DeKalb Preparatory Academy

Governing Board

Regular Meeting - Tuesday June 25th, 2019 @6:30 PM

Meeting Summary of Actions

Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Saturday, June 29, 2019 @1:30 PM for what was scheduled to be a 1 hours and 13 minutes long meeting. Present: Janelle Wilhite, Harry Stern, Chris Estes, Wanda McKay, Roberta Walker, Karen Shabazz Not Present: Matthew Goodison-Orr, Suzette Arnold

The members considered the following items:

  1. Welcome and Call to Order
  2. Approval of Agenda
  3. Approval of Minutes From May 28, 2019
  4. Head of School Report
  5. Committee Reports
  6. Public Comment
  7. Other Business
  8. Adjournment

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

  1. Approve Agenda as Presented (passed)
  2. Approve the minutes as presented (passed)
  3. Approve as submitted (passed)
  4. Approve the budget set forth based on the enrollment of 540 students. Total Revenue = $6,857,951 (passed)
  5. Motion to move $250,000 into the contingency fund (passed)
  6. Motion to increase the salaries of administrative staff provided that we get rationale and comparisons from neighboring schools. The amount of the increases will total $35,000 (passed)
  7. Motion to change the position of part time development coordinator to full time director of development. The job description for this position will include an expectation for the director to raise at minimum of $70,000 during the 2019-2020 school year. (passed)
  8. Motion to approve vendor contracts, excluding Ciridia, for the 1st semester of the 2019-2020 school year. All contracts will be reevaluated by the HOS and presented to the board before December 31, 2019. (passed)
  9. Motion to increase the salaries of the paraprofessionals at DPA. The total of the increase will effect the budget by $9,000.00. (passed)
  10. Motion to add the position of office clerk and 2 reading intervention specialists to the current staff. This will effect the budget by $67,000.00. (passed)
  11. Motion to approve the 2019-2020 salary scale for teachers presented as Priority One in the HOS proposal. (passed)
  12. Approve the Ciridia MOU for Ramp Up Services in the amount not to exceed $8,000 (passed)
  13. Motion to approve the Commercial Property and Liability Insurance in the amount of $42,307.00 (passed)

  14. Motion to pay Ciridia invoice for the month of June in the amount of $6,020.00. (passed)

    The meeting adjourned at 7:42PM