DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Monday March 22nd, 2021 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Monday March 22nd, 2021 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 12 minutes long meeting. Present: Wanda McKay, Suzette Arnold, Roberta Walker, Karen Shabazz, Tamseel Syed, Janelle Wilhite Not Present: Marcus Vassell

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 Development
  6. Any Other Business
  7. Public Comment

The committee considered 16 motions, of which 16 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Move to add a consent agenda item to approve minutes, accept report from finance committee and development committee. (passed)
  2. Move to accept the report as presented. (passed)
  3. Motion to vote to have two items -development report and finance report- removed from the consent agenda. (passed)
  4. Motion to add executive session to agenda to address human resources matters. (passed)
  5. Motion to accept the report as presented (passed)
  6. Move to approve 18-week plan contingent upon the previous discussed edits to the document. (passed)
  7. Motion to accept the school re-opening plan for students in grades K-8 to return to school on March 29, 2021 (passed)
  8. Motion to accept action item for $6,418 to the company Janitize Service for deep cleaning services. (passed)
  9. Motion to accept action item for $24,000 to Moncrief Air Duct Cleaning Service for cleaning of the air ducts. (passed)
  10. Motion to accept the action item for One Login remote access licensing in the amount of $5,582 to support VPN for DPA faculty and staff to access information remotely. (passed)
  11. Motion to hire school nurse applicant contingent upon successful completion of a background check. (passed)
  12. Motion to adjourn (passed)
  13. Motion to enter executive session (passed)
  14. motion to exit executive session to return to regular meeting. (passed)
  15. Motion to insert new 60-day language into the instructional contract contingent upon ensuring that document will be in line with the other school documents related to employee rights. (passed)

  16. Motion to approve hiring four new school assistants for no more than 6 hours per day for $10 per hour. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 11:05PM