DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday July 22nd, 2025 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Tuesday July 22nd, 2025 @6:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 57 minutes long meeting. Present: Ms. KathyAnn Young, Mrs. Janelle Wilhite, Ms. Bridget Robinson, Mrs. Roberta Walker, Dr. Lenise Bostic Not Present: Ms. Suzette Arnold, Mrs. Wanda McKay, Diane Mingo

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda
  3. Approval of Minutes from Jun 21, 2025
  4. Approval of Minutes from Jun 24, 2025
  5. Approval of Minutes from Jun 24, 2025
  6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 27, 2025
  7. New Board Member
  8. Head of School Report
  9. Academic Committee Report
  10. Finance Committee Report
  11. Governance Committee Report
  12. Public Comment
  13. Executive Session
  14. Other Business
  15. Adjournment

The committee considered 14 motions, of which 14 passed, and 0 failed:

  1. Motion to amend the agenda to include the approval of minutes from the June 27 Governing Board meeting (passed)
  2. Motion to approve the agenda with the addition of the Approval of June 27 Minutes (passed)
  3. Motion to approve the minutes from the June 21 Regular Board meeting (passed)
  4. Motion to approve the minutes from Budget Hearing #2 on June 24, as submitted (passed)
  5. Motion to approve the June 24 Governing Board meeting minutes as submitted (passed)
  6. Motion to approve the minutes from the Special Called Board meeting on June 27 (passed)
  7. Motion to approve board membership for Diane Mingo. (passed)
  8. Motion to approve the hire of Eric Turner, Special Education Teacher, at a total cost of $70, 015.05 (Salary: $51,437.53 + Benefits: $18,557.52). (passed)
  9. Motion to approve the hire of Ashleigh Ramanand, Instructional Coach, at a total cost of $83,556.32 (Salary: $62,516.21 + Benefits: $21,040.31) (passed)
  10. Motion to approve the hire of Lillian Wright, Front Office Clerk/School Secretary at a total cost of $68,190.11 (Salary: $49,944.49 + Benefits: $18,245.62) (passed)
  11. Motion to approve the interior campus painting project in the amount of $80,413.00 that is already underway and due to be completed by July 31, 2025 by CertaPro Painters. (passed)
  12. Motion to move to executive session to discuss personnel matters at 9:22 p.m. (passed)
  13. Motion to return to regular session at 10:28 p.m. (passed)

  14. Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:29 p.m. without taking any action in Executive Session. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 10:29 p.m.