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Vista Nueva Career and Technology High

Vista Nueva Career and Technology High

School Site Council (SSC)

What school site Council Does

SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL
What school site Council Does

California Education Code 52852 requires that a school site council shall be established at each school that participates in Title 1 or LCFF supplemental/concentration grant funding.  The school site council shall be composed of the principal and representatives of:  teachers selected by teachers at the school;  parents of pupils attending the school selected by the parents;  and, in secondary schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school.
 
School site council meet regularly to complete the following activities:
  • Elect officers
  • Develop/revise by-law (optional)
  • Advise the annual revision of the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
  • Recommend the annual revisions to the SPSA for Board approval
  • Approve revisions to the site categorical budget and activities in the SPSA
  • Annually evaluate the activities in the approved SPSA
 
The idea behind the creation of the councils in the 1970s was that those most closely involved with the schools and students on a day-to-day basis could often make the best decisions about how schools needed to improve. Successful School Site Councils, regardless of their specific agendas, are more than a "rubber stamp" committee, and will always ask thoughtful and challenging questions. School Site Council members; whether teachers, classified employees or parents, don't just represent their own interests, they have an obligation to make decisions that will best serve the whole school community.