal Evaluation led by Chairperson |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Mona Fresquez, Eric Bartczak, |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: March 6, 2023
Agenda:
| Agenda:Welcome Recap of Budget Process/Update on hiringNominations for CSC next yearClosure |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Mona Fresquez, Eric Bartczak, Tara DeLaFuenteGood things & normsBudget timeline overview/reminder:Approved for budget assistance to full 2.0 mild/mod SPED and 0.8 psych internAble to keep in budget: 1.0 gen ed para and 0.25 library paraEnrollment for next year currently projected at 194Next steps in hiring:Hiring for: ECE ELA-E, Kinder ELA-S, 3rd grade ELA-E, SLT/interventionInterviews started March 1 and will run for two weeksSmall Schools update from Dr. Tony Smith3 critical schools: info at board mtg this Thursday 3/9Other small schools, including Eagleton: community input will start in April and May under leadership from an outside group, leading into board votes next October regarding school closuresHopefully both DPS and Eagleton will share this info with communityNew criteria is enrollment under 275 (used to be 215): not sure what this new number means, will look forward to hearing more after the Thursday board meetingNominations for next year’s CSC: collect nominations through April, vote and announce results at May 1 meetingJanine will send form to CSC members for preview via email after this mtgOpen forum/public comment: (none) Next meeting: (no meeting in April unless big change/info from district about small schools); next scheduled meeting is May 15th at 4:30pm |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: February 1, 2023
Agenda:
| Review Projections for the 22-23 School YearReview timeline for Budget ProcessScenarios and UpdatesOpen ForumNext Steps |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Mona Fresquez, Eric Bartczak, Tara DeLaFuenteGood things & normsOur UIP drives our decisions and prioritiesReview budget timelineApplications for budget assistance due this Friday 2/3Working toward consensus & a quorum: options for classroom scenariosCurrent projection is 194 studentsAlready proposed: reduce STL by 1.0, reduct mild/mod by 0.25 with hopes of getting it back in budget assistance, reduce 1.0 para, reduce nurse hours from 0.75 to 0.5 but keep health tech coverageReading statement from parent member Martha P.Original proposals:Option 1: 4th grade E/S splitOption 2: 3rd/4th grade ELA-S splitNew Option 3: 4th/5th grade ELA-S splitNew Option 4: 2 teachers (1 ELA-E and 1 ELA-S at each grade level)Cost of this would be either:1.0 Dean of Culture, library para, & operating funds0.5 Dean of Culture, 0.5 office manager, library para, & operating funds1.0 STL/interventionist, 0.5 Dean of Culture, library para, & operating costs1.0 STL/interventionist, 0.5 Dean of Culture, library para, & operating budgetWith any of the split options: can offer full-time para, dedicated STL to support just that classroom, and continued SEL support (each of these would be decided by the split classroom teacher and his/her needs)Janine recommends option 3; each CSC member shares out thoughts on options; lots of suggestions to take Option 1 off the table; discussion about the cost of Option 4Budget assistance requests will be: 0.25 mild/mod, 0.8 psych intern or more, psychologist days, 1.0 gen ed paraQuorum: option 3 is most optimal, though not idealOpen forum/public comment: (none) Next meeting: February 13 at 4:30 |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: January 23, 2023
Agenda:
| WelcomeLogisticsProjections for the 22-23 School YearAllocationsScenariosOpen ForumNext Steps |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Martha Padilla, Mona Fresquez, Eric BartczakBudget timeline: we’ve already received projections & gone through budget training; today CSC will develop a budget, and next week Janine will apply for budget assistanceTotal projection for 2023-24 is 194 students. (We’re still funded at 215 students, since that’s the district minimum.)We will continue to receive Early Literacy Grant money ($180K per year for 4 years).Funding must go to lit coach, consultants, resources, etc (only very specific items allowed)We should receive funding for 3.5 ELA paras (3 paras and a 0.5 ELA resource teacher) based on our number of MLLs (multi-language learners), since we will now have less than 100 MLLs.We will only be funded for 3 TLCs (not the current 4) for next year. Need to reduce 1.Goal today: balance the budget by reducing ~2.0 FTEsThere is a list of mandated positions that cannot be considered for reduction (1.0 nursing/health, 1.0 psychologist, 2 ECE teachers and 2 paras, 2 MIA teachers and 6 paras, 10 hours of school tech partner, cafeteria & facilities staff, 0.25 GT coordinator, 1:1 paraprofessionals, principal, speech, OT/PT, art and PE, Discovery Link, 1.0 Literacy Coach, crossing guard)Positions that can be considered: gen ed paras, teachers, mild/mod staff, library support, STL/interventionist, dean of culture, office manager, health tech/nurse over 1.0 FTE, operating funds)Proposing that we reduce 1 STL, mild/mod by 0.25, and 1 gen ed para, reduce nurse from 0.75 to 0.5 – this will balance the budget (Janine will still ask for budget assistance to bring these things back)We also need to rearrange classrooms. Possible scenarios:Option 1: We’d have two 3rd grade teachers and a 4th grade S/E teacherOption 2: One 3rd grade and one 4th grade ELA-E, with a 3/4 S/E splitCSC is requesting that Janine create an Option 3 that would have 1 E and 1 S teacher at every grade level.Janine is going to request the following for budget assistance: 0.25 mild/mod, 0.8 psych intern or more psych days, and 1.0 gen ed para (These requests could be impacted by what Option 3 looks like.)PSC needs to hire ELA-E ECE and ELA-S kinder, which are current vacancies.Public Comment/Input: Carolina – thank you for considering an Option 3 to prioritize student-facing positions. Next meeting: Monday, January 30 at 4:30pm, then February 13 at 4:30 |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: January 9, 2023
Agenda:
| Review Projections for the 22-23 School YearReview timeline for Budget ProcessPrincipal’s Report: Updates on Marketing Efforts & Health & Safety Update Open ForumNext StepsNext CSC Meeting – Jan 23rd (this is an additional meeting this month due to Budget Season) |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Martha Padilla, Mona Fresquez, Eric BartczakToday should be a shorter meeting to prepare for our second meeting later in January (1/23).Some new families have been invited, may or may not join today.Good thingsUIP: Focused on building early literacy in K-3, and equity & unity with our Black Excellence Plan and inclusion with our MIA studentsMarketing Efforts update: we have promoted Eagleton on bus tail ads (just renewed for 2 months on routes within 15 minutes of Eagleton), (new) Google ads for mobile phone, Facebook ads, fence banner to advertise Whole Child Award, flyers at local businesses/apartments/childcare centers, marketing emails to 9 nearby ECE programs, virtual tour on website, upgraded website, visitor bumper stickersSuggestion to share info with nearby refugee shelters (Ruby Center?)New this year: DPS has dissolved the marketing department, so Janine has to get in touch directly with marketing vendorsEnrollment projections for next year: 194 total studentsCurrent year is being funded at 212 studentsDPS will fund us as a Small School at 215 for next yearWe had 2.75 FTE in budget assistance last year, but we’ll have to reduce and then ask to receive budget assistance again (may or may not receive); we may choose to reduce those 2.75 FTEs, or we may choose to keep them and cut other budget areas to balance our budgetWe will only have 3 STLs (instead of 4) next yearWhere is the school closure process at this point?Last we’ve heard, the superintendent and Board of Education have not communicated about when we will revisit potential school closures or consolidations.Cowell is currently projected at 223 students (about 10 less than this year), but we don’t have any info on what that means for potential consolidations.Budget Timeline: Janine will receive final enrollment projections this Friday (1/13); budget forms are sent to principals on 1/19, and then CSC will look at budget proposals for our building on 1/23; budget assistance requests open 2/3, completed budget forms are due February 10. Next Meeting: January 23, 2023 (online meeting) |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: October 3, 2022
Agenda:
| Welcome new parents to CSC!Review next steps in hiring at Eagleton |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Martha PadillaGood things: We have three new parents potentially joining the CSC!Hiring Updates:Kinder ELA-S interviews tomorrow (Tuesday)ECE ELA-A: current teacher here through October 21, then will confirm long-term sub and post the openingGeneral Ed para: interviews underwayIncrease in funded nursing hours Next Meeting: November 7, 2022May include updated info from DPS about Small Schools resolution at that time, or may move to later date if nothing new comes up |
Eagleton CSC Meeting Notes
Date: September 19, 2022
Agenda:
| Introductions and review of committee guidelinesEnrollment at EagletonParent Compact, Family Handbook, and PAC videosEagleton UIP & Black Excellent PlanOpen ForumClosing and Next Steps |
Notes:
| Members present: Janine Dillabaugh, Mona Fresquez, Katie Strabala, Teddi Garcia, Martha Padilla (current members are in year 2 of a two-year commitment)CSC is responsible for school policies that support our two Major Improvement Strategies and our Black Excellent PlanWe’re currently talking to other schools (Kaiser Elementary) about what worked for their Black Excellent Plans so that we can emulateHow can we add more members and get new people involved?Staff members submit names to Janine, she calls them?Add invite blurb to Eagle’s Nest?Have a recruitment table with a sign-up sheet at our carnival night?We will meet about once per month (usually skip December and March, meet more or less as needed)Teddi Garcia will continue to be CSC meeting chair, Katie Strabala will continue to take notes as secretaryNorms reviewedBy laws are the same as last year, we will go with continued approval unless you tell Janine otherwise by the end of this week.Marketing efforts from last school year: billboards, bus tails, banners, flyers, Google & Facebook ads, virtual video tour, marketed to nearby ECE centers with personalized emails, upgraded website, Denver 7 News storyCurrently at 212 students (last year’s projection was for 203), but still below 215 cut-off for Small Schools Resolution; we get funded at 215Since we’ve met our projection, Janine would like to hire a bilingual general education para to allow for more experienced paras to support larger classrooms; this would also help cover absences; Janine will post the job and provide updates to CSCWe are a Title I school, so we must have a parent compact. It was included in the Family Handbook, and we’ll remind families of the Handbook & Compact at parent-teacher conferencesUIP is not due for us yet, we’ll look again in October or NovemberSchool Performance Framework: we do not have an official rating due to insufficient state dataStudent Target Goals: early literacy data, literacy interims, & ACCESS data for ELLsAttendance data: last two years have been about 87% attendance, we’re working to improve our protocols to increase attendance ratesPublic Input/Open Forum: (none)Virtual CSC training on Tuesday 9/27: The September district-wide virtual training on Building an Effective CSC is scheduled for Tuesday, September 27th 5:00- 6:30 PM via ZoomZoom Meeting Link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85163957383 Next Meeting: October 3, 2022 |