2024-25 Minutes & Agendas

Meeting Information:

September 12 , 2024 Minutes

Minutes:

• Attendance
  • In attendance: Randy Bennnior, Principal Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson Michelle Scott, Scribe Liz Halaufia, Parent Wendy Osborn, Parent Shanda Baldwin, Parent Kelly Calderwood, Parent Brittnie Sautter, School Employee Justin Bassett, School Employee Cindy Page, Teacher Rep
  • Absent: Rich White, excused
  • Visitors:
• Brief Introductions were made of parents and staff members on the 2024-25 South Cache Community Council.
• Ysabel Segovia was nominated as Chairperson for the 2024-25 school year. Liz Halaufia, seconded.
  • All voted yes to approve.
  • Amie Earl was nominated as Vice Chairperson. Wendy Osborn seconded. All voted yes to approve.
  • Michelle Scott will continue as scribe.
• Randy shared the school vision and direction: Caring community, Safe, High levels of learning.
  • He shared the Expectation Matrix that was created over the Summer. It has been shared with students and staff. There is a large poster hanging on the walls in each classroom, the halls, the cafeteria, and on the buses. It was suggested to come up with an acronym to help the kids remember Safe, Caring, and High Level of Learning.
• These changes were made at South Cache over the summer:
  • More new student tables and chairs were put into four classrooms.
  • The concrete skirt around the main building has been finished. It is to pull the water away from the school. New sod was also put in as part of the process.
  • A leaking pipe in the East parking lot was fixed and asphalt patched.
  • The GYM floor was sanded, painted and finished. It hadn't been done in 30 years.
  • 20 new cameras were installed to help with security.
  • 450 cracked floor tiles were replaced to keep the school environment looking good.
  • Rooms were scrubbed and cleaned; the hallways shined and waxed.
  • The Art, sewing and FACS rooms were remodeled. Walls were added where accordion dividers had been.
  • More ceiling fans were installed in classrooms to help with air circulation.
  • They are in the process of installing 2” blinds in every classroom.
• Thursday 9/12, all 8th graders will be bused to North Logan to a 9/11 Remembrance Walk.
• Cell Phone pouches are now in all classrooms. Students are to put their cell phone in the pouch during each class.
• Minga, a digital hall pass system, is now being used. It keeps track of students who ask to use a hall pass. This is to help keep track of kids that are using hall passes that might be meeting up with friends or in places when they aren't supposed to be there, for example an 8th grader out during 7th grade lunch, not where they were supposed to be.
• A district Community Council training will be held via Zoom on October 8th from 6:00- 7:00 p.m. for any community council members who can/would like to attend. After we receive the meeting link will be sent out at a later date.
• Ysabel asked if South Cache has a PTA. No, but South Cache has a Friends of South Cache organization.
• Positive Behavior Supports will be discussed at our next meeting.
• Next meeting will be Oct 10, 2024, depending on need.

Printable Version: September 2024 Agenda

Meeting Information:

October 10, 2025 Minutes

Minutes:

• Attendance
  • In attendance:
    • Randy Bennnion, Principal
    • Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson
    • Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson
    • Michelle Scott, Scribe
    • Liz Halaufia, Parent
    • Kelly Calderwood, Parent
    • Brittnie Sautter, School Employee
    • Justin Bassett, School Employee
    • Cindy Page, Teacher Rep
  • Absent:
    • Wendy Osborn, Parent
    • Shanda Baldwin, Parent
    • Rich White, excused
  • Visitors:
    • Brian Chambers, School Board Member
• The meeting was called to order by Ysabel.
• The minutes from the September minutes were reviewed. A motion to approve was made by Liz. Brittnie seconded the motion. All present were in favor.
• Rules and procedures adoption was discussed by Michelle. A motion to change "⅔ vote" to "a majority" was put forth and discussed. Liz made a motion to approve the change. Brittnie seconded the motion. All members were in favor. There was a discussion about adding something about how many times someone can be absent from meetings. It was decided not to make any changes in that regard at this time. Brittnie made a motion to approve and accept the Rules and Procedures. Randy second the motion. All present were in favor.
• Randy gave an update on cell phone pouches and the digital hall pass. It seems to be working well. There have been less disruptions in the hallways and bathrooms.
• Randy talked about Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) that they are doing in the school. One is the Spartan Way tickets which are given to students who are doing things in the school. They are given a gift card.
• Randy talked about some past and upcoming events.
• A future item was brought up about Amendment B that will be on the ballot in November. It is to raise the cap of money that can be given to schools from the Trustlands accounts. It was encouraged to tell neighbors about the amendment.

Printable Version: October 2024 Agenda

Meeting Information:

November 14, 2024 Minutes

Minutes:

• Attendance
  • In Attendance: Randy Bennnior, Principal Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson Wendy Osborn, Parent Kelly Calderwood, Parent Brittnie Sautter, School Employee Cindy Page, Teacher Rep
  • Absent: Rich White, Parent, excused Michelle Scott, Scribe, excused Liz Halaufia, Parent, excused Shanda Baldwin, Parent, excused Justin Bassett, School Employee, excused
  • Visitors:
• The meeting was called to order by Ysabel.
• Randy made a motion to approve the meeting minutes from October. Amie seconded the motion. All present were in favor. Wendy did ask a question- can we zoom into the SCC meeting if we can't make it? Randy took that suggestion and it is a possibility.
• Digital Citizenship: Net Smartz is who we have used to present to our students about internet safety. This year they had a turnover in their organization, they lost two of their presenters. Due to this, we had to postpone, then had to cancel all together for this year because they still don't have presenters. Internet safety will be on our own this year. Monitoring is ongoing with Digital Safety with our Go Guardian program. URL's can be blocked by the district.
• The three middle schools in our district scored highest in the state on the RISE tests. From the district, "Each school district in Utah participates in the annual RISE test, a summative examination of proficiency in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for students grades 3-8. Students with disabilities participate in both regular and alternative assessments. CCSDstudents have long performed well in these tests, but this year boasts a remarkable achievement. For all Utah school districts with 10,000 students or more, Cache County School District students ranked first in over ELA, Math, and Science proficiency for both the RISE test and the alternative assessment for students with significant disabilities! Congratulations to our wonderful students and teachers!" It was suggested by the Council that we have a banner displayed in our school to recognize this achievement.
• Randy will be attending a board presentation today seeking $125,000 to get a band and orchestra storage area. Randy is continuing to make improvements to our school.
• Events update:
  • Choir concert- last Tuesday night
  • Guitar concert- last night
  • Safety night- last night
  • Food drive- all week
  • CEF board presentation- today
  • Nov. 15th- end of trimester
  • Nov. 18th- transition day, no school
  • Nov. 19th- start of trimester
  • Nov. 27-29- Thanksgiving Break
• 2025 school calendar presented. Was voted on and option #2 received the most votes. Question was asked- who votes? It is a breakdown of administrators, teachers/counselors, classified staff and parents.
• Any future items? Wendy asked how we celebrate the positive going on in our school. Randy talked about the Spartan Way- teachers nominate great things their students are doing. Their name goes into a raffle, then three names are drawn out each day. They get to pick a $5 gift card from a variety of places.
• Next meeting will be December 12th. Meeting adjourned.

Printable Version: november 2024 Agenda

Meeting Information:

December 12, 2024 Minutes

Minutes:

• Attendance
  • In attendance: Randy Bennnior, Principal Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson Michelle Scott, Scribe Brittnie Sautter, School Employee Justin Bassett, School Employee Cindy Page, Teacher Rep
• The minutes from last month's meeting were reviewed.
  • Ysabel made a motion to accept the minutes. Justin seconded the motion. All in attendance were in favor.
• A follow-up from last months meeting:
  • Food drive was a great success. Twenty-two apple boxes were filled.
  • Latinos in Action have been doing a coat and warm blanket drive. There have been multiple boxes filled with coats and warm blankets.
  • CEF board presentation happened last month. The bid from Wenger came in at $118,000. CEF board asked for additional bids. They asked if there were local companies that could come in and bid for the new storage for the band and orchestra room. Randy is going to look into who Mountain Crest got their bid from.
  • South Cache was awarded $111,446 from CEF to teachers for Tools for Schools
• Some recent events were:
  • Low tardy party- 972- 5 or less tardies
  • Honor Roll party- 583
  • 4.0 Party- 295
  • Band and Orchestra concert was December 11th at MC
• Upcoming events
  • Faculty Professional development tomorrow Dec. 13th
  • Choir Concert- Tuesday, December 17th. 5:30 pm at MCHS
  • Student Christmas assembly December 20th 5th hour
  • Band/Choir/Orchestra students will be invited to MCHS to see the Winter Fantasy performance on Dec 20th.
  • Christmas Break for students- Dec. 23- Jan. 1st.
  • Students back in school on January 2nd.
  • January 8th- Ridgeline basketball game set a record attendance night
  • Parent Teacher Conferences Jan. 16th 3:30- 6:30 & Jan. 17th 8:00- 11:00 am
• School safety- on going
  • Robert Price our SRO will be getting certified in "Stop the bleed" to help certify the faculty and staff.
  • Randy and Luc Hardin go to monthly safety meetings to stay updated on different procedures.
  • Fire drills are held as needed. There have been recent furnace issues.
  • Different safety items like safety film, door locks, crow bars and other classroom supplies (buckets) are in each classroom.
• South Cache Teacher of the year is Kilee Nilsson.
  • She is a special education teacher that was awarded this by the school board last month.
• Next meeting will be scheduled for February 13th 2025.

​​​​​​​Printable Version: December 2024 Agenda

Meeting Canceled

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting February 13, 2025
Minutes

In attendance:
Randy Bennnion, Principal
Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson
Michelle Scott, Scribe
Brittnie Sautter, School Employee
Justin Bassett, School Employee
Cindy Page, Teacher Rep
Wendy Osborn, Parent
Shanda Baldwin, Parent
Kelly Calderwood, Parent

1.  The minutes from December's Community Council meeting were reviewed and voted on. Brittnie motioned to approve the minutes. Amie second the motion. All in attendance were in favor.

2.    Randy discussed some of the latest events at South Cache:

• The Essential Elements Basketball Tournament was at Spring Creek
• 7th Grade to 8th grade registration was in the science classes and 8th to 9th grade registration was two weeks ago.
• Hot chocolate activity during lunch yesterday from Friends of South Cache
• The Art show will be Feb. 187th at SC media center from 6-8 p.m.
• On Friday Feb. 21st there will be a structure walkthrough to assess needs of South Cache
• Upcoming concerts
• Choir - Winter concert Feb. 26th @ MCHS @ 5:30 p.m
• Guitar concert Thursday Feb. 27th @ MCHS 5:00 p.m.
• Band concert March 6th @ MCHS - 7:30 p.m.
• Orchestra concert March 6th @ MCHS - 6:00 p.m. 

3.  Safe Arrival pilot program at South Cache starts March 3rd. This is a new program that will alert parents if a student is marked absent 1st hour.
    
4.  This district has addressed immigration enforcement issues at SC and in the community. No one that doesn't have a reason will be allowed on campus. Safety and caring is SC's priority.

5.  The Focused Student Project is a local group that has put forth legislation for combating student hunger as well as the impact of cellphones in the classroom. South Cache has been working hard to make sure kids have their phones put away while in class.  
  
6.  Next month's meeting will be March 13, 2025. We will be discussing the Trustlands budget for 25-26

Adjourn
 

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting March 13, 2025
Minutes

In attendance:
Randy Bennnion, Principal
Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson
Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson
Michelle Scott, Scribe
Brittnie Sautter, School Employee
Justin Bassett, School Employee
Cindy Page, Teacher Rep

1.  The minutes from last month's meeting were reviewed. Amie motioned to accept the minutes. Justin 2nd the motion. All in attendance approved.

2.   Randy went over upcoming and recent events. There will be a donut and milk party for over 900 kids with five or less tardies, a cinnamon roll and milk party for around 560 students who have a GPA over 3.67, and a 4.0 GPA Pizza party. Young Writers Fest was at USU this past week. Elementary school tours have happened for the 6th graders coming to South Cache next year. WIDA testing has been done and RISE testing will begin after Spring Break. Parent teachers conference will be held April 10th and 11th. There is also a District choir festival coming up in April.

3.  Randy discussed some of the national and state test scores. South Cache continues to score higher than the state average on these tests. South Cache has the top RISE scores in the state of districts of comparable size. 

4.  Randy went over the Trustlands plan for the 2025-2026 school year.
Goal #1 Is to increase the RISE proficiency score of ELL, Special Ed, and Hispanic Student in Math, Science and ELA.

• Action steps include monies for a school support leader, PLC collaboration, PLC leadership team to help implement enrichment, intervention and extension of learning
• Hire Math tutor, ELL monitor, Refocus aide, and RISE test proctors
• Purchase of library books
• Purchase of software that will help monitor student writing

Goal #2 Improve staff and student access to technology

• Purchase of Chromebook Labs, including software licensing
• Purchase of classroom technology to support school learning objectives
• Purchase of software to help monitor and assign students to remediation

5. A vote was taken for approval of the 20250-2026. All in attendance voted in the affirmative. Randy will talk to the members not in attendance to gain their approval as well.

6. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting will be April 10th, 7:00 am in the Library.
 

South Cache Community Council Meeting Minutes April 10, 2025

In attendance: 

1.  The minutes from last month's minutes were reviewed. Motion to approve by Michelle. The motion was 2nd by Wendy. All in attendance approved.

2. Randy shared the RISE testing schedule. 

3.  Upcoming events include, parent-teacher conference this week, counseling office - Job Shadow Friday, Great Shake out Utah preparedness event - Thursday April 17th, BTECH Career day field trip for 7th grade - April 30 in the morning. Multiple choir concerts in April and May, also band, orchestra and a guitar concert. May 29th will be locker clean out and a Super HERO along with yearbook handouts.

4.  Randy told the council about other items concerning South Cache. Next year South Cache will be keeping their SRO full time in the 2025-26 school year. Also the master schedule for next year is being built. There will be a new English teacher hired for next year.

5.  Randy asked who will be able to continue with the Community Council next year. Several members said they will be able to return next year

6.  The meeting for May will be cancelled.

7.  Meeting was adjourned.

May 2025 Community Council meeting cancelled