School LAND Trust Program

1. During the 2005-2006 school year, the School Community Council met:

1-3 Times

2. Did the committee view the video "Using the Trust?"

No

3. Duration of the plan:

Single Year

4. School's most critical academic need(s):

Identified in the plan	Indentified by the report
Reading Writing	Reading Writing Mathematics Technology

5. Plan description

This year's money will be spent in the areas most critical in our school, which are literacy and writing. We will update our "Home Library". These books are used extensively by K - 4 grade. We will use some of the money with the Paraeducators in our school. Staff development and training will be used to help reach the school goals, and NCLB goals.

6. Report description

• Explanation of implementation and progress
  

  last year's money was utilized in the areas of "Paraeducators" and reading and writing. We were able to have paraeducators in our areas of concern and was able to work more closely with the high risk children. We had some Professional Development brought in from other districts involving Reading Coaches and Six Traits to Writing. We will extend this into the summer and continue om this area.
• Measurement of student improvement
  

  We have been testing all of the students using Diebels in the fall, winter and spring. These scores have helped us utilize our Paraeducators more efficiently. We have our Iowa Test Scores back for showing how well our students did during this period. We tested above the average in all categories. Reading and Math looked very good for our school. Iowa gives out a Core test score and we were very much above the average of the nation and the state.
• Impact of funds on students
  

  School Land Trust has been very helpful to us with our assisting the students at risk and also providing Professional Development for our students. We have also beefed up our "Home Library" with new books and have one of the finest libraries for school's in the state.

7. Financial proposal and report

Available funds		Plan (estimates)	Report (actual)
	Distribution for 2005-2006	$16808	$21776
	Carry-over from 2004-2005	$0	$-13732
	Total available for expenditure	$16808	$8044
Expenditures
	Salaries and Employee Benefits	$10000	$7772
	Professional Development/Technical Services	$2808	$3359
	Repairs and Maintenance	$0	$0
	Travel / Admissions / Printing	$0	$0
	General Supplies	$0	$0
	Textbooks	$4000	$344
	Library Books/Periodicals/Audiovisual	$0	$0
	Technology/Software/Equipment	$0	$0
	Total Expenditures	$16808	$11475
	Remaining Funds	$0	$-3431

8. Were a substantial portion of funds spent for remediation?

Yes

9. How the plan related to the School Improvement Plan

This plan will reflect the ideas and goals of our school improvement committee in reading and language arts. The testing and goal setting will be a reflection of this committee. We will use this committee to update our goals and help in analyzing our data.

10. Additional funds that have been identified to implement the plan

Amount:	$0
Source:	none

11. The council sent letters explaining the school plan to:

Utah Sen. Dist. 28 - Thomas Hatch Utah Rep. Dist. 73 - Mike Noel Local School Board - Lex Chamberlain Local School Board - Dr. LoRal G. Linton

12. The school plan was advertised to the community in the following ways:

Letters to state senators, representatives, governor, and congressional delegation Local newspaper School newsletter School assembly

13. How your committee will further its goals if the school recieves more money than estimated in the financial proposal of this School Plan?
We will work in the areas mentioned. That will probably be the driving force for this grant. The report cards that we receive from the National and State level will drive this grant money for our school.

1. Did the committee view the video "Using the Trust?"

No

2. Duration of the plan:

Single Year

3. School's most critical academic need(s):

Reading Writing Mathematics

4. Plan description

• How the money will be spent to improve academic performace
  

  We will continue to use the biggest portion of the money for our "Paraeducators" in the classrooms. We will also work with Professional Development and update our "Home Library" and reading centers constantly. If programs or in need of being updated with texts and materials in these three areas we will review that with the committee.
• Goals for student improvement
  

  Working towards the NCLB goals along with the state of Utah report card U-PASS. We have done very well so far in these areas and we need to continue with this progress and be ready for achieving at a higher level in the upcoming years. We need to stay at the above average level for our national testing scores.
• How improvement is assessed or measured
  

  The council will review scores and talk to teachers and paraeducators about programs and students in the school. They will be able to review the Dibels testing scores constantly. Our scores for our school will be posted in the building so that members of the community and the council can review the assessment in our school at any time.
• How the school will further the goals if there is more money than estimated
  

  We will work in the areas mentioned. That will probably be the driving force for this grant. The report cards that we receive from the National and State level will drive this grant money for our school.

5. How the plan relates to the School Improvement Plan

This plan will reflect the ideas and goals of our school improvement committee and also the mission statement that our District has for excellence in education. The testing and goals will be a reflection of the Core and assessing that we do in the classrooms. We will use this committee to update our goals and help in analyzing our data.

6. Financial proposal

Available funds		Plan Estimates
	School LAND Trust funds for 2006-2007	$24423
	Carry-over from 2005-2006	$-4968
	Total available for expenditure	$19455
Expenditures
	Professional Development	$5000
	Computers / Microscopes / Calculators / Repairs / Maintenance	$2423
	Textbooks / Books / Media / Software / Supplies	$4000
	Library / Media	$0
	Supplies / Materials / Equipment	$2000
	Travel / Admissions / Printing	$1000
	Salaries / Benefits	$10000
	Total Expenditures	$24423
	Remaining Funds	$-4968

7. Additional funds that have been identified to implement the plan

Amount:	$0
Source:	none

8. The school plan will be advertised to the community in the following ways:

Local newspaperSchool newsletterSchool assemblyOther