David Garrett

This document outlines the strategic goals for Canyon Rim Academy for the 2025-2026 school year. The plan focuses on three primary objectives: fostering student growth in math and numeracy skills, improving ELA performance across all students, and enhancing academic achievement in reading while simultaneously reducing behavioral office referrals through targeted social and emotional support.

This plan outlines two primary goals: enhancing classroom support for all students through Tier 2 interventions focused on behavior management, social-emotional learning, and skill development, while also expanding positive behavioral interventions. The plan aims to increase literacy proficiency across all grade levels (K-6) and math proficiency in grades K-3 by 2% by the end of the 2025-2026 school year, along with a 2% increase in RISE reading scores for grades 3-6. Key actions include baseline assessments, targeted interventions, professional development, and continuous monitoring, with an overall objective to increase student academic achievement by 1% annually.

The meeting addressed budget amendments and allocations, focusing on reallocating funds based on evolving school needs. Discussions included increasing the academic director's budget, reducing the math intervention budget, and significantly raising professional development funding to support a multi-year training focus. The team also addressed budget underspending from the prior school year and aligned amendments to meet state funding requirements, including revising goals and resubmitting the amended budget to the state. The proposed budget amendments were approved, with next steps including drafting final documents and submitting the budget through the board for state approval.

The meeting addressed several key issues, including a follow-up on a suggestion to adopt a policy allowing for more job share teaching positions and a discussion on whether CRA should consider becoming a K-8 school in response to grade reconfiguration. The board also discussed the success of the CRA school carnival, received an update on the Skyline Reconfiguration, and considered different CRA grade reconfiguration scenarios. Other topics included classroom student capacities, the upcoming open house, board meeting dates, faculty holiday breakfast, faculty appreciation dinner, revisions to the CRA policy handbook, committee formation, faculty meeting schedule, and the budget report.

The meeting included discussions and actions on several key areas. The PTO presented its proposed budget for 2016-2017 and sought board volunteers for events. The board discussed the teacher job-sharing policy, including its benefits and drawbacks. An update on the Skyline Reconfiguration was provided, and the board discussed the implications of the upcoming vote by the Granite School District. The charter revision process was reviewed, focusing on updating the school's educational philosophies. An increase in health insurance premiums was announced, and the budget and budget report were reviewed. The board discussed findings from a teacher survey, HR staffing changes, the upcoming open house and fall social, field rental policies, summer projects, student enrollment count, average daily membership, and teacher salaries.