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September 2025 Agenda & Minutes

Meeting Information:

September 10, 2025

Minutes:

Spring Creek Middle School Community Council Meeting Minutes

September 10, 2025, 7:00 AM ~ Career Center

(Tentative, to be approved by the board 10.8.25)

Welcome
Blair Powell (Principal) welcomed attendees.
Agenda, Rules of Order, and Procedures were distributed.
Attendance

Members Present: Blake Hansen, Ted Twinting, Cindy Allen, Thayne Weston, Blair Powell (Principal), Jordan Kerr, Sarah Buttars, Emma Mecham
Others Present: Andy Lund (Vice-Principal), Cheryl Brown (Secretary)
Excused: Randall Bagley (Board Member)

School Calendar Review (Blair Powell)
Sept. 25 – Oct. 6: Liberty Card Fundraiser
Oct. 2: Picture Retakes
Oct. 2: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
- First 90 minutes by appointment; last 90 minutes open house
Oct. 3: Parent-Teacher Conferences, 8:00–11:00 a.m.
- First 90 minutes by appointment; last 90 minutes open house
Oct. 9–10: Fall Break
Oct. 15: Vision Screening
Oct. 31: Halloween
Meeting Schedule
Spring Creek Community Council Meeting Schedule 2025-26
- September 10th
- October 8th
- November 12th
- December 10th
- January 14th
- February 11th
- March 11th
- April 8th
- May 13th
Motion made by Blair Powell to hold meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 a.m. Seconded by Thayne Weston. Motion passed unanimously.
District Updates (Blair Powell)
New Middle Schools:
- Hyde Park MS: Ahead of schedule (3 weeks).
  Nibley MS: On schedule.
- The School Board will send out surveys to families to vote on school names.
Truth in Taxation: District completed its open session. State funding requires taxation at a specific percentage. More details available on the district website.
Dual Language Immersion (DLI): Program structure changing; each high school will host a DLI. The district will hold hearings before the final decision is made.
School Items

Election of Community Council Officers
Chair: Motion by Emma Mecham to elect Sarah Buttars – seconded by Blair Powell. Motion carried unanimously.
Vice-Chair: Motion by Ted Twinting to elect Emma Mecham – seconded by Sarah Buttars. Motion carried unanimously.
Secretary: Motion by Blair Powell to elect Cheryl Brown – seconded by Thayne Weston. Motion carried unanimously.
Responsibilities of Community Council
Develop and implement School Trust Lands Plan (~$150,000 last year for SCMS).
- Supports school vision and mission.
- Aligns with the School Improvement Plan.
- 90% of funds typically allocated to salaries/people.
- Oversight of Digital Citizenship.
Training
Video on School Trust Lands by Liz Mumford: Watch here.
District-level training: October 7 (Virtual).
Other Items
Names/emails of council members will be listed on the school website.
Members will receive an email from support@utah.gov to confirm their council membership.
Concern raised about student drop-off and pick-up procedures. Blair Powell noted the safety issue and committed to sending a reminder to parents.
Next Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Location: Career Center
Chair: Sarah Buttars will conduct.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 7:40 a.m.

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October 2025 Agenda & Minutes

Meeting Information:

October 8, 2025

Minutes:

Spring Creek Middle School – Community Council Meeting Minutes
Date: October 8, 2025
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Location: Career Center

Welcome
● The meeting was called to order by Sarah Buttars (Chair).

Attendance
Present: Sarah Buttars, Emma Mecham, Blake Hansen, Ted Twinting, Taylor Stevenson, Randall Bagley,
Cindy Allen, Blair Powell, Cheryl Brown
Excused: Thayne Weston, Jordan Kerr, Andy Lund

School Calendar Review
● Oct. 6–8: Red Ribbon Week
● Oct. 9–10: Fall Break (No School)
● Oct. 14: Special Olympics Soccer (10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
● Oct. 15: Vision Screening (7th Grade)
● Oct. 31: Halloween
● Nov. 2: Daylight Savings Time Ends
● Nov. 3–7: Veterans Day Assembly Practices

● Nov. 11: Veterans Day Assembly
● Nov. 12: Next Community Council Meeting

District Items – Presented by Randall Bagley
● New Middle Schools: Construction is on schedule, with an anticipated building turnover in
August.
● Truth in Taxation:
○ The State Tax Commission denied the District’s approval due to a technicality (only one
agenda was used instead of two).
○ The District appealed but the denial was upheld, resulting in a $6 million shortfall this
year.
○ An emergency fund will help offset the shortage.
○ The District will repeat the process next year.

School Items
State School Report Card Data
● Blair Powell will share the report when it is released (expected in October).
● The data includes growth metrics, demographics, English language learner progress, and more.
● Blair emphasized the growth data as the most meaningful measure of school progress.

School Cell Phone Policy

● Blair presented the draft version of the new cell phone policy, developed with input from
faculty, staff, and administration.
● The policy aligns with SB 170 and outlines clear, consistent consequences.
● The committee is not required to vote but was invited to provide feedback.
● Emma Mecham expressed appreciation for the thorough work put into developing the policy.

Student Safety
● Drop-Off/Pick-Up: Ongoing concerns were discussed. The school will send an email reminder to
parents about procedures.
● Walking/Biking/Busing:
○ Ted Twinting noted improvements regarding the North Logan bus.
○ Blair acknowledged the bus driver shortage and the importance of collaboration to
ensure safety.

● A safety awareness campaign will be launched in the coming month.

TrustLands
Training Follow-Up
● Members were encouraged to share feedback from the CCSD Community TrustLands Training.
● Questions or suggestions should be directed to Sarah Buttars for discussion in future meetings.

2025–26 TrustLands Plan
● Current year disbursement: $140,399.98, based on per-student funding.
● Funds primarily support salaries and professional development.

● Any budget changes must be approved by the council.
● Plans and reports can be viewed at: schoollandtrust.schools.utah.gov/publicreports

Safe Technology & Digital Citizenship
● Jan Jenson (Media Center) has developed a Digital Citizenship Curriculum and will share the
overview digitally with council members.
● The overview will include standards, scope, and sequence.
● Cindy Allen noted that similar content is also taught in Digital Literacy and Health classes.

Other Items
● Members should look for an email from support@utah.gov confirming School Community
Council membership.
● Blair Powell introduced Randall Bagley as the school board representative and encouraged
open communication regarding any district concerns.

Adjournment
● The meeting was adjourned by Sarah Buttars.
● Next Meeting: November 12, 2025, at 7:00 a.m.

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November 2025 Agenda & Minutes

Spring Creek Middle School Community Council Meeting

Minutes for Nov. 12, 2025, 7:00 AM, Career Center

All Are Welcome to Attend!

Tentative, pending Council approval

Spring Creek Middle School – Community Council Meeting Minutes
Date: November 12, 2025
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Location: Career Center

Welcome

The meeting was called to order by Sarah Buttars (Chair).

Attendance

Present: Sarah Buttars, Emma Mecham, Cindy Allen, Blair Powell, Cheryl Brown, Thayne Weston, Jordan Kerr, Andy Lund, Rachel Kenning, John Sanchez
Excused: Randall Bagley, Blake Hansen, Ted Twinting

School Calendar Review

11/5 - 11/12 - Food Drive
11/9 - Veteran’s Day Program 9:15 AM
11/13 - Last Day of 1^st Trimester
11/14 - Trimester Transition Day (No School)
11/17 - 2^nd Trimester Begins
11/17 - 11/21 - College Week
11/20 - 1st Trimester “No Tardy Party”
11/21 - 1^st Trimester Grades Printed, Handed-out, Emailed
11/26 - 11/28 - Thanksgiving Break (No School)
12/4 - 12/9 - Chuck Your Change Fundraiser
12/10 - Net Positive Assembly (9:00 - 11:00)
12/10 - Next Community Council Meeting

District Items – Presented by Blair Powell

New Middle Schools: Construction is on schedule, with an anticipated building turnover in August. The Trust Lands plan we create will be for Maple View MS. The new school in Hyde Park, Juniper Ridge, will actually start to create their own plan.
- Maple View will house 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. The first year we open, ⅓ of our students will be brand new to middle school. We will go from 830 students to almost 1300. We will go from a school of 45 staff members to about 65 staff members. It will give us the opportunity to develop a culture that is something that stands the test of time.
- The question was raised as to how we plan to handle 6th grade? We are planning to do a 6 period day and have added additional minutes back into the school for Language Arts and Math. There will be less electives. We will be adding 6 grade teachers into our staff as well. There won’t be a block schedule. 6th grader lockers will be upstairs. 8th grade lockers will be downstairs. The 7th grade students will be split on both floors. There are challenges everyday in middle school and we will do our best to try to mitigate any problems.
- The building is beautiful but the important piece is the students and the staff. These are the priorities as we move into the new building.

Boundary Re-alignments (Elementary) The high school boundaries will be the new middle school boundary areas. The four middle school feeder schools will feed into the four high schools. They have tried to balance the numbers of students in the elementary schools but they are not true feeders to the high schools.

DLI updates - These are still currently being worked through at the district level.

School Items

Veteran’s Day Assembly - We have not committed to maintaining Veteran’s Day in the new school. We will gather information from students and staff members to make that determination. Concerns were raised about the speaker bringing up religious overtones.
Community Outreach: Food Drive (Nov.), Chuck Your Change (Dec.)
Expected Enrollment Numbers
- Juniper Ridge (Hyde Park) 1,141
- Maple View (Nibley) 1,293
- North Cache 1,111
- South Cache 1,086

TrustLands

Trustlands (Wed. 10/11)
- English/Language Arts Data - Released, but multiple errors. The district is combing through the data. We will postpone talking about this until we receive accurate information.
- Math Data - (John Sanchez) John presented the objectives for the math department. 68% of Spring Creek students scored at or above the proficiency level. We want to focus on student growth for K-8 Math. The 2022-23 school year was 80% (An MPG above 50% indicates above average student growth). We use formative assessment data to identify students needing extra support and those ready for enrichment. Some of their future goals is to ensure we have the resources for these interventions and programs. Our students are showing that with the right support, they can achieve incredible things in MATH - and together we can keep that success growing! The team feels like they need: time to collaborate, professional development, vertical alignment and horizontal alignment. Currently, we provide a $500 stipend to complete summer work. Blair asked what the general consensus was moving forward? John explained more time to build teams because we don’t know who next year’s teachers will be. Time is money. We will need manipulatives, calculators, chrome books, and hands on items that the teachers could use, especially in 6th grade. We will need to take inventory. Blair asked John to work with his team to put together a prioritized list of items that are most important to you as a team to move forward.

Safe Technology & Digital Citizenship

December 10^th “Net Positive” Assembly (Andy Lund)

Other Items

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned by Sarah Buttars.

Next Meeting: December 10, 2025, at 7:00 a.m.