Hillcrest High School Community Council
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 5:00 PM
ACR Conference Room
Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Stacey Timmerman, Alexandra Martinez, Jeremy Hodgson, Melissa Hodgson, Debbie Johnson, Erick Murdock, Brenda McCann, Areli Nevarez, Korina Jagliello-Caldwell, Rebecca Martin, Jenny Olsen, and Elena Reyes
Agenda Items
1. Minutes from the February 12, 2025 meeting were reviewed. Motion was made to approve minutes as written, seconded, approved unanimously.
2. Cell Phone Policy
● The SCC reviewed Brighton High School’s cell phone policy. Teachers are asked to follow the policy which states that all personal technology, e.g., cell phones, earbuds, etc., be stored in a designated storage area during class time. These areas could be a phone caddy or holder, school issued phone locker, or backpack. Hillcrest has been using a brown bag. We would like to have a policy similar to this ready for next year.
● There are students who use the phone for translation and others for medical tracking such as diabetes. There will need to be exceptions for the students who use their phones for medical issues. Every teacher has an iPad and can set up a translation app for the students in class.
● Due to the passing of Senate Bill 178, Canyons School District is discussing a district wide standardized phone/technology policy.
● We will remove this item from the agenda until next year, when the new district wide cell phone/technology policy is anticipated.
3. TSSP Plan
● Monetary numbers have not been given yet but the expectation for next year is approximately $370,000.00, up 4% from last year.
● Most of the TSSP plan and LAND trust plan funds will go to FTEs. The needs are 2 math, 1 science, 1 ML, ½ Elena, and ½ social worker. One of the goals is to lower class sizes for math, using two periods having 25 students in each. A new math program will be purchased for these classes. There is also a need for a software program for SPED and a PBIS system.
● Main goals are to lower class sizes and offer tier 2 and tier 3 support to students through hiring teachers and extra support staff, improving academics, increasing the number of students graduating, increasing attendance, enhancing literacy skills, and school climate.
● Keep the CFA goals from last year and add the MAP test, but will find a way to get more accurate data. The goal is that each grade level increases the number of students who score above 80% for tier one CFAs. Teachers will use tier two instruction for preparing students for retakes and will try to increase the amount of students who will retake. Ninth and tenth graders will show growth in the MAP test
by 2% and have individual goals. Achieve 90% attendance rate and 85% app attendance rate.
4. LAND Trust Plan
● The expected amount for next year is $370,000.00.
● LAND Trust plans have to fund academics. Therefore, most of the funding from this plan will go to FTEs. The FTEs needed are listed above in the TSSP plan as well as, ¾ of a language arts teacher, 1 social worker, ½ Elena, Paras, APP & PLC support, hall monitor, aides for science & ELD, substitutes, and teacher professional development.
● Savage has committed to funding a 30 hour per week mentor for the next three years. The mentor will help with the tier 2 and tier 3 student supports.
● The school is projected to have approximately 2,570 students for next year, an increase from the 2,380 in the current year. There is quite a long list of permits that Brenda is having to approve or deny.
● Discussed voting on both the TSSP plan and the LAND trust plan. It was unclear as to what each plan would be funding, as it wasn’t written down. Members felt uncomfortable signing off on the plans without seeing it in writing. A motion to table the vote to the next meeting was proposed. The proposition was seconded and approved unanimously.
5. Hillcrest Field Construction
● The work is scheduled to be completed by August. The track team will be practicing at Jordan High and the football team on the Union Middle fields.
6. Latinos in Action Student Group
● The student club was not set up correctly. There is not a charter for the club and therefore it does not have any funding. The class and club will work together for the remainder of the year. Next year they will be one unit.
7. PTSA Update
● They are preparing for teacher appreciation and for Grad night.
● The PTSA offers a $200 scholarship each for two graduating students.
● Costa Vida spirit night will be on Tuesday, April 1st.
● The new PTSA president for next year is Becca Staker.
8. Other
● Due to our need to vote on the TSSP Plan and the LAND Trust Plan before it’s due to the district, it was proposed that we move our next meeting to April 2nd. A motion was made to approve the meeting date to April 2nd, seconded, approved unanimously.
Motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded, approved unanimously.
Next Meeting – Wednesday, April 2nd @ 5:00 p.m.
