CSC Meeting Agenda/Minutes
Knapp Elementary
2025-26
Date: 12/11/25
Time:
Location: Library
Mission
All students will be deeply engaged in rigorous academic content that emphasizes higher order thinking skills preparing them for a successful education career through middle school and beyond.
Vision
All students will establish rigorous, personal & academic goals and demonstrate action steps to achieve those goals in each content area.
All teachers will effectively utilize student data (including academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and personal) to drive rigorous instruction that leads to high student achievement.
All stakeholders will engage in, explain and support ambitious personal and academic goals for their students.
Committee Members: Rosario Sabatte (Teacher), Marlene Plesko (Teacher), Jessica Lujan (Principal), Anna Bustos (parent), Michelle Cabrales (parent), Erica Torres (parent), 2 Open Community Seats
Agenda:
Welcome & Call to Order
Celebrations
Principal’s report
Discussion Items
12/11/25 Slide Deck Link
Date: Sept 12, 2025
Time: 6:50-7:30 am
Location: Google Meet Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jjo-xgbi-vsb
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Mission
All students will be deeply engaged in rigorous academic content that emphasizes higher order thinking skills preparing them for a successful education career through middle school and beyond.
Vision
All students will establish rigorous, personal & academic goals and demonstrate action steps to achieve those goals in each content area.
All teachers will effectively utilize student data (including academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and personal) to drive rigorous instruction that leads to high student achievement.
All stakeholders will engage in, explain and support ambitious personal and academic goals for their students.
Committee Members: Rosario Sabatte, Marlene Plesko, Jessica Lujan, 3 Open Parent Seats and 2 Open Community Seats
Agenda:
Welcome & Call to Order
Celebrations
Principal’s report
Discussion Items
9/12/25 Slide Deck Link
Note: All agendas are posted publicly in a timely fashion on the school’s website and/or in a highly visible area in the building.
CSC Meeting Summary/Minutes
Date: September 12, 2025
At our recent CSC meeting, we reviewed staff input and discussed budget priorities. Here is a summary of what was shared and decided:
Knapp Class Sizes
Fall Adjustment
What We’re Protecting:
Staff made it clear that direct classroom teaching must remain our top priority.
Classroom teachers
Small group interventions
Direct student instruction
Classroom paras and, in many cases, mental health supports
Where Reductions Could Happen (if unavoidable):
Ideas shared included reducing:
Leadership or administrative roles
Some para/1:1 support positions (with mixed feedback on importance)
Enrichment or non-core supports
Mental health supports (mixed feedback — some suggested protecting, others reducing)
Guiding Principles:
Our budget decisions should:
Keep student learning and classroom teaching first
Use data to guide decisions
Protect class sizes
Support school culture and morale
Be transparent and include staff input
Decisions:
To close the budget gap, CSC decided to hold on current vacancies instead of cutting filled positions. This means:
Interventionist/Teacher will remain unfilled
Instructional Para will remain unfilled
Communications Specialist will be reduced
This plan helps us protect classroom instruction and maintain stability for students and staff.