Dunwoody High School
Principal Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting ‐ Minutes April 30, 2019

Attendance: Ms. Cole, Bob Fiscella, Ebony Greene, Dave Levy, Lisa May, Mary K. Morris, Randi Siegel

Guests: none

Dave calls meeting to order at 5:09 PM.

Agenda was unanimously approved. Minutes from the March 19, 2019 meeting were unanimously approved.

Teachers’ Report Ebony Greene
‐	No news

General
‐	Need to determine who will serve again in the teacher role on PAC.
o In order to stagger terms, there will be one teacher elected to a 2 year term and one teacher elected to a 1 year term.
o Teachers vote for teacher role.
‐	 Teachers are focused on finishing out the year. There are a number of activities happening for teacher support including Village Burger lunch on 5/1, PTSO celebrations next week (Teachers’ Week) and additional jeans days.

Principal’s Report – Ms. Cole Attendance/Enrollment
‐	Enrollment is currently at 2088.

School Safety and Security
‐	 Email was sent advising everyone not to park in the fire lanes because Dunwoody police are enforcing DeKalb County/Dunwoody ordinances. Ticketing has started.
‐	Rethinking the Special Education bus drop off in main parking to ensure that the bus can park with the door facing the building, not the parking lot, for safety reasons.

Instructional Schedule
‐	Job Fair was this past Saturday, 4/23.

‐	Many new staff/teachers will be coming to the school next year including a new Assistant Principal, Counselor, Special Education teachers, Paraprofessionals, Science teachers, Band Director, Family & Consumer Science teacher, Engineering teacher, History teachers, Spanish teachers, and English teachers.
‐	 Much of the movement is due to retirement and resignations. Generally the turnover is very low.
‐	Additional staff is due to special needs and additional enrollment numbers.

Parking
‐	Parking at the school remains an issue. Some of the staff has recently received tickets for parking in fire lanes.

Other Issues
‐	 New modulars are coming in June. They will be staged in parking lot over the summer. Some parking spaces may be impacted once they are installed.
‐	Earpods in school rule is hard to enforce. Next year the policy will change to a “one in/one out” rule in the hallway.

CAC Report
‐	Nothing new since notice has been sent out for meetings next week.
‐	The CAC will be drafting a letter to Stan Jester & the board, asking them to support the addition. The CAC members’ names will be listed at the bottom of the letter.
‐	 (Addition to the agenda, unanimously approved to consider whether PAC will join in CAC letter to Stan Jester) Unanimous vote that PAC will join in CAC letter and the PAC names will be added to the CAC letter supporting the expansion.
‐	Plans for DHS addition is scheduled to be presented to the school board on Monday May 6th.

New Business/Unfinished Business Wildcat Fund & Other Fundraisers
‐	Still a number of projects on the Wildcat Fund list, not sure what is the next highest priority.
‐	All Fore One – effort supported by all schools in the Dunwoody cluster. This year $20K will be given to educational activities at DHS, $10K will be given to DHS Baseball to help with field repair.
‐	DeKalb County went out to bid on the work for the baseball field on April 22nd
‐	May 17th – Spring Football scrimmage at 7:30 at DHS, a first for the school. DHS vs. North Springs. This will is a fundraiser for the team.

Public comments: none

Meeting is adjourned at 6:02 PM.
PAC next meeting: May 21 at 5:00 PM, following CAC meeting.