DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday October 25th, 2022 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday October 25th, 2022 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 38 minutes long meeting. Present: Roberta Walker, Tamseel Syed, Dr. Wanda Brooks-Long, Wanda McKay, Janelle Wilhite Not Present: Suzette Arnold

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Ascertain a Quorum
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Head of School Report
  5. Report from Governing Board
  6. Report from Governance Committee
  7. Report from Academic Committee
  8. Report from Finance Committee
  9. Development Committee Report
  10. Public Comment
  11. Any Other Business
  12. Adjournment

The committee considered 12 motions, of which 12 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
  2. Motion to Approve the Audit Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 (passed)
  3. Motion to Accept the Head of School Report (passed)
  4. Motion to Accept the Governance Committee Report (passed)
  5. Motion to amend the agenda to include a consent agenda that contains new hires and other items:

Carol Jackson, Contractor, Literacy Interventionist - $25,200.00

Judy Atkins, Contractor, Paraprofessional, Media Center-$11,520.00

Valjean Williams, ELA Interventionist (Middle School) - $83,941.97

Field Trips – Atlanta Zoo in the amount of $779.40

School Resource Officer, Carol Westbrook Patrick-$73,939.46

Janelle Wilhite asked whether the salaries presented are salaries plus fringe benefits. Per Dr. Brooks-Long, the salaries listed include both salaries and fringe benefits. (passed)

  1. Motion to approve the Consent Agenda (passed)
  2. Motion to approve the field trip to the King Center with no cost to the students attending but with transportation costs of $600. (passed)
  3. Motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Kennesaw State University (passed)
  4. Motion to approve the Going for the Gold Teacher Retention Bonus with some modifications to the Board Action form, as discussed (passed)
  5. Motion to accept the Academic Committee Report (passed)
  6. Motion to accept the Finance Committee Report and Development Committee Reports as presented in the Work Session (passed)

  7. Motion to adjourn at 8:47 p.m (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 12:45AM