Dunwoody High School Summary of Ac5on for P.A.C. Mee5ng
October 19, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. DHS Media Center

School Council Mission Statement: The purpose of the council is to bring schools and communi5es closer together to solve educa5on problems, improve academics, provide support for teachers and administrators, and bring parents into the decision making process.

A;endees - Allegra Johnson, Ka5e Scharf, Principal Bass, Julia LeDoyen, Megan Cann, Jenny Shulman, Mike Nash

1) Welcome & Mee4ng called to order by Allegra Johnson at 4:30pm. Welcome to new members - Julia LeDoyen, Megan Cann, Jenny Shulman & DHS Teacher Ingrid Gero
a. CommiQee discussed the need for Community Member Candidates to the PAC. We agreed to individually do research on poten5al members and bring names to the next mee5ng for vote. Coach Bass will be aQending the Corners Outreach with Ms. Giram to engage the school with the Hispanic community on Oct 25, 2021.

2) Approval of Minutes from Sept. 14, 2021 mee5ng - mo5on to approve called by Allegra Johnson & seconded by Ka5e Scharf, vote abstained by Julia LeDoyen.

3) Elec4on of oﬃcers: Chair - Allegra Johnson, Vice Chair - Julia LeDoyen, Secretary -Megan Cann. Mo5on to approve elec5on called by Ka5e Scharf and seconded by Megan Cann.

4) Public Comment - there were no public comments

5) Direc4on/Goals - Coach Bass and Allegra have discussed the goal for the PAC to help move the educa5onal ini5a5ves set forth by Coach Bass on improving the educa5onal plan at DHS and use the PAC as a sounding board for these ini5a5ves.

a. One piece of outstanding business from the 2020/21 school year - Sidewalk Expansion by the City of Dunwoody along Vermack Rd. Julia LeDoyen will address a leQer to the city and connect with Ms Pearch concerning this expansion.
6) Teacher’s Report -

a. Nash - no new business to report

b. Welcome Mrs. Gero & no new business to report

7) Principal’s Report - Coach Bass

a. Enrollment - current enrollment is 2130 (under projected by 130 students)

b. Teachers/Staﬀ Update - school lost no teachers in the county staﬀ balancing due the current open posi5ons. Admin was able to move a few teachers to open posi5on and keep all staﬀ. Current open posi5ons that need to be ﬁlled: Counseling Secretary, ROTC Teacher, Nurse, Special Ed Para. AP Ms Wiles (9th grade AP and Chromebook) was recently promoted to Curriculum AP in APS, Coach Bass will get to hire a new AP and we will know by Friday.
c. Academic ini5a5ves - CSIP (School Improvement Plan)

Improve Student Proﬁciency in Coordinate Algebra (9th grade) Increase the 4 sub group popula5ons academics by 3% Improve assessment for ELL group by 1 point
Embrace and celebrate diversity at DHS

Begin Kaleidoscope (Student Principals Advisory CommiQee) with Coach Bass comprised of 8 students (2 per grade) from Student Government, Black Student Union, & HOPE Hispanic Club.
Improve gradua5on rate to above 89.5

Julia asked if PAC can be a part of any changes moving forward on next CSIP, also asking if learning loss be added to the improvement plan?
d. Grounds - Field and Track are complete! Ms Pearch is pushing the county hard to move forward with the next project to build concessions and bathrooms. Wildcat Alumni is holding the bank account with money from the Game On Campaign already raised towards the project.

e. DHS 50 year celebra5on - This will be big! Planning with begin next spring/ summer for a Fall 2022 roll out. This will be a large fundraiser to celebrate the school.
f.	Senior Giis - 2020/21 Seniors are giving a sijng area near the memorial with tables, coverings and grassy area to watch baseball and new turf ﬁeld. 2021/22 Seniors plan to update entry cabinetry and improved logo pain5ngs on the building.
Julia asked if school dues were a requirement in order to par5cipate in special senior events? If so, she expressed her concern on that being a type of gradua5on tax. Allegra will research what the requirements are for seniors and compare it to Chamblee HS and Lakeside HS.
g. Building/Flooding Update - there was a burst pipe from a urinal that ﬂooded the media center. All ﬂooring will have to be replaced. Coach Bass is using this as a good 5me to renovate & update the Media Center.
h. WHAS UP? - Wildcats Honoring All Students - Involving all 9 Honor Socie5es ✦	7:30-8:00am Peer Tutoring in the Media Center
✦	Involving Honor Socie5es to earn their service hours by peer tutoring 30 kids a day in math, science, social studies, english and language
✦	Students will sign up themselves, school will provide some breakfast snacks, honor society sponsors will help coach students on how to peer tutor
i.	Other Accolades/Concerns -

Junior/Senior Wars - Coach Bass sent out an email to parents warning them of the dangers of damaging others property.
Homecoming - county said No to a homecoming dance (even though we tried to set one outside). Parade, fall fes5val, football game and Homecoming King/Queen will go on as scheduled. Thank you to the PTSO for the lunch provided by Costco to all staﬀ and students on Wednesday.

8) PTSO Report - Allegra plans on invi5ng PTSO Chairs to aQend PAC mee5ngs. Fran sent a leQer addressing updates from commiQee. PTSO focus remains on the exterior of the

school building, including 16 new picnic tables, new mulch, clean up ea5ng areas, clean up Memorial Garden and a work order has been placed for a retaining wall to stop mud overﬂow. PTSO has supported staﬀ and teachers with dinners during Curriculum Night and are making one last push for dona5ons to the DHS Annual Fund.

9) Old/New Business -

✦	All new PAC members need to complete School Governance 101 training this Fall ✦	The Fall 2021 PAC Cross-Council Mee5ng will be held virtually on Tuesday,
November 2, 2021.

9) 2021/2022 Mee4ng Calendar - Next mee5ng will be held 11/30/21 and the remaining mee5ngs will be held at 4pm in DHS Media Center

Tuesday Nov. 30

No mee5ng in December Tuesday Jan 18
Tuesday Feb 22

Tuesday March 22 Tuesday April 19
May if needed TBD

10) Mee4ng adjourned unanimously - mo5on called by Ka5e Scharf and seconded by Allegra Johnson at 6:10pm

11) Next mee5ng will be held 11/30/21 at 4pm in DHS Media Center