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Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Coral Academy of Science Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM PDT

Location

8985 S. Eastern Ave. #375

Las Vegas, NV 89123

Posting of Agenda: This agenda has been posted at the following locations: 

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas (“CASLV”) Central Office, CASLV website at www.caslv.org, and Nevada Public Notice website at http://notice.nv.gov.

Format / Procedures / Rules: This is a notice of a public meeting held pursuant to NRS Chapter 241. Members of the public are invited to be present.

Certain items may be removed from open/public consideration if permitted or required by Nevada law. The Board may also (i) take agenda items out of order; (ii) combine two or more items for consideration; (iii) separate one item into multiple items; (iv) table an agenda item to a future meeting; and/or (v) remove an agenda item.

Reasonable efforts will be made to assist and accommodate persons with physical disabilities desiring to attend the meeting. Please contact Ms. Shepard at ashepard@coralacademylv.org at least 48 hours before the time of the meeting, if possible, so that reasonable arrangements may conveniently be made. 

Please also contact Ms. Shepard if you would like a copy of the agenda and any public reference materials relating to agenda items. Those materials will also be available at the meeting location. Those materials would provide you with greater context and clarity as to the matters under discussion.

By law, no one may willfully disrupt the meeting to the extent that its orderly conduct becomes impractical.

All items are action or possible action items if denoted as such.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 4:30 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order Chan Lengsavath, Esq. 5 m
   

Call to order 
Roll Call 
Pledge of Allegiance 

  
  B. Public Comment   10 m
   

Comments from the public are welcome at this time. You may present your comment during the meeting or beforehand, by contacting Ms. Shepard and relaying the comment to her. No person may sign up for another person, nor yield his/her time to another person. The Board may not deliberate on, or take any action regarding, a matter raised during the public comments sessions, unless the matter itself has already been specifically included on the agenda as an “Action” Item (and then, only at the time such Item is heard). The Board President will limit public comment to 3 to 5 minutes per person to ensure that all participants may speak and the Agenda is not unduly delayed, subject to any brief extension granted by the Board President in his/her sole discretion. No restrictions apply based on the speaker’s viewpoints. If the Board hears public comments that exceed, in total, 20 minutes, the Board may postpone the remainder of the public comments to the same agenda item at the end of the meeting. The Board President may, in her discretion, forego Items I (B) and second-to-last item and instead solicit Public Comments during each individual action item below, as permitted by NRS 241.020(3)(d)(3); or alternatively keep Items I (B) and IX but still permit Public Comments during certain (but not necessarily all) individual action items below. The information above applies to all Public Comment periods.

  
II. Consent Agenda-Facility Finance Committee 4:45 PM
  A. Centennial Hills Campus Shade Structure (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
  B. Liability, Workers' Compensation, and Accidents Insurance Renewal (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
  C. Approval of Additional Architect and Civil Engineering Service Request for Nellis Campus Expansion (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
III. Consent Agenda-Academic Committee 5:00 PM
  A. Approval of District Student Learning Plan (Read by Grade 3) (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Mustafa Gunozu 5 m
  B. Amendment and Approval of SESS Contract for the 25-26 School Year (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
IV. Consent Agenda-Regular 5:10 PM
  A. August 14, 2025 Special Board Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Elizabeth Kazelskis 5 m
  B. August 16, 2025 Board Retreat Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Elizabeth Kazelskis 5 m
  C. September 10, 2025 Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Chan Lengsavath, Esq. 5 m
  D. September 18, 2025 Academic Committee Meeting (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Carryn Warren 5 m
  E. Report of Purchases and Expenses Between $10,000 and $25,000 (Information) FYI Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
V. Information/Discussion Items 5:35 PM
  A. Financial Update (Information) FYI Nick S. and/or DMS 5 m
  B. Executive Director’s Progress Report (Information) FYI Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
   

This typically consists of brief updates and notices from the Executive Director regarding general school matters (i.e., items of general interest) not already covered in this meeting, including, for example, campus and school news, test results, school awards/accolades, sports results, club events, staff and teacher trainings, special events, graduation ceremonies, etc.

  
VI. Discussion & Possible Action Items- Contracts, Purchases, and Procurements 5:45 PM
  A. AB 245 (2023) Power-Based Violence MOU (For Possible Action) Vote Jessica Paquin 5 m
  B. Approval of Eastgate Campus Front Entry Remodeling Architect (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
  C. Eastgate Facility Purchase Transaction (For Possible Action) Vote Mark Gardberg, Esq. CASLV External Legal Counsel 5 m
   

1. Approval for CASLV to continue with the real property purchase (For Possible Action)

 

2. Approval for CASLV to finance the purchase by entering into an EFF loan facility (For Possible Action)

 

3. Approval for CASLV to enter into related agreements with third parties (e.g., our neighbor and the City) (For Possible Action)

  
  D. Amendment of the CMAR Pre-Construction Services Agreement for CASLV Nellis Campus Expansion (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
VII. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Governance/Policies/Finance 6:05 PM
  A. 2025-2026 Progressive Discipline Plan Based on Restorative Practices (For Possible Action) Vote Jessica Paquin 5 m
     
     
  B. Board Committee Structure and Chairs of Committees (For Possible Action) Vote Chan Lengsavath, Esq. 5 m
  C. Charter Amendments to Request Updating the Mission Statement and Revising Nellis Campus Enrollment Cap due to Delay on the Expansion (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
  D. Student Records Retention Policy (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
  E. Update of Strategic Plan (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
VIII. Closed (Non-Meeting) Sessions 6:30 PM
 

Litigation:  Closed Session (i.e., non-public meeting that is statutorily exempt from the OML) pursuant to NRS 241.015(4)(c), with respect to potential or actual litigation.

 

  

Discipline: Closed Session (i.e., non-public meeting that is statutorily exempt from the OML) pursuant to NRS 241.016(3) and NRS 392.466(16) and/or 392.467(4), with respect to a potential student(s) suspension/expulsion.

 

 

 

  
  A. Expulsion of Student(s) (Information, Discussion) Vote Chan Lengsavath, Esq. 5 m
IX. Potential Action(s) (For Possible Action) 6:35 PM
 

If any, re. the legal matters heard during the Closed Session Note: this may consist, for example, of a decision to submit a written demand on a potential litigant (e.g., a cease-and-desist letter), to authorize litigation, to conduct further legal research, to propose a settlement to a litigant, or to tender a matter to insurance.

  
  A. Expulsion Recommendation(s) for Student(s) (re: item VII. A) (For Possible Action) Vote Chan Lengsavath, Esq. 5 m
X. Public Comments (Information) 6:40 PM
 
Please see the procedures and rules in item I(B) above.
  
  A. Public Comment FYI
XI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
   
(For Action)