September 14, 2026 – Minutes (Draft)

Midvale Elementary School

School Community Council Meeting Agenda

Monday, September 14th, 2026, 4:00 pm

Library

In Attendance: Steve Brown, Steve Rodriguez, Jason Baxter, Jasmine Johnson, Alonda Bruno, Carolee Mackay, Heidi Sanger

Unable to attend: Hillary Herbopelis, 

Agenda Items:

1.     Welcome!

Meeting was called to order at 4:16pm. Carolee described SCC to our new attendees. Carolee asked about a commitment from those in attendance; all agreed.

2.     Discussion and vote on approval of the March 2 and April 13th meeting minutes

We did not have enough members at the April meeting to vote on March’s minutes. Members reviewed both sets of minutes. 

Motion to approve March and April minutes: Jason Baxter

Second: Carolee Mackay

3.     Nominations for Council Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary
   Action Item: Approve Council leadership

Steve B reviewed the process of nominations with the attendees.

Floor opened to Nominations for Chair:
Jason Baxter nominated Steve Brown, Carolee seconded.
Steve B accepted nomination.
Vote:

Floor opened to Nominations for Vice Chair:

Jasmine nominated Jason Baxter, Steve R seconded.
Jason accepted nomination.
Vote:

Floor opened to Nominations for Secretary:

Jason nominated Heidi, Steve seconded.
Heidi accepted nomination.
Vote:

4.     Review bylaws and calendar for 2026-2027 council meetings
   Action item: Approve bylaws and calendar for 2026-2027 school year

Steve reviewed the background of the bylaws and SCC protocol in general. He noted that if new members do not feel comfortable voting at this time that they could refrain from voting. 

Call for motion to approve bylaws

Motion from Carolee, Second from Jason

Vote:

Steve reviewed the proposed calendar of SCC meetings for the 2026-27 school year:

October 5

November 2

December 7

January 4

February 1

March 1

April 12

May 3

Jason motioned to approve these dates; Alondra seconded.

Vote:

5.     Land Trust / TSSP updates
   
   

Carolee reviewed the funds that were actually distributed.

TSSA: 154,685.92 (difference of 8,795.09)

LandTrust: 120,165.21 (difference of 26,180.39)

These are different numbers than projected (difference listed above). Carolee reviewed the current plan. She asked for suggestions on what we could spend the extra funds on since we will need to do an amendment. Discussed some options. Agreement was to focus on adding “people” – i.e.  interventionist/assistants.

Carolee will review with BLT and have the amendment ready for the next meeting to review and vote. Steve expressed appreciation for everyone being here to support these efforts.

6.     School Safety Report
   
   

We had new striping in the parking lot completed finally! 

The fire drill for the August was completed; it went well though we have since redrawn some exits/evacuation routes for classes.

The drill for September was completed; it was a Lockdown drill and it went well. Steve described the responsibilities of the SCC in regards to school safety.

7. 7. Other Items:
      Other topics to present to the council

Reviewed upcoming training dates. 

Carolee noted the decline of enrollment in general and how it has impacted Dual Immersion class sizes. The CSD school board will be discussing this in its next meeting, and there is a parent meeting on October 6 here at the school. (This has been changed: District meeting October 7, School meeting October 13.)

8.     Adjourn
   
   

Motion to adjourn was made by Jason, seconded by Steve R. All were in favor, none opposed.

Meeting adjourned at 5:15pm.

Remaining SCC Training times:

Wednesday, October 7:

   10 a.m. – noon              Regular training #3

   6 – 8 p.m.                       Regular training #4

Next meeting: October 5th, 2026