Butler Middle School
School Community Council (SCC)
MINUTES December 12th, 2024
Main Office Conference Room, 3:30 PM
Zoom Meet Link
BMS Mission Statement
The mission of Butler Middle School is to foster rights, respect, and responsibility in a supportive school community that ensures all students achieve high levels of learning.
- Bryan Rudes (S)
- Genny Poll (S)
- Jenny Baker (S)
- Andrew Otto (S)
- Christopher Gunther
- Lori Carter (Ch)
- Meagan Heaton
- Emily Weigel
- Reina Forsythe
- Tyson Gover(Co-Ch)
- Rebecca Shepherd
- Marci Cardon
- Sara Vranes (2)
- Alyssa Watson-Siriboe
- Emily Featherstone
Goals for Butler Middle School’s TSSP 2024-2025
Attendance Goal:
Attendance – 80% of our students on-track each quarter with attendance. We define on track as students missing less than 10% (green and yellow).
Behaviors Goal:
Student Wellness – 90% of students will report feeling connected to school on targeted school climate survey each quarter. We will average the 4 data questions related specifically to connectedness from the survey.
Coursework: Math Goal:
- 75% of our students will be proficient or advanced on the Spring 2025 district wide math screener.
- 5% or less in BB and 20% or less in Basic in each grade level by the end of the school year.
- 75% of our SWD, ML’s, and students in the Below Basic level will grow at least 50 points or one level in the January and April testing windows.
Coursework: Reading Goal:
- 80% of our students will be proficient or advanced on the Spring 2025 district wide reading screener in each grade level.
- 5% or less in BB and 15% or less in Basic in each grade level by the end of the school year.
- 80% of our SWD, ELLs, and students in the Below Basic level will grow at least 50 points or one level in the January and April testing windows.
- Welcome (Begin Audio Recording)– Lori Carter
- Approval of Octobers Minutes (2 Minutes)
- motion to approve the October minutes Tyson
- Rebecca seconds the minutes
- Minutes approved
- School Climate Survey Update – Bryan Rudes (5 Minutes)
- Add “Do I have good friends? or friends that are good to me?”
- only 480 of 900 students took the survey due to the opt in process
- will try permission through parentsquare in January
- data could be off due to lower number of students taking the survey
- PTSA Update – Sara Vrains (5 Minutes)
- Counselors Update – Jenny Baker (5 Minutes)
- Teachers/Parents/Friends recommendation for the surveys
- Principals Update – Bryan Rudes (20 Minutes)
- Student Shadowing
- January 8, 9 and 13, 14
- Teacher Appreciation
- Student Shadowing
- Motion to change January 9 to 16
Sara Vraines motioned to change
Rebecca second
Motion approved - Meetings at 3:30—in person
- Next meeting January 16 at 3:30 PM
- Motion to adjourn Rebecca
Second Lori
Motion approved
