In December 2021, the DAC facilitated a survey of school-based staff. The results can be accessed here.
In December 2021, the DAC facilitated a survey of school-based staff. The results can be accessed here.
The DAC ensures parental and community involvement in the district’s educational program as required by Colorado state law. Procedures for the DAC are outlined in the following two school board policies:
These procedures are designed to be consistent with the general purpose and principles outlined in Policy BDFG, federal and state statutes, and local ordinances.
View the DAC Handbook, which includes current bylaws, roles and responsibilities of the committee.
The DAC consists of:
A person may not serve in more than one of the required membership roles on the DAC in a single term. A person who is employed by the district or related* to a district employee shall not be eligible to serve as a parent on the DAC. However, if the board makes a good faith effort and is unable to identify a sufficient number of people who meet these criteria, a person may serve on the DAC and also be employed by the district or related* to a district employee.
To the extent practicable, the DAC shall represent a cross-section of the community in terms of sex, race, age, occupation, socioeconomic status, geographical location, and other appropriate factors.
* “Related” means the person’s spouse, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother or father.
The superintendent and board members will seek applications for membership and make recommendations to the president of the board. The president will nominate members to serve on the DAC based on the recommendations.
In nominating members to the DAC, the president will ensure, to the extent practicable, that:
Should there be a vacancy on the DAC, the president will have the authority to appoint interim members who will serve as full members until the board votes to appoint members.
The DAC will select a parent representative to serve as chair or co-chair.
Members of the DAC will serve terms of 2 years. In order to avoid having the terms of all members expire at the same time, up to 50% of the members initially appointed will be appointed for a one-year term and will be eligible for reappointment. The chair or co-chairs of the DAC will serve terms of one year and be eligible for reappointment.
The DAC will establish a schedule of meetings and adopt general rules for its operation, which will be provided to the board office.
The DAC will have the following duties:
District performance, improvement, priority improvement, and turnaround plans:
This subcommittee reviews the district budget and provides a report to DAC and the Board of Education with written recommendations regarding spending considerations and fiscal responsibility.
This subcommittee works to align the charge to Board of Education policy KB as well as the powers and duties outlined in the Colorado Revised Statutes: “To increase the level of parent engagement in the school district and in the public schools of the school district, especially the engagement of parents of students in the populations described in section 22-11-301 (3).”
This subcommittee reviews new and renewal charter school applications, interviews applicants, presents a report to DAC for approval and makes recommendations to the Board of Education.
This subcommittee reviews the District Unified Improvement Plan and provides a report to DAC and the Board of Education with written recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the plan and the planning process.
Karen Mortimer
Committee Chair
DenverDAC@gmail.com
Chris Lee
Committee Co-Chair
Karen Ikegami
Committee Co-Secretary
Christopher Deidrich
Committee Co-Secretary
Sofiya Erman
716-713-1707
sofiya_erman@dpsk12.org
Robin Pulliam
720-423-3806
robin_pulliam@dpsk12.org
The DAC meets once a month, generally the fourth Tuesday, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., August through May. Certain times of the year the membership for DAC is open and notices of those open periods will appear on this webpage.
Meetings will be held virtually on Zoom from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted.