Palisades Charter High School

Minutes

Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Friday December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Location

Pali South (Room 104)

302 Colorado Avenue 

Santa Monica, CA 90401

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY:
Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Governing Board of Palisades Charter High School may request assistance by contacting the Main Office at (310) 230-6623 at least 24 hours in advance.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION:        
Supporting documentation is available at the Main Office of the School, located at 15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, (Tel: 310- 230-6623) and may also be accessible on the PCHS website at http://palihigh.org/boardrecords.aspx.
 
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Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.  All items may be heard in a different order than listed on the agenda.

Trustees Present

Andrew Paris, Fati Adeli (remote), Maggie Nance, Martha Monahan, Minh Ha Ngo, Negeen Ben-Cohen (remote), Nicholas Albonico

Trustees Absent

Amir Ebtehadj, Jane Davis, Jessica Recinos, Lisa Cahill

Ex Officio Members Present

Dr. Pam Magee

Non Voting Members Present

Dr. Pam Magee

Guests Present

Zoe Bolour

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

Maggie Nance called a meeting of the board of trustees of Palisades Charter High School to order on Friday Dec 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

C.

Public Comment

None

II. II. Finance

A.

Approval of Amendment to Seritage Pali South Lease

The current lease for the Sears Building goes through January. The original lease provided for 2 month option periods. Seritage has now agreed to break it into single month extension periods. They also agreed to reduce the notice period for extensions from 45 to 30 days so we can have more time to assess our needs. This was done via letter agreement to amend the lease. Dr. Magee signed this document on Wednesday because we had a deadline of December 17 under the original lease for notice to exercise the next extension and we needed the modification of the notice period to take effect. Risk Management Committee met with Dr. Magee, Mr. Negroe and legal counsel prior to her signing the document and approved the amendment and her execution thereof.
If we need an additional extension we need to give notice 30 days before the end of the current term in January. 
Minh Ha asked if these time periods include demolition time. Dr. Magee said no this is just our occupancy period. We are also working with Seritage to see if they will keep some of the buildout.
Bathroom leases are for a year. Admin has reached out to the company see if we can get a shorter term extension if we end up having to extend at Sears.

Maggie Nance made a motion to Approve the Amendment to the Seritage Pali South Lease.
Nicholas Albonico seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Amir Ebtehadj
Absent
Lisa Cahill
Absent
Martha Monahan
Aye
Minh Ha Ngo
Aye
Jessica Recinos
Absent
Andrew Paris
Aye
Maggie Nance
Aye
Nicholas Albonico
Aye
Fati Adeli
Aye
Negeen Ben-Cohen
Aye
Jane Davis
Absent

III. New Business / Announcements

A.

Announcements / New Business

Next regular board meeting January 13 at 5 pm 

IV. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 2:16 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Negeen Ben-Cohen