Global Leadership Academy

K-12 Board of Directors Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT

Location

1252 Fromage Way, Jacksonville, FL 32225, USA

 

K-12 Board of Directors Meeting
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Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:30 PM
 
Opening Items
 
  A. Record Attendance and Guests   Marina Korniychuk 2 m
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Larry Williams 1 m
II. Consent Agenda 4:33 PM
  A. Approve Previous Board Minutes 5/07/2025 Approve Minutes Larry Williams 1 m
     
  B. April Financial Statements Vote Dmitriy Goncharov
  C. May Financial Statements Vote Dmitriy Goncharov
  D. Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services Contract Vote Dmitriy Goncharov 2 m
   

Our former Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services contractor has retired and is referring her clients to this new provider. The contract is presented to the board for review and approval.

 
  E. Curriculum Budgets Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Curriculum selections are presented to the board for review and approval.

 
  F. Facility renovation projects Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

A new roof renovation is needed to be done at the Grizzly campus. Four quotes are attached for each project. Slavik recommends OM Innovation to replace
the roof. The roof replacement and related renovations from OM Innovations is projected to cost $390,072.61

 
  G. Insurance for 25-26 Vote Dmitriy Goncharov 2 m
   

Gallagher insurance agency shopped with multiple carriers and came back with the proposal for all non-property coverages for the total of $126k. This is the lowest possible combination of coverages.

 
  H. Board of Directors Officers Re-Appointments Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Board Chair Larry Williams

Treasurer Veniamin Kushnar

Secretary Cheryl Hearn

 
  I. Global K-12 Board Meetings Schedule: 2025-2026 5 m
  J. Even Seat-Numbered Board of Directors Re-Appointments 5 m
   

Seat 2. Victoria Budnik

Seat. 4. Cheryl Hearn

Seat 6. Lyudmyla Kolyesnik

 
III. Public Comments 4:54 PM
  A. Public Comments Discuss 5 m
IV. Approval of Consent Agenda 4:59 PM
  A. Approval of Consent Agenda Vote Larry Williams 5 m
V. Discussion Items 5:04 PM
  A. Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Each year the state asks schools to reflect on their reading programs and update their plan

 
  B. Enrollment Update FYI Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Presented is the enrollment progress and update for each school individually.

 
  C. 2025-2026 School Budgets Vote Ilya Soroka 5 m
   

The 2025-2026 school budgets were sent to the Board in early June to review. The budget process started in Jan 2025 with Outreach Education working on updating costs and projections based on 2024-2025 school year data. Then in Spring 2025 Outreach Education worked with each Principal individually to access enrollment targets based on financial obligations, staffing positions and other needs. The final result of that work product is being presented to the Board for review and approval.

 
  D. Global Discovery Annex Project Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Our lease for Cub Campus is ending in 2 years and we need to start thinking about the future of that campus. After running preliminary numbers the most efficient and effective approach would be to build a Annex on the Grizzly campus and consolidate both campuses at one location. The contracts presented are from Mathews Design Group, the same civil enginer that designed the Global Fields. They have very good knowledge of the property. LAI Design is the Architectural proposal, they have designed the last 3 Global Building and have the most effective information based on staff needs for Global schools.

 
  E. Moveout Settlement with Faithbridge Church Vote Ilya Soroka 2 m
   

Global has moved out of the church and now has to fix certain damage to the building under the lease agreement. The current strategy is to pay a release price to the church, and they take care of the repairs. The cost of repairs is approx $67,187. The release price will be final.

 
  F. Independent Audit Firm Selection for Discovery campus Vote Dmitriy Goncharov 2 m
   

Global has been working with Coleman & Associates for financial audit needs. The current contract for Discovery campus has ended and the board needs to select service provider for FY 2025 and further. Since Coleman & Associates provide services to other Global schools and consolidated services, we recommend the board to extend the contract with Coleman & Associate for Discovery campus. Coleman & Associate has provided an engagement letter for consideration. We'll discuss with Colman to consolidate all existing contract for different schools into one contract for clarity and simplicity.

 
VI. Board Comments 5:19 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote