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School Advisory Committee (SAC)

School Advisory Committee (SAC)

The School Advisory Council (SAC) is a team of people representing various segments of the community – the principal, teachers, education support employees, students, parents, and other business and community citizens. A majority of the members of each school advisory council must be persons who are not employed by the school district. The SAC serves as a voice for school improvement by assisting the principal in preparing and evaluating the School Improvement Plan (SIP) and providing input on the school's budget. Council members representing teachers, education support employees, students, and parents are elected by their respective peer group, and business and community members are selected to ensure representation of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school. The SAC plays a crucial role in fostering continuous improvement and ensuring that the school's decisions reflect the needs of all stakeholders.

What is a School Advisory Council?

The School Advisory Council (SAC) is composed of the principal and a balanced number of teachers, other school staff members, students, and parents, along with business and community people, who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school so that all groups of the school community have a voice in school improvement. They are either elected or appointed to form the SAC for the school.  

  • The parents are nominated and elections are held at the beginning of each year to determine the members.
  • SAC meets once a month to discuss issues such as school improvement, school goals, and the school budget.
  • SAC is the school's community voice in the planning process for school improvement.
  • The goal in the school improvement plan is that all students will learn and achieve in the areas of math, reading, and writing.
  • Student growth on standardized tests will determine the effect that the school improvement plan has had on the academic growth of our students.
  • The SAC membership must reflect the racial/economic makeup of the school's population.
  • The majority -- at least 51% -- of the SAC members must be non-school employees.

Parents, We need YOUR help!

Please join our SAC committee and help our students succeed!