Community Council Meeting 2024-2025

May 6, 2025 – 7:00am via Zoom

Meeting Dates – 1st Tuesday of every month @ 7:00am via Zoom

2024-2025 Council Members

• Adrianne Woods- adriannewoods83@gmail.com
• Barbie Osorio DeSoto-barbiedesoto@gmail.com
• Perry Ridge-perry.ridge@byu.edu
• Gaylene Fale-little_lillies@hotmail.com
• Dorie Kim-dorie.imamura@gmail.com
• Cameron Waqa-cameronchild@hotmail.com
• Tawnicia Stocking-tawnicia@provo.edu
• Kim Hawkins – kimha@provo.edu

Not in Attendance:  Gaylene Fale, Cameron Waqa, Dorie Kim

Safe Routes Discussion – Adrianne Woods ·     

Aaron Skabelund – a.skabelund@gmail.com

Aaron Skabelund and Zach Goulding joined us to talk about the “Bike Bus” program.  Aaron lives in the Rivergrove neighborhood and his children went to Grandview.  Zach lives in Orem and his children attend Cascade Elementary.  Zach implemented the “Bike Bus” program at Cascade Elementary to help reduce car traffic in his neighborhood, and to help keep the children safe, due to several street concerns.  The “Bike Bus” runs on Friday mornings.  They have designated meet up points, where they pick up students. There are signs in the yards of the designated pick-up points.  They play music and have snacks/treats at the different pick-up points.  They start at 7:30am and get to school around 7:50-7:55am.  This is a parent-led program.  Zach has seen more support from Orem City due to this program.    Barbie suggested a North and South side “Bike Bus.” Perry wondered about a “Walking Bus” in the winter. Adrianne will speak to Brenae Tanner, PTO President, to see if there is a parent that would interested in getting the program started.  The council wondered if the Rivergrove/Lions Park area would be a good starting point.  Maybe a “Walk Bus” to get up the stairs at Lions Park.   More information about the “Bike Bus” program can be found on Instagram under Coach Balto.  

Other:

Barbie would like to get the city to add lines to the narrow roads to 11 feet.

Aaron stated that the city will be adding bike lanes to 1700 & 1720  

2025-2026 Council Planning   Council Members for 2025-2026

Returning Members ·     

Perry Ridge – Next year is 2nd year of the 2-year term on the council ·     

Gaylene Fale – Next year is 2nd year of the 2-year term on the council ·     

Adrianne Woods – Next year is 2nd year of the 2-year term on the council ·     

Tawnicia Stocking –  Next year is 2nd year of the 2-year term on the council  

Open Seats ·     

Barbie Osorio DeSoto – Open seat     

Dorie Kim – Open seat 

Cameron Waqa – Open seat

Returning members and open seats are correct.  

Elect Chair & Vice-Chair

The council decided to wait until the Fall to vote for a chair & vice-chair.  

Meeting Preference – In-Person vs. Zoom Meeting?  Time Frame?

Meetings for the 2025-2026 school year will continue to be the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:00am via Zoom.  

Election Timeline for the Fall

Council must be established by October 1st              

Proposal:  ·     

Open Seat/Election Notice around Labor Day – 10 Days  

Elections – Sept. 15-17

Kim will follow the above schedule when notifying our parents about Community Council elections next year.  Adrianne suggested we include a “testimonial” from some of the members to help promote getting involved.  

Summer Meal Program – For all children ages 0-18     

June 2 – July 17, Monday-Thursday – Closed June 16 in observation of Juneteenth ·     

Breakfast:  8:00 am – 9:00 am ·     

Lunch: 11:30 am -12:30 pm  

Restrooms/Fencing/Kinder Playground Updates  

Teacher Update for 2025-2026 ·     

Kinder – Leber, Chavez, Johnson                                          

1st Grade – Frame, Maffei, Waite (new)                                             Karlsven – retiring  

2nd Grade – Bybee, Jensen, Taylor                                                     Bever – leaving ·     

3rd Grade – Bonnett, Maio, Egbert (new – Inst. Asst.)                    Benson – leaving ·     

4th Grade – Medina, Sessions, Stocking                                              ·     

5th Grade – Alder, Boone, Jorgensen                                                  Hansen – leaving ·     

6th Grade – Chambers, Stott, Barney (new), Sprickerhoff (intern)                             ·      

Fine Arts – Averett, McKinney                                                           ·     

SpEd – Clement, Twitchell, Crawford, Raines                                                          

End-of-Year Testing Updates ·      RISE ·      Acadience Reading & Math ·      NWEA  

Reflecting on the Year – “It’s A Wildcat Thing”

Instruction ·      95% Core & Study Sync for 6th Grade ·      STEAM Focus with 4th-6th Grade ·      Instructional Strategies for our English Language Learners & Students with IEPs ·      Instructional Coach available for all teachers with at least one coaching cycle ·      Professional Development for New Teachers – Weekly Snack & Chat Meetings  

Research-Based Interventions – Consistent interventions with teachers & instructional assistants  

Wildcat Cards & Book Vending Machine – Every student received two books from their teacher. A third book could be earned from specialties, interventions, other.  

Wildcats Read Program – 600 books distributed this year

Student Support – Wellness Room, PAWS Room, Boring Room, Principal’s Pantry, 5.12 Weekend Food Bags, Check-in/out, Attendance Plans, Hygiene Supplies, Snacks, Social-Emotional Groups, Hope Squad, Kindness Club   SEPs- 97-98% attendance  

Wildcats Celebrate the Arts Night – over 500 people attended   Kim discussed the above topics.   

Trustland Plan Goals for 2025-2026 – Plan Voted On & Approved by the Council

Our goal for the 2025-2026 school year is that 80% of Kindergarten through 6th-grade students will make typical or above progress on the Acadience Pathways of Progress (POP) End of the Year (EOY) assessment. The Acadience assessment helps teachers determine how students are performing on essential reading skills. These critical reading skills include phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and comprehension.   Our goal for the 2025-2026 school year is that students in 3rd through 6th grade will increase their math scores by 3%, and students in 4th through 6th grade will increase their science scores by 3% as measured by the end-of-year RISE test data.  

Funding Use for 2025-2026:  Approximately $97,000 Funding will be used to hire Instructional Assistants who will help teachers with interventions and extensions for students.  Instructional Assistants will be trained on research-based intervention programs and will teach those programs to students identified as needing more intensive instruction in reading and math.  

Extra Funding Any additional funds will be used to hire more instructional assistants, purchase math computer software programs, headphones for those software programs, or other math or science supplies and manipulatives.   

Other?

Nothing noted  

Next Month’s Meeting:  Finished for the year.  THANK YOU for your support!!

Barbie thanked us for all our dedication to her children and the other children at Westridge.  She stated, “you are all angels.”  Perry and Adrianne added their thanks as well.