CharterBoards

Name	Status	Arrival Time	Departure Time
Mrs. Janelle Wilhite	present member	5 Minutes Late	At Adjournment
Ms. Suzette Arnold	present member	On Time	At Adjournment
Karen Shabazz	present member	On Time	At Adjournment
Mrs. Wanda McKay	not present member
Mrs. Roberta Walker	present member	On Time	At Adjournment
Tamseel Syed	present chair	On Time	At Adjournment
Marcus Vassell	present member	On Time	At Adjournment

The meeting was called to the order at 6:05 p.m.

The following committee members are present:

Suzette Arnold

Roberta Walker

Janelle Wilhite

Karen Shabazz

Marcus Vassell

Tamseel Syed

Discussion of actions to Take/ Time Frame to Complete:

6:00 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. - Introductions and call to order

6:10 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. - Mr. Estes provides an update on the status of the discussion points requested by the board last week.

Mr. Estes, had questions about the format of the plan and if the document can be edited on the google drive itself.
The board requested specific goals in the Development excellence
Ms. Suzette requested that a timeline be attached to each strategy being developed.
Board members Mr. Marcus, Ms. Janelle and Ms. Suzette discussed the importance of this document in the charter renewal process and suggested improvements to the approach

6:20 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Discussion on top priority strategy strands in academic excellence and governance excellence

The board was presented a draft item list on the Academic Excellence by Ms. Pettis and her team.
Ms. Pettis suggested that part of the focus for DPA should be in the AVC domain and how an AVC based space can be created at DPA.
Ms. Pettis mentioned that she will coordinate with the Development and Finance directors to propose better strategy directions for DPA.
The Governance Excellence strategy will be discussed further in the coming days.

7:30 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. - Board approval of today’s talking points

The board decided to provide a deadline of November 30th, 2020 for DPA administration to prepare the first draft of the plan.
The board will then review the document and schedule a follow-up meeting.

7:50 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Other items outstanding and adjournment

The DPA administrative team felt that November end would be a tough timeline to finish with the plan but the board decided to assess the document due on November 30th, 2020 and chart the subsequent steps.

**(times subject to change based on the length of discussion)

The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:37 pm

Motion:

Motion to adjourn

By: Karen Shabazz Seconded by: Mrs. Janelle Wilhite

Discussion:

There was no notable discussion on the motion.