Mount Logan Middle School

Mt. Logan Middle Schools
Community Council Minutes
April 7, 2025
3:45-4:45

• Review and approve March Minutes
  • Motion to approve- 
• Budget Update
  • Planned Expenditures:
    • Salaries and benefits - $14702.00
  • Funds available for next year; $232,255.53, Planned Expenditures: $208,043.00 Remaining amount (carry over 2025-2026) $24,212.53
  • We have about $1000 to spend. That we cannot use for carry over. 
    • This must be spent on this year's goal. 
    • We can use it on treats for students' growth. 
      • Motioned approved 4/7/25
• Review School Attendance Data and Attendance Supports
  • Last year's Numbers:This date includes excluded and unexcused absences. 
    • The United states has a chronic absenteeism rate for k-12 students of 28%
    • The State of Utah has a chronic absenteeism rate for k-12 students of 23.8%
    • MLMS has a chronic absenteeism rate of 40%
• This has been on our minds since Covic. 
  • Current practices:
    • Parent liaison
    • Mountaineer awards
    • End of term treats= gatorade
    • Attendance is tied to ability to attend activities: Dances, field trips, etc.
    • Tardies: 3 restitution classes. Meet with counselor and parents, meet with principals and parents, attend mediation, court referral
    • Chronic absentee (missing 18 days of school for the year): three letters home, meet with counselor and parents, meet with principals and parents, attend mediation, court referral. 
      • Review every friday as an admin, attendance secretary and counseling team. 
      • The letters home are for unexcused absences. 
      • Just brought back the legal consequences since covid. 
      • Greatest help is the mediation- Spencer has seen students that go here turn around. Is this the most effective way?
        • Normally this will happen 17-18 days missed or some many tardies from the student.
  • John Taggart Presentation:
    • Last year 42.3% chronic absenteeism
    • Current 40.4% chronic absenteeism
    • 453 absent for 10% of the school year
    • 206 absent for over 30 days. 
    • What are our needs?
      • Students must be present to learn.
      • If students are missing more than 10% they are a drop out risk and not able to be at grade level. 
    • Northwest MS attendance change:
      • KSL Article:
        • Absenteeism 42% 
        • 10-13%
        • They help kids feel connected and motivated through beginning to a house. 
      • Observation form site visit:
        • Recognition for attendance/tardies via houses. 
        • 8 houses recognitions/competitions per year or a mid term and end of term recognition. 
        • House recognitions earned from attendance and tardies only. 
        • Sway bands from school store for behavior recognition only 
          • For behavior- to empower the teachers they recognized them by giving them SWAG Bands and they gave it out to students who were doing well. Students would trade the band in for a prize. 
        • 4 hall monitors to help with attendance and neighborhood.
        • Quarterly expectation assembles. 
        • Tardies had to do Saturday school or lunch detention.
        • For the house parties they did 2 per term. With a reset in between. So twice a year students could reset. 
      • Teachers input:
        • They feel that it would be easier to use. Everything set up
      • No Cell phone policy-
        • Helped with issues when it comes to drama. 
• Public Input
  • High school seems like they already have this set up. 
  • Would this be more money?
    • It should be free but we can see where we could spend money to make it easier on us (hall monitors). 
  • When students are dropped off we see students walking to McDonalds.
    • Can we have someone out there getting students to get in?
    • More monitors would help with this. 
  • YECS- We the people- Can we get it going into High School?
    • Grant to MLMS 3 years ago. 
  • We feel this program is good to bring unity to the school- we should push this more. 
• Next Steps
  • We are continuing to work on this issue. 
  • We have the ability to put some money here to help.
  • John will meet with the team on Wednesday and will report back.