Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the board meeting was held virtually.

Approval of Agenda

So that there is agreement between board members on the agenda, and the amount of time spent on the meeting, the board shall vote to approve an agenda for the meeting. To the best of its ability, it will follow that agenda, and allow for the chair to move the board through the agenda as specified.

Approval of the Minutes

Head of School Report

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

In addition to the school report, Mr. Estes advised due to the pandemic, charter schools as well as traditional public schools have flexibility to determine the end of school year date.

DPA sent a survey to parent stakeholders. Of the 254 parents who responded to the survey, approximately 80% of them have no objection to the 2019-20 school year ending on May 15, 2020.

Report from Academic Committee

The Academic Committee met on Wednesday April 8th, 2020 @1:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 8 minutes long meeting. Present: Chris Estes, Roberta Walker, Veronica Grant, Melba Smith, Carla Pettis, Lakeisha Strickland, Not Present: Karen Shabazz The members considered the following items: 1. Welcome and call to order 2. Virtual Learning 3. Other Academic Concerns 4. Teacher Mentors for 20-21 school year 5. TOTY Program 6. Next meeting date and time 7. Adjounment The committee considered 0 motions, of which 0 passed, and 0 failed: The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

Report from the April Meeting-

Summer school is being planned to give all students an opportunity for additional learning due to the early closure of school.

If the school building is accessible, summer school will be planned for three days of in-school instruction and two days of virtual learning. This will require 18 teachers and take place June 1-19.

If it is not permissible to gather, virtual summer school will take place following the same dates and require 10 teachers.

Director of curriculum and assessment provided data on e-learning over the past five weeks. For all grade levels, the percentage of students participating in virtual learning has decreased each week.

Ms. Pettis advised teachers are calling parents to touch base and have been advised by some parents that technology access is an issue and some parents are working and not able to be present to support their children with virtual learning.

Chromebooks may be purchased for summer school in an effort to increase student participation.

Finance Committee Report

Ms. Wright discussed the financial reports for March 2020.

Three invoices were submitted for approval. The invoice for Google Classroom had some unclear and possibly inaccurate information.Ms. Wright will review with vendor, have corrected as needed, and re-submit next month.

Per Ms. Wright, DPA received 30 Chromebooks from Dekalb Co. School District.

Governance Committee Report

committee did not meet in April

Development Committee Report

Development Committee met April 17, 2020.

Ms.Watkins shared information on current initiatives by the committee-

There will be a DPA Great Give SOS campaign to raise awareness and funds for the school.

A priority focus area will be gaining funds for AVC technology for the school.

Ms. Watkins is working on a fundraising plan that will span the next 18 months.

A COVID-19 related grant for $10,00 (due April 30, 2020) is also being written.

Public Comment

Our Public Comment period is for members of the public to address the board. Each member of the public may sign up to comment at the meeting, and will be allotted two minutes. The board will listen, but may not directly respond to any comments. Our meetings are open to the public and public record. As such, if your comment is about a private matter, please contact the board via email, or speak to the board chair privately.

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE SHARED DURING THIS MEETING.

Other Business

Town Hall Meeting

Mr.Estes will discuss with his leadership team the possibility of a town hall meeting with parents and board members.

Adjournment

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 11:36 pm