General Meeting: Advocacy, Language Access, and Fundraising

Native American Heritage Month programming and future observances were discussed.

**Thinking about potluck idea - could we get that together? -See about combining this with Lunar New Year celebration in late January. Maybe also do something in Spring around teacher appreciation or Spring Fling - around May or something. **

**AAPI month is in May- will adjust in the calendar. **

**Move-A-Thon check has been deposited. **

Kimball Kitchen's first month went well; additional administrative support and burnout prevention were discussed.

PTSA advocacy work, including family information on education bills, was discussed.

**Tracey - when do we send out information to families? Education on a topic vs siding with a particular vote. **

**Alaron- I think we may need to just send out information about topics. **

Tracey - seems like just sending out information might be easy.

**Do we need to figure out more about what we can and can’t do or do we want to just share the information about bills that are important to us. Maybe count on Michelle to let us know which levies we should be paying attention to. **

**Don’t want to flood cougar connection, but if it is one thing a month or so it seems like that might be fine. **

**When is our next meeting - Skip Nov 22nd and then meet Dec 6th. **

Translation, interpretation, and language-access communication methods were discussed.

**Going back to in-person events and that may be an additional way to include families. Alaron: Make sure that we are not suggesting ourselves as gate keepers to school engagement, but ensuring that we honor and support engagement however that works for them. **

Tracey - making sure that we are building relationships.

A winter fundraising drive was planned around classroom supplies, field trips, and Lunar New Year.

Help was sought to proof fundraising emails and gather appropriate school-program materials.

Potential after-school activities were being explored.