DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Monday August 24th, 2020 @6:00 PM

Meeting Agenda

Welcome and Call to Order 1 minutes

The meeting will be called to the order.

Approval of Agenda 5 minutes

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.

Actions:

  1. Approve the agenda as submitted

Report from Governing Board 5 minutes

The Governing Board met on Monday July 27th, 2020 @5:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 13 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. Approval of Agenda
3. Head of School Report
4. Report from Finance Committee
5. Report from Academic Committee
6. Report from Development
7. Other Business
8. Public Comment
9. Executive Session
10. Adjournment

The committee considered 8 motions, of which 8 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Motion by Ms. Walker to purchase Superkids consummable materials for K-2 students for $6,677.61. Second by Mr. Vassell (passed)
2. Motion by Ms. Walker to purchase Galopade a digitial social studies resource for grades K-8 for $9,137.05. Second by Mr. Vassell (passed)
3. Motion by Ms. Walker to approve the purchase of software for no more than $10,000 to enable DPA's IT personnel to upload DPA curriculum to the cloud. Second by Mr. Vassell (passed)
4. Motion by Ms. Walker to Amend the Motion for software purchase to the cost of $10,566. Second by Mr. Vassell (passed)
5. Motion by Ms. Walker to move to executive session at 8:01pm (passed)
6. Motion to move out of executive session at 8:28pm and return to regular session. (passed)
7. Motion by Ms. Walker to approve contract of Cross & Dot for $6,500 for virtual training. (passed)
8. Mr. Estes motions to adjourn meeting at 8:30pm. Second by Ms.Walker (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 11:03PM

Head of School Report 30 minutes

The school leader reports on the status of the school.

Report from Academic Committee 20 minutes

The Academic Committee met on Wednesday July 15th, 2020 @1:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 0 hours and 53 minutes long meeting. Present: Chris Estes, Roberta Walker, Veronica Grant, Melba Smith, Carla Pettis, Lakeisha Strickland, Karen Shabazz
Not Present: none

The members considered the following items:
1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Academic Concerns
3. Professional Learning
4. Next Meeting Date and Time
5. Adjourment

The committee considered 1 motions, of which 1 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m. (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 1:50PM

Finance Committee Report 30 minutes

No Information available.

Report from Development 15 minutes

The Development met on Friday July 10th, 2020 @9:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 0 minutes long meeting. Present: Tanya Watkins, Marcus Vassell, Tamseel Syed
Not Present: Wanda McKay

The members considered the following items:
1. Adjourn
2. Development Committee Report Updates
3. Welcome and Call to Order
4. The Meeting was Adjourned

The committee considered 1 motions, of which 1 passed, and 0 failed:
1. Motion to adjourn (passed)

The meeting adjourned at 6:42PM

Pubic Comment 15 minutes

Any Other Business 15 minutes

Adjournment 1 minutes