No public comments this board meeting

Vendor selection committee together with Ms. Komisarenko have been in process of obtaining quotes for a catering company services for the upcoming school year. 

The team has received quotes from:

904 Catering

Turn Around Solutions

SLA

Evaluation was conducted in accordance with evaluation criteria provided by NSLP. 

The catering companies got the following scores:

904 Catering - 79

Turn Around - 88

SLA - 89

The committee recommends SLA as a vendor for food services for all schools. 

They will provide the schools with their own menu and provide more food choices to the students. According to our latest wellness policy meeting, the students have requested better food options for lunch. 

SLA will also purchase kitchen equipment for the new school - Intercoastal. 

Ilya Soroka has presented three bids for IT services for all schools. 

The vendor that he is recommending for approval is going to provide networking services, managing current techs, troubleshooting. The school is recommending Evo Technology Solutions as a vendor for the upcoming school year based on the previous experience with the IT company's owner and the quote that is best aligned with the current market analysis. 

There are two current technicians that will support the schools on each campus, the vendor will provide higher skill level networking services and support. 

Mr. Goncharov has presented three bids to replace Grizzly campus playground. We are recommending KorKat to install the playground. The company is based in Georgia and their products are made in United States. 

The team has considered current safety requirements when making a decision on their recommendation. 

The board chair recommended to choose a colorful playground so that it will look great during parent tours and also to add a shade on top of the playground later on. 

Mr. Goncharov has notified the board that there are still negotiations with the church on the location of the playground. The school team requested for the best bid ($92,000) from BYO to be approved for them to be able to continue the placement negotiations and then choose the vendor for the playground. 

Mr. Goncharov has presented the three bids for speech therapy services and is recommending to continue services with Florida Kids Therapy as the vendor for the upcoming school year based on the hourly rate offered and the previous experience of services provided to our students. 

Mr. Goncharov has reported a change in the initially approved school budgets. 

The school received grants in addition to originally approved budget and we need the board to approve the excess funds added to the general budget.

Mr. Goncharov has reported that the Intercoastal budget is based on 206 students, it includes staffing and other expenditures. CSP grant was not included in the budget since we did not get an official approval yet. Capital Outlay was also not included in the budget as the team is still working on the system accreditation for the schools. Finance department wants to be conservative before the additional funds received. 

Ilya Soroka is recommending to renew the contact with National Intellect. The principal is advocating to continue this program. It comes with no cost to the school but allows to provide a different pedagogical approach to teaching on KG and 1st grade. It is more a hands-on, visual program that is so far proves to be beneficial for our students. The teacher that provides this program highly recommends the program.

Mr. Ilya Soroka has presented a new mental health plan for the upcoming school year for K-8 school. High school has chosen to opt in to the district's plan for the new school year.

HR department and the school's attorney has drafted and reviewed the contract. The attorney has approved the contract to be presented to the board and approved. 

Mr. Sergey Soroka will be doing development work for the schools. He will report directly to the Board of Directors. Mr. Soroka will be working on community outreach, build partnerships, fundraising, work with daycares in the area. 

Mr. Ilya Soroka recommends for the grant writer contract to be renewed for the upcoming school year. This is a contract for a grant writer that successfully wrote multiple grants for us, including CSP. We are recommending to renew her contract. 

Officers are elected every year. There are three positions that need to be voted on and board duty appointments need to be updated: board chair, secretary and a treasurer. 

Ms. Victoria Budnik is choosing to step down as a board chair and is recommending Mr. Larry Williams as the new Board Chair. 

The board made a recommendation to appoint Cheryl Hearn as the board secretary.

The board recommend that even if there isn't a requirement to have a parent on the school board, there is a need to have a parent liaison on the board. 

The board made a recommendation to elect Veniamin Kushnar as the board treasurer. 

Mr. Ilya Soroka has provided an update for the Board on the school system accreditation. Cognia has approved the school to move to a phase 2 of the accreditation process. The school team is working on a few deliverables to be submitted to Cognia, one of them is a strategic plan for the schools. We are working on school policies, systems in preparation for the site visit by Cognia.

Mr. Ilya Soroka has updated the board on the current status of the strategic development plan. The team is working on the strategic plan as part of Cognia system accreditation. We have engaged our educational consultant and the management team in the process and will have a draft ready by the end of August.

The board has reviewed provided disposition of old technology report is in favor of the disposition as it is required by the district. 

School principals have submitted the vendors and the preliminary costs related to school academic curriculum. The board is in favor of the presented plans. 

Mr. Goncharov has presented the liability insurance quotes to the Board. He mentioned that the insurance agent has done a great job looking for the best rates for us. The rates provided to the board include umbrella coverage in addition to property insurance.