DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday July 26th, 2022 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday July 26th, 2022 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 1 minutes long meeting. Present: Roberta Walker, Tamseel Syed, Dr. Wanda Brooks-Long, Wanda McKay, Janelle Wilhite Not Present: Suzette Arnold, Karen Shabazz

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. In attendance - roll call
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Approval of Minutes from Jul 7, 2022
  5. Approval of Minutes from May 26, 2022
  6. Approval of Minutes from May 31, 2022
  7. Approval of Minutes from Jun 25, 2022
  8. Approval of Minutes from Jun 28, 2022
  9. Approval of Minutes from Jul 23, 2022
  10. Approval of Consent Agenda
  11. Head of School Report
  12. Committee reports not discussed during Work Session
  13. Discussion Agenda - legal services
  14. Discussion item - adding new position to org chart
  15. Public Comment
  16. Any Other/New Business
  17. Executive Session
  18. Adjourn

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

  1. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
  2. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  3. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  4. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  5. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  6. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  7. Approve the minutes as submitted (passed)
  8. Motion to Approve/Accept items on the consent agenda (passed)
  9. Motion to accept the Head of School Report (passed)
  10. Motion to accept the Governance Committee report as presented (passed)
  11. Motion to accept the Development Committee report as presented (passed)
  12. Motion to add the Grants and Data Specialist position to the Organization Chart (passed)
  13. Motion to add Executive Session to the agenda and to move to Executive Session to discuss personnel matters at 7:52 p.m. (passed)
  14. Motion to resume regular meeting at 8:02 p.m. (passed)
  15. Motion to approve the hire of three new staff members: Jasmine Gresham, Ketchia Woods, DeMario Lightsey (passed)
  16. Motion to adjourn at 8:04 p.m. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 12:19AM