2025-26 Agenda & Minutes

 

South Cache Community Council September 11, 2025

Meeting Minutes

 

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1.  Randy welcomed everyone to the meeting. Brief introductions were done.

2.  Randy went over some of the Roberts Rules of Order that the community council will follow. And nominations were given for Chair and Vice Chair. Yasbel is willing to be the chair this year. Wendy 2nd the motion. Amie will be willing to continue to continue as Vice Chair. Liz 2nd the motion. A motion was given to approve the Rules we will follow. Liz motioned to approve. Justin 2nd the motion. All in attendance approved. Michelle will continue as scribe.

3.  Randy discussed the school vision and direction which are:
Caring Community, Safe School Environment, High Levels of Learning

4.  School improvements were made over the summer. There were new student tables and chairs put into four classrooms. There were new tables and chairs placed in the Media Center. New drain pipes were installed to move water away from the building more effectively. The gym floors were finished. More floor tiles were replaced throughout the building. Cleaning of every classroom was done. The halls were cleaned and waxed. In the ABF building, the remodel is continuing. A new air system was installed to help in one of the classrooms. The main office went through a minor remodel with new carpet, desks, paint and configuration.

6.  Some of the current happenings since school has started. There was welcome back assembly, picture day, safety training, school success training during HERO, counselor introductions were made in classes, 9-11 day of service in which kids will go out with their 5th hour class to help clean up the campus. There will be a combined ELL parent night with Lincoln and Canyon elementary 9-22 at Salt Hollow. There should be more information coming out about that. And Parent Teacher Conference on Oct. 2nd 3:30 - 6:30 & Oct. 3rd 8:00 - 11:00 am. The Special Olympics Cache Soccer Tournament will be at Spring Creek on October 14. 

7.  There is a new School Resource Officer (SRO), Jake Lenord. He will be a great addition to South Cache. 

8.  The meeting for October will be a district Zoom Community Council training for any community council members who can/would like to attend.  The meeting link will be sent out at a later date after we receive it.

Randy motioned to adjourn, it was seconded by Amie.

The next in person meeting will be November 13th.

 

October meeting cancelled. Council members were encouraged to attend the online training presented by the district on Oct 7th.

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting Minutes
November 13 , 2025

 

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Ysabel welcomed all members to the meeting.

1.  Minutes from September's meeting were reviewed. Cherry motioned to approve. Amie seconded the motion. All in attendance approved.

2.  Randy covered the yearly review of digital citizenship at South Cache. The school uses Go guardian to help monitor what students are doing online. It will also send a report of a student does a search or accesses a website that has questionable material. Netsmartz came and did a presentation in the month of October to all English classes talking to students about their online presence.

3.  USBE came and did a Title 3 school visit. The report the school received back as positive.

4.  Some of the past events were: the art show last Thursday evening, the choir concert last Monday evening, and the guitar concert last night. Today is the end of the 1st Trimester, tomorrow is a teacher transition day, and Monday will be the start of the 2nd Trimester. There will be a food drive next week with a class competition. Also next week is the school musical, Thursday thru Saturday. Student recognition parties will be Nov. 25, Dec. 2, and Dec. 3. Thanksgiving break this year will be Nov. 26-28. There was a presentation from the CEF board of $52,000. This money was received to replace the cupboards in the Band/Orchestra rooms as well as the equipment closet.

5.  The district school calendar is being looked at for the 2026-27 school. One option is starting a week later.

6.  The process for hiring a new principal for South Cache to start the 2026-2027 year has begun. The new principal should be announced by the end of the week.

7.  Brian asked what the council has heard about the boundary changes that will take effect next year. Members shared that there was concern with some Hyrum students being bussed to Heritage Elem. instead of Wellsville Elem. Also there was some concern about Lincoln losing their Title 1 funding because of the change. There has also been concern about moving the DLI programs to different schools and where the DLI program will end up at the high school level.

8.  Cherry motioned to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded by Ysabel.

Meeting was adjourned

The next meeting will be December 11, 2025 in the Media Center at 7:00 am

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting Minutes
December 11, 2025

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Welcome by Ysabel

1.  The minutes from the November meeting were reviewed. Yasabel made a motion to approve the minutes. Cherry seconded the motion. All in attendance accepted the minutes.

2.  Randy discussed some items that have happened and are going to happen at the school. 

There was a food drive before Thanksgiving. It was a great success with many items donated. 

The cabinets for the Band and Orchestra room are almost finished. 70% of the old storage has been ripped out. After the concert next week the rest will be taken out. They are scheduled to be installed during the Christmas break, as long as there are no delays.

There was a "Low tardy party" celebrating the students with five or less tardies. 971 were eligible to participate. There was an "Honor Roll" party for students that had at least a 3.66 grade point average first trimester. There were 582 students eligible for this party. There were 320 students that earned a 4.0 that were eligible to participate in a pizza party that was held last week.

Christmas break for students starts December 20th. Students will return to class on January 5th

All music classes went to Ridgeline High School to hear the Utah Symphony perform on December 9th.

The Choir concert will be Tuesday, December 16th at 7:00 pm at Mountain Crest. The Orchestra and Band Winter concert will be December 17th 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm also at Mountain Crest.

There will be a student Christmas assembly on the 19th during 5th hour.

All band, choir, and orchestra kids will be going to Mountain Crest to watch the high school's Christmas Fantasy performance on the 19th at 9:00 am.

Second trimester's parent teacher conferences will be January 15th from 3:30 - 6:30  and 16th from 8:00 - 11:00 am.

3.  Randy talked about ongoing school safety 

There are monthly safety meetings. 

New front door safety locks and camera are being installed. The plan is to have them activated after Christmas break.

There have been some recent fire alarms going off. They have been minor issues. The evacuation of the buildings has gone well. There have been a few things that were discovered because of these drills that have been addressed. The school is required to do one drill a month. These instances have put the school over the number of drills needed.

A safety film was put over the outside door windows. 

Each teacher has a crow bar by their desk to use in an emergency like earthquake or intruder. Each classroom has a bucket with some supplies if needed. 

5.  South Cache Teacher of the year should be announced after the Christmas break.

6.  Teacher transitions to the new and existing schools will be announced mid January. With the transition of 6th to the middle schools there are a lot of teacher placements that need to be made.

7.  There were no future items to consider.

8.  Brittnie motioned to adjourn the meeting. Cherry seconded the motion.

9. The meeting for January has been cancelled. The next meeting will be February 10th.

 

Meeting for January was cancelled.

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting February 12, 2026
Minutes

  In attendance:

1. Welcome from Amie Earl

2. The Minutes from the last meeting in December were reviewed. Cherry motioned to approve the minutes. Amie seconded the motion.

3. Randy reviewed some past events as well as upcoming events. Those things included State Capital fieldtrip, EE basketball tournament, assemblies, birthday treats by PTO, and Val-O-Grams. There will be concerts for band, guitar, orchestra, and choir toward the end of the month. Registration for 7th graders will be starting next week.:

4. There is now a camera at the front entry of the school. There is now a system in place where individuals coming to the school need to be buzzed in. This helps with continued school safety. There will be a lock down drill next week.

5. The change in Rules of Order and Procedure was explained. 

6. The LIA shoe drive was extended. Activities like this help students learn leadership skills. 
     
7. The school's leadership team is working with Randy and Doug on the goals for next year's Trustlands plan. Transition from 7-8 to 6-8 is in process. There may be a need for Trustland money to help with FTE's. It will be discussed and approved at next month's meeting.

8. It was asked how the cabinets for the music department turned out. After the meeting was adjourned Randy took those who wanted to down to look at the cabinets. 

9. Cherry motioned to adjourn the meeting. Wendy 2nd the motion. 

South Cache Community Council Meeting 
March 12, 2026
Minutes

In attendance:
Randy Bennion, Principal
Ysabel Segovia, Chairperson
Amie Earl, Vice Chairperson
Michelle Scott, Scribe
Brittnie Sautter, School Employee
Wendy Osborn, Parent
Juana Salazar, Parent

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1. Randy welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. February's meetings minutes reviewed. Brittnie made a motion to approve the minutes, Amie seconded. All in attendance accepted the minutes.
    
3. Randy shared some past and upcoming events.
   1. To celebrate achievements from 2nd trimester there was a Low Tardy Party that included 897 students, an Honor Roll Party that included 581 students, and a 4.0 GPA Party that included 313 students.
   2. Young Writers and Artist Fest was on the 11th at USU.
   3. Elections for 8th to 9th grade elections are coming up for both Ridgeline and Mountain Crest.
   4. End of Level testing for all students will begin on April 13th. WIDA for EL students testing is ongoing. The NAEP test, which involves only 50 randomly chosen students, will be conducted today.
   5. Spring Break will be March 30th -April 3rd
   6. Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for April 9th and 10th.
       
4. Registration is ongoing for the 5th and 6th graders that will be coming to SC next year.
   1. All teachers have been notified of new teaching locations/assignments. 
   2. Randy talked about some of the moving accommodations that will be given to teachers and some of the logistical things that are taking place.
       
5. Randy went over the Trustlands and School Improvement Plan for the 2026-2027 school year.
   1. $226,665 has been allocated. This is a bit more than last year.
   2. Goal one focuses on an increase in learning with help from areas in the Big 5 that the district has adopted. 
   3. The second goal covers technology needs.
   4. Amie made a motion to accept the 2026-27 Trustlands and School Improvement plan. Wendy seconded the motion
   5. All in attendance approved and the signature page was passed around.
       
6. Wendy asked about gluten free options for students with allergies when there is the Honor Roll, Low Tardy, and 4.0 parties. Randy said that they bring candy bars for those students. Other healthier options were discussed and will be looked at for future parties.
    
7. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Britnie. Seconded by Michelle.

South Cache Community Council 
Meeting April 9, 2026
Minutes

In attendance:

 

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Welcome by Randy.

1.  Minutes from the last meeting were reviewed. Brittnie made a motion to accept the minutes, Cherry seconded the motion. All in attendance approved.

2. Spring testing  is ongoing. Members were given a copy of the testing schedule for RISE which starts next week.

3.  Upcoming and recent events were talked about.Parent Teacher conferences will be today and tomorrow. Monday there will be the Great Shake Out Utah preparedness even which is an earthquake drill and evacuation. Students will be participating in the following activities:

• CTE Drone tournament at BTECH - Friday, April 17th.
• Choir festival concert April 23rd @ South Cache, 7:00 p.m.
• District Choir festival April 24th - MC
• Reading party in the Media Center April 30 - 1:15 p.m.
• State Choir festival Sat. May 3rd
• BTECH Career day field trip for 7th grade - May 7th
• May 8  - Talent Show Assembly - HERO hour
• May 13 - Orchestra Concert @ MCHS @ 6:00 pm
• May 13 - Band Concert @ MCHS @ 7:30 pm
• May 18 - Choir Concert @ RHS @ 5:30 pm
• May 21 - Art Show at SC 6:00 - 8:00 pm
• May Guitar Concert @ MC  TBD

Other things happening at the school during the last few weeks of school:

• Administrative Assistant day will be next week
• Teacher Appreciation week will be the first week of May
• Last week of school is May 26-29. On the 28th there will be locker clean out and Yearbook handout at the end of the day. May 29th is the last day. Busses will leave at 12:0

4.  Next year, 25-26, the School  Resource Officer will continue full time

5.  The master schedule for next year is still  being built. The changes in number of students, the 6th grade moving into the middle school, and new building configurations were discussed.

6.  Randy asked who will be able to stay for next year. There will be one parent and several employees that will be able to serve next year.

7. Motion to adjourn by Cherry. Seconded by Wendy

May meeting TBA, based on need

 

Meeting will be held May 14, 2026 if needed