January 12, 2026 – Minutes

Present: Kelcey Kemp, Isaac Zeigler, Doug Jenson, Jack Hyer, Matthew Toone, Terri Culberson, Liz Demke, Krystal Hansen, Brandie Kafentzis, Vickie Hulderson, James Barron

Excused: Dave Barrett, Jenny Baker

January 2026 Agenda

1. Welcome: Isaac Zeigler, SCC Chair
2. Review and Approval of December Meeting Minutes: Isaac Zeigler
3. Review/Updates: Kelcey Kemp
   a. Budgets
   b. Data Review

c. Land Trust Plan

d. TSSP (Teacher Student Success Plan)

• Counseling Center Updates: Melissa Jones, Counselor
• Other Items/Open Discussion:
• Adjourn
  Next Meeting: Thursday, Feb 12, 2026

November Minutes:

Motion to approve: Vickie Hulderson

2^nd by Doug Jenson

Kelcey:

Finance/Budgets moved to Q

• Reviewed CSIP goals and how funded – and how/where to find them on the website
• Currently have 6 AVID classes – increasing engagement and participation
• Isaac Z reminded to check for any amendments to the budgets/CSIP
• Soter leaving but De Azevedo (replacement) can’t teach 7 periods – could recoup 0.625 FTE

EWS Data review – Q2 updates

• Terri Culberson – asked about 3+ Fs data… seems high. What are we doing to help failing students. Also – attendance seems to struggle during weeks of “nothing” at the end of the quarter.
  • Kelcey: Extended home APP all week, to allow more time for remediation, getting caught up, etc.
  • Need for students and teachers to NOT wait until the end of the quarter to work on grades
• Reviewed RTI percentages – Tier III (1-5%) does NOT match our chronically absent numbers (approx. 40%)
• Really high absence numbers yesterday – might have been a glitch? Number was 1063 absent 1 or more periods on 1.13.26
• Think ahead re possible interventions for academics/attendance/etc. (example: give out free tickets to a dance for good attendance)
• Discussion around potential changes for next year
  • Keep incentivizing grades and attendance, more taco truck type? Lower the threshold for rewards?
• Hyer: ML population specific, literacy aide information. can run more effective Lit class with the aide present. On days without the aide, the class must be more simplified/pared down, which is much less effective. Esp in Literacy.
  • Brandie: added info abt working with ML students in non-literacy classes
• Vickie Hulderson: ESL TA option?
  • MJ: It’s offered on the card, but students haven’t been requesting it
• Disaggregate attendance data to determine where to focus interventions, budget, etc.
• More info/PR re Work Release, esp for chronic absenteeism due to work, etc.

MJ:

Schedule changes: 400+ for S2

• Always hear that students didn’t know about the window being open… any suggestions?
  • Isaac Z: Also email, for those not on ParentSquare (Kelcey approved using Skylerts)

Upcoming events: Advanced Academics, 8^th grade CTE Tours, Digger Fair, 9^th grade Great Start awards for Q2, deficiency letters, etc.

Needs Assessment coming up, more info to follow

Other Items/Open Discussion:

Brandie: ACT prep has started

Terri: how’s the construction going?

Kelcey: Still on track for July 1. Bathrooms in the school are done. Auditorium will start end of May. Should be finalizing about the same time as fieldhouse, etc.

Kelcey: Safety Plan has been approved by district (turf on infield for baseball – not softball – and adding stadium lighting for baseball and softball fields). Parking lot lighting will be re-done.

Terri: could we make the softball field equitable to the baseball field? Leveling, cover for the field, turf? Loving having bathrooms!

Terri: how is CCHS’s fieldhouse already done? Per KK – CC’s funding was all done through bid pack 1, JHS’s funding was pushed to bid pack 2 so ours started later.

Kelcey: current bell schedule. Do we want to look at adjusting? Hall passes – passing periods longer (10 mins) with limited access to hall passes? Would only reduce instruction time by about 4 minutes. Currently 78 mins, would likely move to 74 mins.

• Vickie H: Would love to know what the teachers think about less instruction time, longer passing periods, etc.
• Consensus: YES, interested in looking into the bell schedule and possible adjustments. Start at same time, longer passing time, same time getting out. Hopefully all classes on a :00 or :05 end time. Add 7:15-7:40 as Digger Time (or some other name).
• Hyer: could we find data on schools that are using a 10-min passing period?
• Isaac: Stanford study indicated that longer passing periods reduce transition fatigue, esp w rising ADHD population

Next Meeting: Thursday, Feb 12, 2026

Adjourn:

• Motion: James Barron
• 2^nd by: Brandie Kafentzis