School Site Council

What is a School Site Council (SSC)?

A School Site Council (SSC) is group of teachers, parents, administrators, and interested community members who work together to develop and monitor a school's improvement plan. It is a legally required decision-making body for any school receiving federal funds. The California Legislature believes that the individuals who are most affected by the operation of the school should have a major role in the decisions regarding how a school functions. Education should be a joint effort of parents, teachers, administrators, and other school staff. The actions of the School Site Council are the first step in a formal process for developing improvement strategies and for allocating resources to support these efforts. The SSC decides upon the focus of the school’s academic instructional programs and all related categorical resource expenditures for a school.

A SSC is a school-community representative body made up of:

  •  Principal

  •  Teachers

  •  Other School Personnel

What does a School Site Council do?

  • Develops and approves the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

  • Sets and/or reviews school goals and selects specific improvements

  • Establishes budgets based upon the SPSA

  • Recommends and submits site plan to Board of Education for approval

  • Reviews and modifies the SPSA

  • Monitors and evaluates implementation of SPSA and resulting student achievement

  • Assesses effectiveness of planned strategies, activities and remedies.

  • Participates in local, state, and federal reviews of the school’s program for compliance and quality. Collaborates with other Advisory Groups (English Learner Advisory Committee -- ELAC, Gifted and Talented Education -- GATE, School Advisory Committee -- SAC).

  • Obtains recommendations from school site advisory, standing, and special committees regarding the focus of the school’s SPSA.

  • Completes English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) tasks (if the SSC has ELAC authority).

  • Encourages parent, family, and community involvement.

  • Encourages broad representation of parents, community members, teachers and students, if appropriate.

  • Includes all socioeconomic, ethnic, and programmatic groups represented in the school-community.

  • Develops and oversees Title I Parent Involvement Policy and Home-School Compact.

How do I get involved?

  • If you are a parent, guardian or community member, you will need to be elected by the parents and guardians of the students.

  • Elections may use ballots or voice vote. Election procedures should be outlined in the bylaws of the SSC.

  • SSC seats are not reserved for any group or individual.

  • Nondiscrimination policies must be observed (membership is not restricted to any group).

Rollingwood SSC Members 2021-2022:

  • Colleen Hennessy, Principal

  • Melanie Stetz, Teacher Representative

  • TBD 9/21, Teacher Representative

  • TBD 9/21, Teacher Representative

  • Pat Young, Media Aide (Other School Porsonnel)

  • Carlos Balagot, Parent Representative

  • Lyndsey Duerden, Parent Representative

  • So-Yan Leung, Parent Representative

  • TBD 9/21, Parent Representative

  • TBD 9/21, Parent Representative

2019 SPSA Mid Year Review and Update:

Please Click Here for the full Document.