DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday June 28th, 2022 @6:30 PM

Meeting Minutes

Attendance Summary

Name Status Arrival Time Departure Time
Suzette Arnold present chair On Time At Adjournment
Roberta Walker present vice-chair On Time At Adjournment
Tamseel Syed present member 15 Minutes Late At Adjournment
Janelle Wilhite present Treasurer On Time At Adjournment
Karen Shabazz not present secretary
Dr. Wanda Brooks-Long present ex-officio On Time At Adjournment
Wanda McKay present member On Time At Adjournment

Welcome and Call to Order

The meeting will be called to the order.

Ascertain a Quorum

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.

Approve the agenda as submitted

By: Roberta Walker Seconded by: Wanda McKay

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approval of Minutes from May 24, 2022

Approve the minutes as submitted

By: Janelle Wilhite Seconded by: Roberta Walker

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Executive Session

Personnel Matter

Motion to go into Executive Session at 6:39 p.m.

By: Wanda McKay Seconded by: Janelle Wilhite

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Motion to return from Executive Session and reconvene regular board meeting at 7:06pm

By: Roberta Walker Seconded by: Janelle Wilhite

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Approval By Consent Agenda

Partial HOS/CAO report

- End of Year Attendance Report - Attendance for students

- End Or Year Roll Over Report - Student EOY Roll Over statistics

- School Readiness - School Opening to reflect updated curriculum, Assessments, Campus Protocols, classroom Readiness, and Facility Preparedness


Motion to approve items on consent agenda

By: Janelle Wilhite Seconded by: Roberta Walker

There was no notable discussion on the motion.

Items for Discussion

Academic Report - Dr. Wanda Brooks-Long and

100% of all students were administered the Spring GMAS test

Overview of Spring 2022 preliminary GMAS Test Results

Overview of Summer 2022 (retest) preliminary GMAS test results


DeKalb Preparatory Academy is the only initiating Reading Recovery Training

Program Partnership with Georgia State University in our area


Human Capital Report -

In 2020-21, there were 69 employees.

In 2021-22, there were 66 employees.

As of June 28, 2022, there are 15 staff vacancies.

Academic Report Accepted: Janelle Wilhite

Financial Report - Candy Yu

Candy Yu presented May monthly financials and discussed financial operations process improvement initiatives. Ms. Yu reported that DeKalb Preparatory has submitted 100% of grants to DeKalb County School district totaling $808,000.

Finance Report accepted: Roberta Walker


Governance Report - Tamseel Syed

The Governance Committee met the on June 14, 2022.

There are no recommendations from the Governance Committee.

The Committee is looking to reschedule the board retreat for August.

Development Report - Wanda McKay and Melba Smith

The Development Committee met on Thursday, June 23, 2022

Golf tournament is still being planned. The Committee will visit 3 Golf courses to finalize a venue. The tentative time period is Columbus Day weekend. The committee is currently developing a checklist of action item and coordinating with Dr. Diana Adoma.

Development Committee Report accepted: Roberta Walker

Comment Period

Ms. Melba Smith read a Thank You note from Carla Pettis.

Any Other Business

Reminder for Board members to respond to the email from Janelle Wilhite regarding the new date for the Board retreat


Brief discussion regarding the 18-week assessment and revisions that need to be made and submission to the board.

The Meeting was Adjourned

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:53 p.m.

Motion to adjourn

By: Roberta Walker Seconded by: Janelle Wilhite

There was no notable discussion on the motion.