DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday July 24th, 2018 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday July 24th, 2018 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 28 minutes long meeting. Present: Janelle Wilhite, Harry Stern, Brian Woods, Chris Estes, Roberta Walker, Suzette Arnold Not Present: Wanda McKay, Matthew Goodison-Orr

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Meeting Protocol
  3. Ascertain a Quorum
  4. Approval of Minutes from Jun 26, 2018
  5. Approval of Agenda
  6. Head of School Report
  7. Report from Re-Authorization Taskforce
  8. Public Comment
  9. Academic Committee Report
  10. Finance Committee Report
  11. Executive Session
  12. Other Business

The committee considered 17 motions, of which 17 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  2. Amend the agenda to include Committee Reports and Executive Session (passed)
  3. Postpone the vote on the budget until the finance committee has an additional meeting to discuss the details. (passed)
  4. Adjourn to Executive Session to discuss personnel matters (passed)
  5. end executive session and reconvene regular meeting (passed)
  6. Motion to approve the purchase of the following subscriptions for the school: NWEA MAP $8,500.00 (passed)
  7. Motion to approve the purchase of the following subscriptions for the school: Study Island $5,300.00 (passed)
  8. Motion to approve the purchase of the following subscriptions for the school: Accelerated Reader $5,000.00 (passed)
  9. Motion to approve the purchase of the following subscriptions for the school: USA Test Prep $7,500.00 (passed)
  10. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Eric Smith for middle school PE (passed)
  11. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: DeAndre Parks 2nd grade (passed)
  12. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Tylina Swinger 4th grade (passed)
  13. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Isaac Chapman 6th grade science (passed)
  14. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Joe Fuller Jr. 8th grade science (passed)
  15. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Raheem McCrae K-5 music (passed)
  16. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Kwanza Fisher 6th - 8th grade Spanish (passed)

  17. Approve the following teachers for hire as presented by the HOS: Carrie Gentry 8th grade math (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 9:22PM