Requesting Nominations for SBDM Parent Representative Election

Echo Trail Parents:

Our school has a SBDM (School-Based Decision Making) council that is made up of our principal, Dr. Ammerman and a variety of elected teachers and parents. This council is in charge of making important decisions about how the school operates and supports student achievement.

The council is a wonderful chance to learn about our school, work closely with teachers, and help make our school even more successful than it is now.

One of the duties of the PTSA each year is run SBDM elections for the two parent representatives for next school year.

The two parent members of the council who will receive training and serve from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.

Parents can, but are not required to, serve two consecutive, one-year terms but do have to be re-elected each school year.

You are allowed to self-nominate.

Also, if you know someone who would be a good candidate, please encourage that person to run and nominate them.

Elected parents should be available to attend a monthly meeting. These meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 3:00pm at school (no meeting in December or June).

Nominations will be open until Monday, May 13 at 2:20pm EST. Nominations can be sent in email format to Email .

The election will be held on Wednesday, May 15.

If you will have a student at Echo Trail next year, you are eligible to be nominated and to vote in this election. This includes parents, stepparents, and foster parents. Legal guardians are also eligible to vote if the child lives in their home. I urge every parent to participate in this important decision about the future of our children’s school.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to emailEmail .

Thank you,
Joe Hulsey – PTA President

This letter can be viewed as a Word Doc here. Feel free to share with other interested parents.

Echo Trail SBDM

Our School-Based Decision Making team consists of Echo Trail teachers, administration and parents to develop the culture of our school through school policy.

SBDM Members 2023-2024

Our current team of members were elected during Summer 2023.

Email Kara Ammerman
Email Brian Dunkley
Email Kaylee Salamon
Email Jimmy Lenz
Email Margot Smith
Kristin Farmer
Stacy Atwood
Email Alinne Alldaffer
Upcoming Meeting Schedule

The Echo Trail SBDM meets monthly and meetings are open to our ET Community. Below are the scheduled dates for upcoming meetings. All meetings are scheduled to be held in the Media Center (Library) at 3pm.

November 15, 2023
January 17, 2024
February 21, 2024
March 20, 2024
April 17, 2024

Meeting Minutes

Minutes are always recorded and posted to the JCPS SBDM site. On the site, scroll down through the school list to find the most recent Echo Trail's Minutes.

October 18 Meeting (10/18/2023 Minutes)
- September 20 Meeting (9/20/2023 Minutes)
- August 23 Meeting (8/23/2023 Minutes)
- July 21 Meeting (7/21/2023 Minutes)

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