CSC & PAC

The Collaborative School Committee (CSC) meetings are open to everyone. We welcome parents, staff, and community members to attend.

The CSC is charged with: 

• enhancing student achievement and school climate by engaging the school community in collaborative efforts supporting the school and district’s goals
• providing strategic direction in support of the school’s mission and vision as stated in the School Improvement Plan (SIP). The SIP with the school’s program design, should serve as the strategic plan for the school; and
• being in compliance with state and federal law, regulations of the Colorado Department of Education, applicable U.S. District Court orders, and the District Affirmative Action plan, the DPS/DCTA Agreement, other contracts and District mandates.

Parent Advisory Committee (PAC)

ELA-PAC is the organization in charge of communication between parents and the school regarding English Language Acquisition programming. All ELA Program schools must have an ELA-PAC, according to a court-ordered consent decree.

What are the responsibilities of ELA-PACs?

The legally-mandated responsibilities of ELA-PACs are to:

• Provide families information about ELA programming
• Increase communication between families and schools
• Review the implementation of ELA programming
• Listen and respond to family concerns
• CSC/PAC Agenda

CSC/PAC Samuels October 22, 2024

In attendance:

Cesar Rivera, Jeff Harper, Sharlyn Flaxer, Julia Hyche, Karen Ruzycki, Guadalupe Lujan, Silvia Cruz, Ligia Gibson, Josh Norris, Dolly Calderon, Chad Rogers, Ana Silva, Mariam Moy

For the first meeting of the school year we  had introductions.

The CSC Bylaws were approved.

Budget and enrollment were discussed.

Enrollment is at  534 with a  budget of over 5 million.

Classroom enrollment  has 35 students in all of the ELA- S classes.

Staffing is currently fine  with hopes of keeping the staff count for the next school year.

Yearly Title One Meeting was presented.

Samuels is a 80% free and reduced  school.

Optimistic Closure- A successful school year.

Next meeting will be November 19, 2024  at  4PM

November 2024 CSC