September 2026 Meeting Minutes

09/01/2026 - Raley's O-N-E  6pm
 
Attendees:     
Jamie Rahimian, Kate Lord, Pam Madigan, Hein Larsen, Paul Turner, Heather Whitney, Katie Dawson, Brooke Osborne, Kate Uriz, Lauren Baker, Kristin Cooksey, Jenny Knoop

Approval of previous Meeting Minutes: 
Kate L. reported that we didn’t really have a June meeting, so there are no minutes to approve.

Treasurer Report: 
Operating at a slight deficit - PTO roughly spends $20,000 annually. 
Current balance: $32,791.12  Current proposed budget: $20,950

Principal Updates:  
Great start to the year. Increased enrollment - about 560 students to date. Community building is the main focus at the moment. Mrs Larson wants more parent engagement with teachers/students to strengthen those relationships. Requesting parents to focus on Jumprope early on and support their students’ communication with their teachers. 
Sports have begun. More than 100 kids on the x-country team. We need to encourage families to donate money to sports for busing. Messaging for sports donations was discussed.   
SLC - PTO usually supports teachers for lunchtime meals.

Sponsorship: 
We’ve begun this campaign. Goal: $10,000 in donations. We’d like to revive the auction in the spring. 
Jenny Knoop has volunteered to do more business outreach. 
Grocery Outlet: Will continue to provide $ back to ACMS; a check is coming from the past. Walton’s Grizzly Camp confirmed they would donate.

Measure P: 
Amanda Helm sent information to Jamie and Hein regarding the renewal of Measure AA (new name Measure P). They are asking for PTO endorsements and/or funds. We are waiting to get more information from the Measure P group before PTO commits any funds. Overwhelmingly, the group agrees to endorse this measure.

Conference Week Lunches: 
We need a point person to oversee this event.
Katie Lord will handle breakfast for the week ~$450
Will Starbucks donate coffee? Catered option is more preferable to families donating food directly. 
Ideas: Port of Subs, Food Truck- Fuego, Trokay, Rakken Ramen

Back to School Night:
BTSN is this coming Thursday, September 3.
PTO to provide an informational slide to Hein for BTSN. PTO is planning to have a table and provide a QR code for families to donate to sports.

Additional Topics:
School-wide Arts for the Schools assemblies: increase in cost from $1000 (for the past several years to $ 2,500.  1 assembly approved by the PTO. Leadership students will decide on which one.

Virtual meeting options for next month? Yes - Hein will help make this happen

Wait Until 8th / Screenagers documentary showing - would school + PTO sponsor this? Jenny Knoop is looking into the details. She has already begun work with the elementary schools and the high school. 

6th grade overnight trip - day trip and then an overnight trip in the spring; more details to come from SWEP.

Jamie and Pam to handle communication/social media and sharing of minutes on PTO website.

Next Meeting: 
October 6, 7:45 am ACMS office