Dunwoody High School Minutes for School Council Mee7ng
April 13, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. (via MicrosoF Teams)

AIendees: Allegra Johnson, Priscilla Cole, John Nash, Andy Jameson, Davina Proﬁt, Dave Levy, Yolanda Parker-Smith, Bob Fiscella, KaCe Scharf, Fran Bartel (PTSO), Fran Hughes

1.	Mee7ng called to order by David Levy at 4:11pm. A unanimous mo7on to start the mee7ng was made by Ka7e Scharf & seconded by Bob Fiscella

2.	Minutes of last mee7ng were approved with a unanimous mo7on called by Ka7e Scharf & seconded Bob Fiscella

3.	Teachers’ Report

·	Nothing new to report

4.	Principal Cole provided informa7on about

·	Enrollment – Total enrollment is sCll 2107 with 654 in hybrid. Currently averaging 530 aXending in person. Window to change is 4/26/21 and numbers will shi[.

·	Status of Reopening & Virtual Learning - all is going well, teachers are ﬁnding teaching both online and in-person is very diﬃcult to manage. Mike Nash menConed that some students are taking advantage of the hybrid learning and choosing which classes to aXend in person. They will take some classes online from outside or in their cars. Students have been asked to not leave the campus during the day.

·	School Safety and Security - John Nash asked for more cameras to be installed or reviewed in order to monitor the new turf ﬁelds. Staﬀ also suggested more lighCng in the area behind the school.

·	Staﬃng and subsCtute teacher availability - Allegra asked if teachers are calling out sick on a higher number than normal? Principal Cole said that most leave has been planned and some illness as the cause fr absentees. The school is set with subsCtutes and has not been having any issues with covering classes. Coach Owen & Ms. PiXs both reCred (planned)

·	End of year acCviCes and graduaCon - Fran Bartel (PTSO) - Teacher/Staﬀ appreciaCon week will be in May, graduaCon has been set by the county at Hallford Stadium, Families will be able to buy 8 Cckets/family, Senior Week will be April 26.

·	Status of DCSD plans for next school year - no informaCon yet, plan is to move virtual students to the county’s Flex Academy and schools will return to face to face at full schedule in the fall.

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·	Numbers of students failing during SY2020-21 - there has been an increase across all demographics, summer school will be provided as well as credit recovery.

·	GraduaCon numbers - numbers are down due to the pandemic, there are no dropouts, mainly transfers out of the county. The virtual and learning technology issues are assumed to be a big piece of the concerns for student academic outcomes.

·	OpportuniCes for remediaCon and possible summer school - DHS will oﬀer a face to face summer school opCon.

·	New DCSD enrollment projecCons - (2020/21 projecCons were 2300, we are at 2107) - 2021/22 projecCons are 2255

·	Does not anCcipate any new modular units for SY2021-22 - no new modulars

5.	Other maIers

·	PTSO addressed senior acCviCes - (Fran Bartel (PTSO) updated on Senior Week - April 26) Planned events are senior breakfast & lunch, senior celebraCon & red envelopes. PTSO increased the budget to create as many senior celebraCons as possible. The overnight event would need to become a private one and not approved by the county.

·	Coach Nash discussed Turf Field progress and Cmeline - working, rain is slowing it down, there needed to be a signiﬁcant underground drainage repair completed. New drains are being installed with an assurance of no new sink holes in the future.

·	PAC discussion of Facility CondiCon Assessment report from Perkins & Will - FCI = 85.94%, the CMP will let us know whether we renovate, redistrict or rebuild.

1.	Add to plumbing concerns - the drainage in all of the locker rooms do not work

2.	Fire alarm concerns are separate from the piece that alerts the Fire Department. The errors are coming from the non-emergency piece of the system. The alarm goes oﬀ all of the Cme and needs a special code/key to turn oﬀ.

3.	School HVAC system does not work eﬃciently, too many systems patched together, with 1 technician/region repair is not quick enough, staﬀ can adjust the temperature a few degrees in their rooms but they cannot turn it on/oﬀ, modulates have control of their systems,

4.	Water in one of the boys bathrooms does not have funcConing water, but a work order was placed

5.	Tile in all bathrooms needs to be replaced due to stains

6.	Building 5012 - Site Deﬁciency - Non-ADA Compliant and needs to be Priority 1

7.	QUESTION - What is the Lightning ProtecCon System?

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8.	Need to add concern for the DetenCon Pond, it is a health hazard it does not work as designed and addiConal parking is needed.

9.	What student populaCon was looked at when evaluaCng the Adequate Space for Safety? Were they only evaluaCon students (currently enrolled in hybrid learning) or actual student enrollment? Halls and stairwells are congested, modular are very spread out and the ﬂow throughout the building is poor.

·	PAC discussion of EducaConal Suitability Assessment report from Perkins & Will - EducaConal Suitability = 68.7% (how do we interpret this number?) Is this survey looking at how suitable the faciliCes are for the educaConal environment? Who completed this survey? There are many concerns and lack of understanding of the survey results.

1.	 12-Non-instrucConal Spaces - there is only 1 conference room, very thin walls, oﬃces are not located in proper space and there is no adequate storage.

2.	13-Outside Spaces - football, soccer, track spaces are not adequate in size or conﬁguraCon, school needs proper bathroom faciliCes for spectators and athletes, so[ball ﬁeld walls need repair, lack of lighCng and NO local switches at ﬁelds for lights, more cameras are needed open ﬁelds.

3.	14-Safety & Security - let down gates are needed to close oﬀ the front lobby from the hallways/cafeteria, interior circulaCon route score is no accurate (5), confused on what “interior transparency” means.

4.	15-Technology Readiness - there are not adequate charging locaCons (teachers were given a power strip), bandwidth of the school is not adequate, only the auditorium has a screen for AV presentaCons (not gym or cafeteria), there are not enough power or data outlets for the current student populaCon.

5.	16-Environmental Quality - there are bug/pest concerns, inner classrooms do not have outdoor access or lighCng, individual classrooms do not have control of thermostat, only the ability to change the thermostat a few degrees up/down, HVAC units o[en down work, automated light controls are broken, local control of lights is a MUST, county has control at central oﬃce.

6.	18-Learning Neighborhoods - What is considered EdSpace? Classrooms/neighborhoods are not conﬁgured well, classrooms do not have enough storage.

7.	19-Special EducaCon - only ID classroom restrooms are accessible, support spaces are not adequate for edspace

8.	21-CTE & Career Connected Learning - campus faciliCes do not align with requirements, only Mass/Comm is aligned with CTE program through broadcasCng, there is no ﬂexibility of spaces because there is no addiConal space.

9.	22-FineArts & CreaCve Learning - band and support spaces should be rated a 1 or 2 due to overcrowding, dance space does not exist, theater space is not rated a 5 due to the fact that there is no classroom for use, too many programs use the same space or any space available (including hallways).
Dunwoody High School 5035 Vermack Road Dunwoody, Georgia 30338
hXp://www.dunwoodyhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us/ Main Oﬃce: (678) 874-8502 Priscilla Cole, Principal

10. 23-AthleCcs & Wellness - space for cheerleading does not exist/they pracCce in the hallways, the baseball ﬁelds is great but there are no bathrooms and it is not ADA accessible, football/soccer/so[ball do not have bleachers or bathrooms or concession stands, how did we get a 0.5 for swimming?, tennis has no bathroom faciliCes, wrestling has no dedicated area (stage?), Cheerleading has no dedicated area, PE program raCng should be lower due to the fact that the school is overcrowded, locker rooms are unsafe and showers cannot be used, how do the athleCc ﬁelds rate a 5 as an overall (is this a comparison to other schools?).

11. 24-Food Services - equipment in the food service area is very old, cafeteria is way undersized.

12. 25-Media Resources - library/medias center is signiﬁcantly undersized with no separate spaces for small or large groups.

·	PAC discussed a need for a follow up meeCng with Perkins & Will in order to discuss concerns & quesCons on these reports reviewed.

·	Next regular meeCng will be set over the summer for next school year

6.	Mee7ng adjourned with a unanimous mo7on by Fran Hughes and seconded by Allegra Johnson at 6:08pm

Dunwoody High School 5035 Vermack Road Dunwoody, Georgia 30338
hXp://www.dunwoodyhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us/ Main Oﬃce: (678) 874-8502 Priscilla Cole, Principal