March 10, 2026 – Minutes

Date: 3/10/26 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Media Center

Members in Attendance: Shawn Walker, Jenny Heffner, Matt Miskol, Carly

Miskol, Holly Uphold, Kristin Longson, Kali Agy, Emily Wallis, Katie Cartwright. Excused: Sara Vranes, Raydean Fernandez

Visitors in Attendance: Heather Derderian

Agenda Items:

1. Welcome and call meeting to order 4:04 PM

2. Approval of minutes from our last meeting: Youna Schenfeld motioned to

approve, Carly Miskol seconded the motion. Minutes approved.

3. Review and finalize TSSP and Land Trust plans for next year

a. Members reviewed goals and action steps as listed below.

b. Members discussed feasibility, longevity of funding for all designated

positions.

c. Members questioned the need for a cafeteria aide position, suggesting

adjusted expectations or creating solutions for students to sit where they

want.

d. Members discussed re-dispersing funding to provide the greatest benefit

to all students with math and arts integration curriculum.

e. Members agreed on the current plan with the condition of receiving

teacher input on BTS funding and math curriculum (based on reaching

every student in every grade).

f. Motion to approve the plan was provided by Katie Cartwright. Carly

Miskol seconded the motion. All approved.

Members need additional meeting time to discuss TSSP and Land Trust plans.

Emily Wallis motioned to add 20 minutes, Kali Agy seconded. All approved.

Discuss end of year elections

a. Mr. Walker proposed to start nomination window on April 29 and end on

May 8 (10 day announcement period) for both parents and staff.

b. There are 4 even-year seats available for parents and 3 even-year seats

available for employees

c. Reminder that we will need to vote if more people apply than we have

available seats.

Hear update on safety issues at Titian and Bengal

a. Tabled until next meeting.

Review Positive Behavior Plan and prepare to submit

a. Mr. Walker requested use of discretionary funds for teacher work-day

meals and miscellaneous building upgrades.8. Closing

i. Matthew Miskol motioned to approve, Holly Uphold seconded the

motion. All approved.

a. Meeting adjourned 5:35 PM

Upcoming Meetings:

● May 19th

● August 4th

CVE School Improvement Goals 25/26

Reading:

● 80% of all students will make typical or better progress in Acadience Pathways of

Progress

● 85% of kindergarten students will be at or above benchmark in Acadience Reading

Nonsense Word Fluency – Correct Letter Sounds (NWF-CLS) by End of Year (EOY)

● 90% of 1st grade students will be at or above the benchmark in Acadience Reading

Nonsense Word Fluency/Whole Words Read (NWF/WWR) by End of Year (EOY).

Math:

● Implement the new Amplify math curriculum with 100% fidelity by the end of the

school year as measured by classroom walkthrough observations.

Student Well-Being:

● Students will act responsibly, be safe, and demonstrate increased

competence/understanding of specific social-emotional skills supported by the Thrive

Time curriculum as measured by surveys and/or conversations with student focus

groups.

Action Steps

Reading:

1. Identify essential standards and curriculum alignment by team

2. Continue with the school-wide process for teaching writing

a. Evaluate effectiveness in PLCs (3 times a year) using rubrics, etc.

3. Intervene/extend on behalf of individual students

a. Intensifying T1 instruction

b. T2 instruction (intervention/extension)

i. Pay for 4 interventionists to support T2 instruction (Land Trust $31794,

TSSP $41735)

ii. Use alternative programs/strategies for students not showing growth

with current programs

4. Fund one additional teacher to lower class sizes and create a better student to teacher

ratio (Land Trust $47000, TSSP $47000)

5. Increase and support teacher expertise through providing ongoing professional

learning, team collaboration/planning, data analysis and peer observations (TSSP

$7000 for subs).

Math:

1. identify walkthrough protocols for implementing Amplify math with integrity
   • a. Do walkthroughs 3 x during the year
2. Increase and support teachers expertise through providing ongoing professional learning, team collaboration/planning, data analysis and peer observations (TSSP $7000 for subs).
3. Pay for 1 interventionist to suport deepneing math oncepts by working with small groups of learnings (TSSP $4000)

Student Well-Being:

● Each teacher will continue to use the Thrive Time curriculum with integrity on a weekly

Continue to support BA hours at full time to allow for more opportunities to teach

basis

Thrive skills and intervene as needs arise (TSSP $23000)

Create a safe and orderly environment in the cafeteria by continuing to pay for 1

support aide (TSSP $6566)

Our 3 to 5 year plan:

● Steps that need to be taken:

○ Celebrate/recognize current achievements/successes

■ Understand that focusing on growth is part of continual improvement

not an indictment of current efforts and progress

○ Identify essential standards and common formative assessments – include

rigorous learning targets for all students.

○ Set goals per student per unit/standard

○ Regularly review student progress individually by name (data meetings with

principal, instructional coach, and teacher)

○ Improve individual teacher practice and build the team’s capacity to achieve its

goals – ongoing PL on best practices

○ As a school, provide a systemic process for intervention and enrichment

○ Intervene/extend on behalf of individual students

■ Intensifying T1 instruction

■ T2 instruction (intervention/extension)

■ Research/Implement other best practices

○ Review and refine our processes