School Community Council—Hillcrest High School
May 13, 2020: Members conducted this meeting online using Webex.
In Attendance:
- Greg Leavitt
- Brant Thomsen
- Jan Hansen
- Jason Dong
- Jeremy Wright
- Julie Cluff
- Karen Conder
- Nicole Huff
- J Graham
- Stacey Timmerman
- Mont Millerberg – Canyons Board member
Meeting Notes:
- Brant Thomsen opened the meeting.
- Graduation
- The school will be providing signs for every graduate
- Graduating students will be given a Hillcrest thumb drive with graduation information
- Graduation will be practiced with a small group to work out details
- Principal will be singing something (as is tradition), and some type of video ceremony will be available
- Drive-thru graduation ceremony on the football field will be live-streamed and recorded
- Minivans will be allowed. Weight limit is 5,000 pounds.
- Mont Millerberg will be recording a message on the football field to include in the graduation message.
- Construction Update
- Empty school has helped with construction, due to not having to worry about student safety.
- That may have helped them by a week. Currently still about 3 months behind schedule.
- Discussion about communication from school
- Stacey: Information from administration has been very clear.
- Information is available on the school webpage if someone missed out on emails.
- School to open in fall?
- If state is in yellow phase, schools may allow for students to attend.
- Already planning to do at least some online learning.
- Leavitt: “School will not be normal, even in August.”
- District is making plans to recommend to the Board.
- Grading Deadline
- Teacher deadline for new assignments is May 15.
- Students have almost 8 days to get in work done.
- Administration is going to send out a clarifying email later this week.
- AP and IB classes do have an exception to the relaxed grading deadline.
- Staff is being encouraged to be overly fair in grading.
- 2020-2021 Class Scheduling
- Arena scheduling will be opened on May 18-26.
- Administration will send out an announcement about it.
- Online Class Considerations
- Stacey: What about classes that students want to take again because they couldn’t do it hands on? For example, small engine maintenance
- Nicole: Students can take the class again as an elective.
- There is a risk that fall semester could have the same issue.
- Trust Land Plan and TSSA
- Trust Land Plan and TSSA were approved.
- Should be available online shortly.
- Miscellaneous
- Administration will send out a link to that video that includes Kate Timmerman’s message to graduating seniors.
- Stacey: What about classes that students want to take again because they couldn’t do it hands on? For example, small engine maintenance
