DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Special Called Meeting - Monday February 13th, 2023 @9:00 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Monday February 13th, 2023 @9:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 21 minutes long meeting. Present: Suzette Arnold, Roberta Walker, Tamseel Syed, Dr. Wanda Brooks-Long, Janelle Wilhite Not Present: Wanda McKay

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Ascertain a Quorum
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Approval of Minutes from Dec 14, 2022
  5. Approval of Minutes from Dec 7, 2022
  6. Approval of Minutes from Nov 29, 2022
  7. Approval of Minutes from Nov 19, 2022
  8. Approvals considered by the board
  9. Executive Session
  10. Public Comment
  11. Adjourn

The committee considered 9 motions, of which 9 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. Motion to approve Mr. Christian Kayambe as CFO (base salary $105000 plus benefits) starting on February 16th, 2023 with necessary edits to the Board Action Form (passed)
  7. Motion to approve Alex Thomas as the Network Manager (with total annual salary $74,755.18 that includes $55,680 base salary and $19,075.18 benefits) (passed)
  8. Motion to pay Ms. Smith a back pay since assuming the role of interim principal since August 1, 2022 in accordance with the rate obtained via annual base salary difference from $78,376 to $86,000 until a clear revised Board Action Form detailing her permanent position and salary is presented to the board via Finance Committee (passed)
  9. Motion to adjourn at 9:32 p.m. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 12:05PM