Kimball Elementary PTSAKimball Elementary PTSA
Committee2022–23

Core Team — community introduction and volunteer roles

**Opening q: **What’s a high and low of the start of the school year?

Discussion: How to best introduce the core team to the community (new staff, new families, and those who might be interested in getting involved)

  • Google doc to add ideas about what we want to share
  • Families meet with core team date - Friday October 7th @3:30-6:30pm at Jefferson Park
    • Have Ms Gray add to Friday email
    • Add to Monday half-sheet sent home in backpacks

Discussion: How to on-board new folks? How to balance working meetings with core team meetings?

  • Some parents expressed interest in lunchtime volunteering or just generally getting involved in PTSA
  • Send initial email about meeting times and that more opportunities to get involved are coming

A few ways for parents to plug in:

  • Organize classroom parents
  • Volunteer coordinator (general?)
  • Lunchtime volunteer coordinator
  • Social media coordinator

Meeting schedule;

  • Core team meeting monthly and others are welcome to come
  • Would expect 1st PTSA meeting to be highly attended - should we account for that?
  • Curriculum night - can PTSA plug in as well somehow? (October)
  • First meeting Tuesday Oct 11th @7:15pm (but make sure date doesn’t conflict with Kimball events)
  • Meeting monthly or twice-monthly - maybe start with 2 meetings a month but feel ok with canceling
  • Wondering about energy for facilitating - maybe we send out sign-up sheet that first meeting for facilitators
  • Continue Color Brave Space norms
  • Would be very nice to have interpretation for our working meetings, but it’s a lot of work. Prioritize interpretation for community meetings?