Community Council
Welcome to our school Community Council page!
The purpose of the Community Council is to involve parents in decision making at the school level. Elected parents represent the parents of the school and participate in developing plans for improving the school, make decisions on how to best expend School LAND Trust Program monies, and increase public awareness of school trust lands and related policies.
- Meeting Schedule
- Community Council Members
- 2022-2023 Agendas and Minutes
- 2021-2022 Agendas and Minutes
- 2020-2021 Agendas and Meeting Minutes
- 2016 - 2020 Agendas and Minutes
- School Improvement and LAND Trust Plans
- Become Involved
- Rules of Order
Meeting Schedule
Community Council Members
Amy Anderson amymarieinwa@yahoo.com Parent Aug-22
April Johnson spjute83@hotmail.com Parent Aug-22
Bruce Needham brucerneedham@hotmail.com Parent Aug-21
Jacque Wright jacquewright@gmail.com Parent Aug-19
Kimi Christensen kimijeanchristensen@gmail.com Parent Oct-21
Kristin Jaussi kristintennis33@gmail.com Parent Aug-19
Lisa Bergstrom lisa.bergstrom@gmail.com Parent Aug-22
Nancy Leavitt nleavitt9@gmail.com Parent Aug-19
Sharon Summerhays sharsumm@q.com Parent Aug-22
Tom Hacking thomas@co.davis.ut.us Parent Aug-21
Benjamin Hill behill@dsdmail.net Principal / Director
Amy Brown amybrown@dsdmail.net School Employee
Damion Lether dlether@dsdmail.net School Employee Aug-17
Gwenth Kovacs gwkovacs@dsdmail.net School Employee Aug-22
Heath Wolf hwolf@dsdmail.net School Employee Aug-21
Paulynn Hacking phacking@dsdmail.net School Employee Aug-22
Tami Henderson tahenderson@dsdmail.net School Employee Aug-22
2022-2023 Agendas and Minutes
Agenda:
No Meeting will be held in November
February Community Council Meeting
March Community Council Meeting
April Community Council Meeting
Minutes:
2021-2022 Agendas and Minutes
Agenda:
September 2021 Agenda
2021OctoberCommunityCouncil.pdf
2021NovemberCommunityCouncil1.pdf
2022JanuaryCommunityCouncil.pdf
2022FebruaryCommunityCouncil.pdf
Meeting Notes:
FJHCCnotesSeptember2021.pdf September Notes
FJHCCnotesOctober2021.docx October Notes
FJHCCnotesNovember2021.pdf November Notes
FJHCCnotesJanuary2022.pdf January Notes
FJHCCnotesFebruary2022.docx February Notes
FJHCCNotesMarch.docx March Notes
FJHCCNotesApril2022.docx April Notes
2020-2021 Agendas and Meeting Minutes
2016 - 2020 Agendas and Minutes
2019-2020
September
Agenda CCAgendaSeptember2019.docx
Minutes FJHCCNotesSeptember2019.pdf
October
Agenda OctCCAgenda2019.pdf
Minutes FJHCCNotesOctober2019.docx
November - no meeting was held
December FarmingtonJrHighCommunityCouncilAgendaDec.pdf
Minutes FJHCCDecember2019MeetingNotes.docx
January
Agenda JanAgenda.docx
Minutes FJHJanuary2020CCMeetingNotes.docx
February
Agenda FebCommunityCouncilAgenda2020.pdf
Minutes FJHCCFebruary2020MeetingNotes.pdf
March
Agenda MarchAgenda.pdf
May
Minutes FJHCCMay112020MeetingNotes.docx
2018 - 2019
Agenda
CCMinutesOct2018.docx
CCMinutesNov2018.docxMinutes
Date:
2017 - 2018
April 24, 2018
March 27, 2018
February 27, 2018
January 23, 2018
November 28, 2017
October 24, 2017
September 26, 2017
2016 - 2017
May 24, 2017
April 25, 2017
March 28, 2017
February 28, 2017
January 24, 2017
December 20, 2016
November 22, 2016
October 25, 2016
September 20, 2016
Agendas:
2017 - 2018
CCApr2018.txt
CCAgendaMarch2018.docx
CCAgendaFeb2018.docx
CCAgendaJan2018.docx
CCAgendaNov2017.docx
CCAgendaOct2017.docx
CCAgendaSept2017.docx
2016 - 2017
CCAgendaMay2017.pdf
CCAgendaApr2017.pdf
CCAgendaMar2017.pdf
CCAgendaFeb2017.pdf
CCAgendaJan2017.pdf
CCAgendaNov2016.pdf
CCAgendaOct2016.pdf
CCAgendaSept2016.pdf
Minutes:
2017 - 2018
CCMinutesApril2018.docx
CMinutesMar2018.docx
CCMinFeb2018.docx
CCMinJan2018.docx
CCMinutesNovember2017.docx
CCMinOctober2017.docx
CCMinSept2017.docx
2016 - 2017
CCMinMay2017.pdf
CCMinApr2017.pdf
CCMinMar2017.pdf
CCMinFeb2017.pdf
CCMinJan2017.pdf
CCMinNov2016.pdf
CCMinOctober2016.pdf
School Improvement and LAND Trust Plans
School Improvement Plan
- Click on the "SIP" tab on the top of the page
- Click on the "Current Plans" tab half way down the page
- From here, you can find your school and the composite school plan
Become Involved
Serving on the School's Community Council
Serving on our School Community Council is a wonderful way for parents and teachers to contribute and help improve academic performance at our school. The school receives an annual dividend from the school trust lands. Our council decides how these funds will be used.
This year our school received approximately $106,371 from the School LAND Trust Program! The council reviews and prepares other academic plans for our students each year. All plans are reviewed for final approval by our school board. Councils also act in an advisory capacity to school and school district administrations.
Watch for information on Community Council elections to be posted. Elections are held in the spring for the next school year. Additionally, there may be occasional vacancies during the year that are filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Council. If a vacancy occurs, notice of the vacancy and an application form for those interested in serving will be posted here.
Watch for information on School Community Council elections to be posted here.
Rules of Order
Rules of Order and Procedure – School Community Council
To promote ethical behavior and civil discourse each council member shall:
- Attend council meetings on time and prepared
- Make decisions with the needs of students as the main objective
- Listen to and value diverse opinions
- Be sure the opinions of those you represent are included in discussions
- Expect accountability and be prepared to be accountable
- Act with integrity
CONDUCTING A MEETING
All meetings are open to the public and the public is welcome to attend.
The agenda of each upcoming meeting with draft minutes of the prior meeting will be made available to all council members at least one week in advance, will be posted on the school website and made available in the main office. The agenda will include the date, time and location of the meeting.
Minutes will be kept of all meetings, prepared in draft format for approval at the next scheduled meeting.
The council will prepare a timeline for the school year that includes due dates for all required reporting and other activities/tasks that the council agrees to assume or participate in. The timeline will assist in preparation of agendas to be sure the council accomplishes their work in a timely manner.
The council consists of the principal, two school employees who are elected in the even school years, three school employees who are elected in odd school years, and ten parent members, half of whom are elected in even years and half in odd years. In the event there is a tie vote in an election, the principal shall flip a coin to determine the outcome.
The chair conducts the meetings, makes assignments and requests reports on assignments. In the absence of the chair the vice-chair shall conduct meetings.
The council must have a quorum to vote. A quorum is equal to a majority of council members.
If a parent member is absent from two consecutive meetings, the chair will notify the member that if the member does not attend the next meeting, the council will consider the seat vacant and the remaining parent members will appoint a parent to fill the unexpired term.
Meetings shall be conducted and action taken according to very simplified rules of parliamentary procedure as required in 53A-1a-108.1(10). Items on the agenda take priority over other discussions coming before the council. Council action will be taken by motions and voting with votes and motions recorded in the minutes.
A motion (or an action to be taken by the council) is stated as a motion. Someone else on the council “seconds” the motion indicating that at least one other person on the council feels the motion is worthy of discussion. Then the council members may provide input and discussion as called upon by the chair. When discussion seems complete the chair may call for a vote on the motion. Or when a member of the council “calls the previous question” (a motion to end discussion of the first motion), a second is required and then, without discussion the chair calls for a vote that must pass by 2/3. If the vote on the previous question fails the council goes back to discussing the first motion. If the motion to call the previous question passes, the chair directly calls for a vote on the first motion. A vote to call the previous question is usually used to move business along.
Attached is a chart that could be used if the council feels they would like to use additional motions of Parliamentary Procedure in their meetings.
- A tie vote is a lost vote.
- A main motion may be amended.
- Nominations can be closed by saying, “I move to close nominations.”
- Most motions are main motions.
- A point of order is offered when there is some question if procedure had been followed correctly.
- To stop debate or discussion on a motion and force the vote a member would say, “I move the previous question.” This requires a second and a 2/3 vote.
- Hasty action may be corrected by use of the motion to reconsider. This motion may be made only by one who voted on the prevailing side.
- A person who made the motion may withdraw the same motion.
Election of the Chair and Vice-chair
After the school community council is seated each year, the school community council shall annually elect at the council’s first meeting a chair and vice-chair. The chair shall be elected from the parent members and the vice-chair shall be elected from the parent or school employee members, excluding the principal. The principal will conduct the election for chair and vice-chair, in that order, according to the following procedure: a) Members interested in either office may use the self-nomination process. Nominations may also be made by other council members. b) Voting shall be by regular voice vote by the school community council. A nominee must receive a majority vote of the council members present. Should no nominee receive a majority vote, further nominations may be made, and subsequent elections will be conducted by secret ballot until a nominee receives a majority. When a vacancy occurs in the office of chair or vice-chair for any reason, a replacement shall be elected for the unexpired term.
Removal and Replacement
If a member of the council fails to attend three consecutive meetings without being excused in advance, or fails to perform the duties of his/her office, the members of the council shall remove him/her from office and declare the position vacant. The position shall be filled by the regularly established election procedure.
Conflict of Interest
A member who has a personal or private interest in any proposed or pending matter which presents a conflict of interest will disclose such interest and will not vote unless the member’s participation is necessary to obtain a quorum or otherwise to enable the Council to act.