Agendas and Minutes

• Approval of Minutes
  • members were provided with a copy of the May 2025 minutes to review.  There were no corrections to the minutes and they were approved. 

• Title 1 Update - M. Wayman
  • RVEs is around 40% Title One.
  • Due to percentage, we could possibly move from Targeted Title One to Full Title One.
  • We will have 2 Parent Nights - 1 each semester.  Our 1st semester Parent Night will be December 18th in conjunction with our Chorus Performance.  
  • Plan to have Food Truck(s) to serve dinner to Title 1 Parents.  Parents coming to the Chorus Production will be able to buy food from the Food Trucks as well.  
  • 2nd Semester Parent Night is scheduled for April 15th.  This will be a Breakfast Program.

• By-Laws - M. Wayman
  • Bylaws are linked on the agenda.  Members were asked to read them before the next meeting so we can discuss any additional changes that need to be made. 

• 2025-26 SIC
  • Communication - This year, Mrs. Wayman would like for the SIC to have a communications page to add to our Staff and Parent Newsletter.  Z. Maurer agreed to be the lead for the SIC communication page.  
  • Yearly Focus - Mrs. Wayman shared a suggestion to work on building relationships with our new families and communities that were rezoned to our school.   
    • Committee members agreed this would be a good focus.  The following ideas were shared and discussed.
      • Go to the neighborhoods - have a Food Truck/Ice Cream Truck, possibly a Block Party.
      • Contact local businesses to donate food/$$ to cover food,
      • Give out Flyers to promote the event.
    • The committee decided to focus on the Forest Ridge area.
    • Mrs. Wayman shared we have had to build relationships with the families at school before we are able to deal with some of the behaviors we have been seeing.  Families need to know we are here to support them. 
    • S. Morris suggested reaching out to the Middle Schools to see what they have been doing.
  • I-Lead Groups - Mrs. Wayman shared we have around 4 I-Lead groups to help build relationships/leadership skills with students.  She would love some community support to help our students. 

• Action Steps
  • Z. Maurer will reach out to Forest Ridge Apartments to see our options for delivering flyers about events. 
  • Possibly add someone to SIC from our new community.
  • Form 2 committees - 1) Community Inreach - Ryan Dougherty, 2) Community Outreach - Z. Maurer/N. Zorn

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a..m. by M. Wayman.   

Old Business:  

• Approval of Minutes
  • members were provided with a copy of the November 2025 minutes via e-mail prior to the meeting for their review.  Mrs. Wayman asked if there were any corrections to the minutes.  Hearing none, the minutes were approved.    
• By-Laws
  • Members were asked to review the by-laws prior to the meeting and note any changes/additions that needed to be made.  Mrs. Wayman asked if anyone had any changes for the By-Laws,  No changes were suggestions.  The By-Laws were approved by the committee.  

New Business:

• Title One Update - M. Wayman
  • Reminded everyone of our Family Night on December 18th.  
  • Our school newsletter now has a Title 1 page so we can share information with parents. 

• Community Outreach  - M. Wayman
  • We now have a contact person who lives and is involved in our target neighborhood.  
  • Z, Maurer
    • Contacted school counselor at OPES about how they were able to get parents involved. 
      • OPES provided childcare and dinner.  
      • OPES sent a bus into the neighborhood to pick up the families. (N. Zorn)
  • N. Zorn
    • Contacted school counselor at BTMS - Ms. Pettigrew.  They are interested in partnering with us on our community outreach focus.  

• Ideas/Suggestions for Family Night
  •  M. Wayman
    • suggested that if we have a school employee with a CDL we use them otherwise we will have to pay for the driver, mileage, and fuel..
    • Mrs. Wayman was going to reach out to staff to see if anyone had a CDL. .  R. Dougherty suggested maybe a local church would help us with transportation.  
    • Tentative Date set for March 5, 2026 from 5-7 p.m.
    • Would like for the 1st event to focus on building relationships
    • Possibly have Non-Profits available to share resources
  • K. Haynes 
    • suggested having community resources that are available for families here for Family Night.  
  • N. Zorn 
    • shared that Forest HIll Church gave $1,000 towards the event. 
    • suggested maybe having a talent show.
    • Contact the High Schools to see if Teacher Cadets & Beta Club would be interested in helping with Winter Fest
  • H. Morris - reminded us about the Winter Fest RVES has had in the past where teachers did games/booths in the hallways. Also talked about Talent Shows we’ve had in the past. 
  • Discussion was had about what community resources we may want to contact about having a table/area with information for parents.
  • M, Wayman suggested a joint PTO/SIC meeting in January to work together to plan the event.  N. Zorn will contact the PTO Board. 
  • M. Wayman gave a recap of what we discussed today: 
    • Family Event
    • March 5th
    • PTO/SIC - possible joint meeting 1/15
    • Discussed reaching out to organizations:
      • Table with information
      • Donations - drawings etc.  

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be Jan. 15th at 7:30 a.m.   

Meeting Adjourned:  There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned - 8:35 am

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 a..m. by M. Wayman.   

Old Business:  

• Approval of January 15, 2026 minutes
  • Members were provided with a copy of the January minutes to review.  There were no corrections to the minutes and they were approved. 

New Business:

• Title One Update - M. Wayman
  • M. Wayman and E. Gaither attended the Title 1 Conference in Denver, Colorado.  
  • Learned about the missing ingredient in working with students in poverty - knowledge - specifically parent knowledge about education and what is available.  
  • This goes hand in hand with the purpose behind our Family Night scheduled for March 5th.  
  • M. Wayman shared a quote she heard at the conference that fits our goal - “There is a difference in feeling welcome and feeling included.  

• School Improvement Plan - M. Wayman
  •  This is a 5 year plan. Our goals stay the same until the end of the 2027-2028 School year.  
  • M. Wayman shared our goals and the data collected from last year.  Some of the information shared was: 
    • Goal 1.2 - Parent Satisfaction with Communication
      • Communication - went from 98.5% to 91.7%
      • Listen to Parent Suggestions - went from 84.7% - 67.3%
    • Goal 1.3 - Teacher Satisfaction
      • Went from 95% - 97%
    • Goal 4.1 - Academics
      • Pupils of Poverty (not including those with Disabilities)
        • ELA - went from 40% to 52% scoring proficient or above on SC Ready
        • Math - went from 37% to 35.2% scoring proficient or above on SC Ready.
      • Student with Disabilities
        • ELA - went from 17.1% to 26.8% scoring proficient or above on SC Ready.
        • Math - went from 14% to 22% scoring proficient or above on SC Ready.
      • Due to all the hard work our students, teachers and staff - we are now off the ATSI list for Title 1.

• Family NIght - March 5th 
  • We have approximately 220 people who have RSVP’d for the event.  This doesn’t include the approximately 110 staff members.
  • N. Zorn asked if we could send out a final reminder as we to get a good head count so enough food will be available.  Mrs. Wayman will send out a reminder asking parents to please RSVP for the event., 
  • N. Zorn shared that the best price for food was from Roman’s Food Truck.  
    • He will provide the grills and 2 people to cook the food
    • They will have 300 burgers ready at 5:00 p.m.
    • To help with the price, Roman is letting us buy the food.
    • Will need people to help run the food from the grills to the cafeteria and to at least 2 servers.  
    • Suggestion was made to contact the Beta Clubs at the middle and high schools to see if they have students needing to get hours and would like to help at the event. 
  • H. Morris will put information about the event on the school news. 
  • Z. Maurer - will have Hillary post on RVES PTO social media. 
  • Went over logistics for the evening: 
    • Z. Maurer shared we have 14 vendors confirmed for the event according to the spreadsheet.  
    • Tables for Vendors - check with Joy Lynn about how many we have available.  Some vendors have their own tables. 
    • Need tech support table for Mrs. Judy (Lunchroom) and PowerSchool (Katie P.? - Mabra will check with Katie)
    • Parent Survey - H. Morris will have her lab open so parents can come in and complete the Parent Survey.  
    • Flyers - Where will they be since the cafeteria and gym will be used.  B. Griffith to check with Trevor.  Possibly move to the Music/Art room after 3:30 p.m.
    • N. Zorn - contacting Beta Clubs - need at least 10 members to help.
    • H. Morris - Need an area for students to show parents how to play the Brainingcamp games.  Students will be learning how to access and play the games during Technology class the week of the event. 
      • Computers will be set up in the bistro area just outside of the cafeteria.  
      • R. Dougherty to send Brainingcamp game codes to B. Griffith so that a flyer can be made to hand out so students can access the games at home.  
    • S. Sloan - checking with Ms. Alexander about where she would like to have the collaborative art project - Rocket mural made from bottle caps. 
    • Z. Maurer will help with making signage for the event. 
    • N. Zorn and Z. Maurer to map out the placement of vendors for the gym area.  

Questions/Concerns

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be March 19 at 7:30 a.m.   

Meeting Adjourned:  The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m.

The meeting was called to order at 7:37 a..m. by M. Wayman.   

Old Business:  

• Approval of February 26, 2026 minutes.
  • Members were provided with a copy of the February minutes to review.  There were no corrections to the minutes and they were approved. 

New Business:

• Title One Update - M. Wayman

• No additional information at this time.  M. Wayman is working on a presentation from the conference to share with staff, SIC, PTO. 
• There were no questions about Title One at this time. 

• School Survey  - M. Wayman
  • Currently 9% of our families completed the survey during our Family Night held March 5th.  
  • We need 20% of our families to complete the survey.  Will be sending out the survey again to our families.  Mrs. Wayman asked if we could post on neighborhood social media to help get the word out.  Mrs. Wayman will send out a reminder email as well as a phone call encouraging parents to complete the survey. 
  • A suggestion was made to have a gift card raffle for those who complete the survey.  Mrs. Wayman said we are unable to do that as the survey is completed anonymously.  
  • Will make a slide presentation to share with families on how to access and complete the survey.

• Family Night - March 5 
  • Mrs. Wayman would like to have the event in October next school year.  This will allow us to make the connections sooner.  We have received a lot of positive feedback from the event.  
  • Feedback from the event
    • Too much information handed to parents at the door.  Maybe have a packet to give them. 
    • Playground - lots of kids were out on the playground.  Need to make sure we close off access next year.  
    • Food:  Came in under budget.  Spent 1353.00 and had 1500.00 budgeted.  (1000.00 donation and 500.00 PTO Spring Event money).  
      • Had 300 burgers ready at 5:00 p.m.  There was not enough room for the burgers (on the serving line).  Mrs. Judy said she is willing to come and help with the food next year.  This would allow us to use the cafeteria serving line to keep the food warm. 
      • Can’t grill under the walkway - against Fire Marshall rules.
      • Lots of requests for hotdogs and more condiments. 
    • Raffle: 
      • Need to share who won all the prizes from the raffle.  
      • Maybe take pictures of kids who won prizes and post on social media pages.
    • Parent Feedback:
      • Need to send out e-mail asking parents for feedback from the event. 
      • Maybe add a link to the parent newsletter for feedback.
    • Other:
      • Could we possibly rent the Soccer Fields next year and have everything on the fields?
      • All Pro Dads - got 4 new members after Family Night.
      • Need to keep the event a joint project for the PTO/SIC. Also, SIC needs to help PTO with their family night event too.
      • Need to have someone’s role be the photographer so we have more pictures to share. 

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be April 23, 2026 @ 7:30 a.m.   

Meeting Adjourned:  There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 a.m

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 a..m. by M. Wayman.   

Old Business:  

• Approval of March 19, 2026 minutes.
  • Members were provided with a copy of the March minutes to review.  There were no corrections to the minutes and they were approved. 

New Business:

• Family Night - M. Wayman
  • Survey for feedback about our Family Night has not been sent out.  
  • Discussion as to whether this was necessary as we have already received a lot of feedback about the Family Night.  Also, there seems to be a lot of information going out at this time.  
  • Committee decided there wasn’t a need to send out a survey. 

• Parent Survey -M. Wayman

• Finally got 20% of our families to fill out the Parent Survey.  
• H. Morris suggested maybe next year as an incentive to fill out the survey- if parents screenshot the submission page, students get to wear pajamas to school.  

• Title One Update - E. Gaither
  • Main focus is to look at Title One plan and get feedback from the committee.
  • Will look at the Needs Assessment summary.
  • This year we used funds for: 
    • 2 Title One positions (Interventionists)
    • Title 1 Nights
    • Conferences
  • Goal:  Need to come up with strengths and weaknesses from Needs Assessment Summary and prioritize areas we would like  Title 1 Funds to be used for next year. 
  • What is MTSS?  E. Gaither explained the RVES MTSS process to the committee.
    • Generally - 15% of the student population get Tier 2 intervention and 5-10% get Tier 3 intervention.  
  • Other information/questions about Title 1 and information on Needs Assessment Summary
    • M. Wayman - we have extra money from Professional Development that we can use next year,  This money can only be used to send teachers with Title 1 students.  
    • This year, we targeted 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade as our Title 1 focus. 
    • Our Title 1 1-3rd graders will be invited to our Summer Reading program.  
    • Star Data included our Self-Contained students
    • Can students opt-out of testing?  M. Wayman - there is an opt out provision however, we are penalized by the State if students opt out.  Part of the data on the School Report card is how many students complete SC Ready testing.
  • Committee Feedback on Needs Assessment: 
    • Strengths
      • Increased daily attendance rate
      • Increased academic achievement on SC Ready from 2024-2025
      • 3rd SC Ready Math (2025) was the highest, 4th grade STAR math (2026)  highest STAR math (same group of students)
    • Needs
      • There is a potential need in 4th (feedback from student of parent)
      • 2nd grade going to 3rd grade is a need in teacher’s perspective
      • Need in 1st-3rd based on academic data
      • Next year’s 1st and 3rd lowest in math.  Also rising 4th right behind 1st and 3rd.  
      • Reading Needs based on scores- rising 2nd, 3rd, 4th
      • Low Parent attendance for Title 1 meetings- Potentially do the Parent meetings earlier in the year to help with attendance
    • Funding Priorities

• Intervention staff
• Parent Meetings w/ food 
• Professional Development
• Test taking strategies - How could we work with Title I students on test taking strategies?
• Parent information about SC Ready
• Testing Incentives - Can we use funds towards incentives?

Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be May 14, 2026 @ 7:30 a.m.   

Meeting Adjourned:  There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:25 a.m