SSC Purpose, Current Year Members, Meetings, Agendas & Minutes

  • Cumberland School Site Council

    Every school in the Sunnyvale School District has a School Site Council (SSC) that provides a Leadership role in the school community regarding curriculum, school performance goals, and disbursement of School and Library Improvement (SLIP) and other funding received from Sunnyvale School District.

    As an example, in 2012, the SSC began the standardization of monthly classroom to parent communications and implemented staff development guidelines that teachers must follow to take advantage of the PTA staff development grant. In 2021 & 2022, the Cumberland SSC approved the funding of teacher training in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in support of our guiding question: how do we think and do things differently in order to close the achievement gap & remove barriers to support all students in becoming expert learners and achieving our mission?
     
    SSC consists of four parents and four Cumberland staff members who meet six times a year (with additional meetings as necessary) at Cumberland, and represent Cumberland at the District School Site Council meetings four times per year. Site Council members serve a two-year term, and are elected per the By-Laws at the end of each school year. Please contact the office for more information on the Cumberland School Site Council.
     
    SSC meetings are open to all parents of Cumberland. They will be held in the library conference room. If you have a topic that you'd like to bring to a meeting, feel free to email the principal in advance.
     
    Ed Code requires that every school establish a School Site Council to: 
    • Develop, review, and approve the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
    • Align content of the plan with school goals for improving student achievement
    • Align resources to improve academic performance
    • Review proposed expenditures 
    Additionally, Cumberland's School Site Council: 
    • Reviews and  communicates the School Safety Plan
    • Establishes criteria for the Staff Development PTA grant application.

     

    Cumberland School Site Council Bylaws

  • SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEMBERS

    Laurie Carlson, Principal - laurie.carlson@sesd.org

    Sara Grassman, Staff-Lower Grade - sara.grassman@sesd.org

    Gretchen Gabriel, Staff, Upper Grade - gretchen.gabriel@sesd.org

    Jennifer Gray, Staff, Classified - jennifer.gray@sesd.org

    Austin Harley, Parent

    Jing Mao, Parent

    Uday Vallamsetty, Parent

    Open Position, Parent (contact Ms. Carlson if you are interested: laurie.carlson@sesd.org)

  • 2022-2023: Meeting Dates

    August 29, 2022: 3-4:30pm
    October 3, 2022: 3-4pm

    November 14, 2022: 3-4pm
    Rescheduled from Nov. 7
    January 23, 2023: 3-4pm
    March 6, 2023: 3-4pm
    April 3, 2023: 3-4pm
    May 1, 2023: 3-4pm

     

    2022-2023 Agendas and Minutes:

    August 29, 2022  

    October 3, 2022

    November 14, 2022

    January 23, 2023

    March 6, 2023

    April 3, 2023

    • Agenda
    • Minutes

    May 1, 2023

    • Agenda
    • Minutes

     

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