Compass Charter Schools
Minutes
Scholar Leadership Council Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday May 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Location
Zoom
CCS Central Office: 850 Hampshire Road, Suite R, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361.
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://compasscharters-org.zoom.us/j/87819171521?pwd=S3l4YWYyclNocThaR1BPTU94dEJydz09
For questions or requests regarding accessibility, please call Ms. Elizabeth Brenner at 805-358-4761.
Directors Present
A. Stansbury (remote), T. Saurer (remote)
Directors Absent
A. Gordon, A. Iihara, A. Provencio, A. Ruediger, B. Bereki, C. Ruediger, J. Vreeman
Ex Officio Members Present
E. Brenner (remote)
Non Voting Members Present
E. Brenner (remote)
Guests Present
J. Tompkins-Nutt (remote), T. Elkins (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Call the Meeting to Order
B.
Record Attendance and Guests
II. Consent Items
A.
Approval of the March 14, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes
III. New Business
A.
2023-24 Planning Survey
B.
New Council Member Process
New Council Members can join by completing the Scholar Leadership Council Sign Up Form.
Once they have joined, they will be added as voting members. Only members can vote on items and in elections.
C.
Recognition of SLC members
Ms. Brenner recognized all of the scholars at the meeting for their insights and participation. She also recognized Taia for her participation as Chair. She expressed her desire for all of the scholars present to continue their participation next year.
IV. Closing Items
A.
Upcoming Meetings
B.
Adjourn Meeting
- 2023-24 Planning Survey Presentation.pptx (2).pdf
Ms. Brenner shared the results of the Annual Planning survey that included questions about the LCAP goals.
We discussed how to increase participation in surveys. Some suggestions are:
-Email the survey in addition to posting in the MMU and in Parent Square
-In the email, let everyone know that the results of the survey will be shared and include links to the information in multiple languages.
-Offer a raffle for scholars who complete the survey
-Send out communications to club advisors promoting the survey by providing the link at their club meetings.
-Promote surveys in ParentSquare in a prominent place.
-Promote surveys in the Parent/Student portal
We also discussed how to provide more ways for scholars to connect online and in-person to share resources. Some ideas we discussed were:
-The Firebird Forum- an online discussion space for scholars. We need to identify a safe platform to use for this that is monitored by a staff member. This could be a Discord server or a Google classroom.
-In-person meetings at rented spaces in multiple communities.
Taia Saurer suggested adding an AI For All Club next year so scholars can explore AI and how it impacts their education.
We discussed scholar safety in an online forum and scholars asked if staff from the IT department could attend an SLC meeting to discuss cyber-safety. Zahra Grihma offered to have her mother as a special guest because she works in the field of cyber-security.