Planning meeting: fall kickoff and family support

Virtual planning meeting.

Agenda items for September 30 meeting

• Welcome and Icebreaker (Sandra)
• PTSA Officer Introductions (All)
• PTSA Overview (Sandra)
• Principal update (Ms. Bogan)
• Report out on recent activities (Katie)
  • Popsicles on the playground
  • Back to school event
• Upcoming activities
  • After school clubs (Matt)
  • Year end fundraising (Beth)
    • School supplies
  • T-shirt sales (Carrie)
  • Kimball Kitchen (?)
• Call for liaisons for constituent groups (e.g. SpEd families)
• Kimball Sidewalk Solidarity (Aki)

Interpretation at meetings

• It’s been hard to get interpreters
• PTSA used to have interpretation as a budget line item
• A parent offered to support with this

Food and childcare for in-person meetings

• Ask on WhatsApp group for volunteer to get food ($250 budget)
• Last year Claire asked Launch staff to do childcare

Teachers joining PTSA this year

• Staff are encouraged to participate in a school committee, including PTSA
• For example, Ms. Byers has expressed interest in joining PTSA
• Hopefully more staff will attend meetings this year

Tentative 2026-2027 PTSA meeting schedule

• November 18, 2026 (virtual)
• January 20, 2027 (in-person)
• March 24, 2027 (virtual)
• May 26, 2027 (in-person)

Action Items

• Sandra email K teachers to remind them to hand out t-shirts
• Aki reach out to Principal Bogan to ask if she wants to meet week before September 30 to go over the agenda; also ask about first week of December for next meeting
• Beth schedule meeting with Matt and Tammy about after school clubs
• Katie ask on PTSA WhatsApp group for a volunteer to get food for in-person meeting
• Sandra ask Claire for Launch contact for childcare
• Katie send email to people who attended meetings last year to invite to the first meeting
• Aki reach out to Charissa to ask about color brave norms