DunwoodyHigh School

Principal AdvisoryCouncil (PAC)Meeting-Minutes January22,2019

Attendance: Ms. Cole, Kevin Dankosky, Bob Fiscella, Ebony Greene,DaveLevy, Lisa May, Mary K.Morris, RandiSiegel

Guests: Lisa Beiger(PTSO co-president), Stan Jester (DeKalb SchoolBoard District 1 representative)

Dave calls meetingto order at 4:06 PM.

Minutes were approved from the December 18, 2018 meeting.

Teachers’ Report Ebony Greene
-	Nothingto report.Happy New Year!

Kevin Dankosky

-	 The forum forteachers/staff feedback is scheduled forthe end of February. It will be held as an open house after school.
-	A suggestion boxhasbeen provided fordiscussion topics. A list of teacher/staff suggested topics were shared at the meeting.Ms.Cole is workingon creating solutionsfor some of these itemscurrently.
-	Topics of discussion:

o Temperature in the classrooms: Some classroomscan make adjustments themselves but most must be adjusted in the boiler room to make a difference in the classroom.
o Security: Are there enough security officersand administrators to monitorthe hallways? The security staffingis the same aslast year – 3 campus security officers, 1 SRO, and 5-6 administratorson posts during class changes.
o Cellphone policy: There is a standard policy regarding cellphones. Students can’t be talkingon phonesin hallways or outside during instructionaltime. Teachershave been given support to help enforce this policy, but they are allowed to adapt the policyduring non-instructional time (e.g.,teacherscan come up with their own policy to allow students to listen to musicon their phonesduringnon-instructionaltime).
o Bathrooms: Bathroomsare beingpatrolled for vaping and graffiti. Offendersare often hard to catch.
 There is one custodian who cleans the restroomswho is very aware and timely cleaning up graffiti.

 Any repeat vaping offenders are getting 1 day suspensions orISS. Also anymaterials are being taken away and not returned.If someone is arepeat offenderand are suspected in an incident in the bathroom,they willpossiblyhave the justification for a search.
 Middle school isalso impacted by vaping. Parent trainingis being done there in severalweeks.
 K9 patrolhas checked the schooland not found items.

 Additional K9 resourcesat Chamblee may be available for patrolling.

Principal’sReport - Ms. Cole Attendance/Enrollment:
-	Current enrollment is2087. This number includeswithdrawals and enrollments this month.

School Safety and Security:

-	There are no current securitythreats

-	 The administration is struggling with gettingthekids to take securitydrills seriously after the number of recent drills.
-	Threats have gone down across the district since last semester. Although the threats last semesterwere known to not be credible,theywere still investigated, can’t share detailsfor security purposes.

Schedules/Instructional Needs

-	There is currently a math teacher opening.

-	There is also an openingfor anewhead custodian.

-	Raises forteachers and principalshave been approved by the county.

Parking

-	There is some reserved parking forteachersnearthe gym. The rest of this parking lot isforstudents.
-	Parking spotsby the auditorium are forfaculty,but studentsare parkingthere. -	Student parkingneedshave increased overthe year as more sophomoresare
getting licenses.

-	Dunwoody police isincreasing theirroundsduringearly morning parking.More studentsare parkingearly (between 6:30/7:00) to get a spot on the street at school.
-	Students aren’t generallyparking illegally,however they are takingup allof the Vanderlyn spots.Nothing can be done by city unless they restrict the on street parkingtimes.

Modular Units

-	The area around the modularunitshave been paved where recommended. -	French drains around the modularstillhave not been installed. Ms. Colewill
follow up with the project manager.

OtherIssues

-	New lights on the field have been installed. So far feedback has been positive.

-	 A PowderPuff game is scheduled for February in the early evening. This will be a test forneighbors around the lights,timing and noise factor.
-	Lights are on aswitch,not atimer. Coach Nash has the only key at the moment.

New Business CAC
-	New enrollment projection numbershave been provided. o Dunwoody HSprojections have gone up
o Chamblee HS projectionsare down o Lakeside HS projectionsare down
-	 In the 2019-2020 schoolyear, DHS isscheduled to get another AP and counselor due to enrollment.
-	 DHS is likely to get another AP and counselorin the 2020-2021 school yearbased on projected enrollment.
-	Office space is achallenge.

-	Anothermodular(third)will be added overthe summer forthe 2019-2020 school year. A fourth modularwill be added forthe 2020-2021 school year.
-	Parking will continue tobe an issue. The retention pond isplanned to be paved over aspart of the expansion to create more parking. However, the expansion may remove existingparking spots(net gain = 0).Modulars could eventually be removed to make more additionalparking spotsonce the extension isdone.
-	 Questions from the CACto Dan Drake (Exec.Director of OperationsforDeKalb County):
o When can the DHS CACmeet with the architect?

o Budget related: it is assumed that the materials costs are goingup for current projects. Confirm that SPLOST revenue is up as well.
o DHS is already at 2022 projected enrollment.Whyis the DHS budget lower than Chamblee’s,whose projected numbers are decreasing?
o The community wants to upgrade the DHS fine arts space (band room, etc.) Thisneverhappened afterthe last renovation, asdiscussed.The countytook back funds from last renovation,although the renovation was under budget.
Dave will email responses back to entire PAC/CACwhen they are answered and returned.
-	School construction in DeKalb County:

o Is building aDoraville HSstill an option?

o Otherschoolsare ahead of us (Lakeside)for renovations. o Who isdoing DHSconstruction?Perkinsand Will?

o Will the engineersdo an assessment priorto the construction, as was done for Lakeside?
o Schools in other partsofDeKalb are at 50% capacity while manyDistrict 1 schools are overcrowded.
-	Bringing the Capacity Issues to the DeKalb SchoolBoard o Invite them to tourthe schools
o Write letters, include pictures

o Peachtree Gateway council had the same overcrowding discussion last week. They are reachingout to the new representatives in the area.
o Rally the parents(Lakeside has been successfulrallying theirparents.)

o Reach out to the mayorand state representatives and invite them to the PAC meetingto present the issues.
o Review the Needs Assessment report from earlier. Dave to send this out to the group.
o Letter sent in Octoberto expedite the construction schedule received a response, but no changes made to the schedule at thispoint.
o Discuss City of Dunwoody’s role in DeKalb Countyschools. Can Dunwoody be more requiring of DeKalb?
o Invite CityCouncilmembers to attend PAC (John Henegan/Lynn Deutsch).

Meeting isadjourned at5:04 PM.

PAC next meeting: March 19th CAC will meet afterthe PAC