DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Special Meeting - Monday July 13th, 2020 @6:00 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Monday July 13th, 2020 @6:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 33 minutes long meeting. Present: none Not Present: Janelle Wilhite, Chris Estes, Wanda McKay, Suzette Arnold, Tamara Gammon, Roberta Walker, Karen Shabazz, Marcus Vassell, Tamseel Syed

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. FY 21 Matters
  3. Executive Session
  4. Regular Session for Adjournment

The committee considered 7 motions, of which 7 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Motion my Ms. Walker, second by Ms. Shabazz to use virtual learning from July 20, 2020 through October 9, 2020 with the possibility of a hybrid model to be used thereafter. (passed)
  2. Motion by Ms. Walker, second by Ms.Shabazz to approved the revised calendar as presented. (passed)
  3. Motion by Ms. Walker at 8:10pm, second by Ms. Shabazz to adjourn to executive session following a 5 min. break. (passed)
  4. Motion by Ms. Walker at 8:51pm to adjourn. Second by Mr. Syeed. (passed)
  5. Motion by Ms. Walker, second by Ms. Shabazz, to offer the assistant principal position to one of the top scoring interviewed candidates for a salary $3,000 greater than the original allotted amount for this role. (passed)
  6. Motion by Ms. Walker, second by Mr. Syeed, for the DPA board to join other Dekalb charter schools to address fiscal policies of the Dekalb Co. school district. (passed)
  7. Motion by Ms. Shabazz at 8:49pm to adjourn executive session. Motion second by Ms. Wilhite. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 11:49PM