DeKalb Brilliance Academy
Minutes
FY26 Academic Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday October 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Committee Members Present
C. Armour, Jr. (remote), K. Herbert (remote), M. Greene (remote)
Committee Members Absent
J. Alter
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
K. Herbert called a meeting of the Academics Committee of DeKalb Brilliance Academy to order on Tuesday Oct 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM.
C.
Community Builder
II. Academics
A.
Quarter 1 Updates
B.
High School Survey from Students
Students were asked if they wanted DBA to become a high school, 80% of students responded yes.
All new students to DBA said no to wanting a high school.
Waiting on final responses from families about DBA going to high school. Surveys are due by the end of the month.
III. Closing Items
A.
Capture next steps & send out to team
Next Steps:
Results from Parent Surveys "DBA" High School Model
Updated Data Dashboard from monthly metrics
Update on Weekly Goals of teachers based on academic goals
B.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 8:24 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Greene
Documents used during the meeting
None
Review of Data Dashboard Q1 Interim Data shared and discussed
Multiyear Summary Tab:
Dashboard Tab:
Discussion of the data from ANET interim assessment and color coded (green/pink/red) to show percent proficient.
ANET interim assessments are more rigorous than internal assessments and GMAS. Review of raw cut scores shows that ANET alignment to GMAS for proficiency is around 60% and distinguished is around 80%.
Seeing stronger results in 3rd and 4th grade due to teachers having stronger experience.
5th grade data is not as strong teachers are new in this grade level.
Monthly Tab:
Enrollment discussion by month (Current enrollment as of 10/20/25-504 students)
Staff Vacancies: Staff discussion around vacancies' and next steps.
Attendance Average is 96.64% as of 10/21/2025
Chronic Absence: Decline of chronic absences from Sept to October from 58 to 14.
Quarter Tab:
Review of student survey results reveals 80% of students agree their classmates are kind to them and make them feel loved. (Suggestion to create a system where students serve as welcome buddy to new scholars to the school).
Where 96% of students agree that their teachers are kind and show them love.