Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Coral Academy of Science Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday September 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM PDT

Location

CASLV Central Office 

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 his 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 VI (A) 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 4:45 PM
  A. August 22, 2026 Board Retreat Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Carryn Warren 1 m
  B. September 10, 2026 Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Finance & Facilities Committee 1 m
  C. Independent Third-Party Building Commissioning Services for the Nellis Campus Expansion Project (For Possible Action) Vote Finance and Facilities Committee 3 m
  D. Upgraded Power Transformer for the Nellis Campus Expansion Project (For Possible Action) Vote Finance and Facilities Committee 3 m
  E. Charter Schools Association of Nevada (CSAN) Membership Payment (For Possible Action) Vote Finance and Facilities Committee 2 m
  F. Windmill Campus Chromebook Purchases (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 2 m
III. Information/Discussion Items 4:57 PM
  A. Quarterly Discipline Report (25-26 SY Q1-Q4 Reports) (Information) FYI Jessica Paquin 10 m
  B. Report of Purchases and Expenses Between $10,000 and $25,000 (Information) FYI Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 2 m
  C. Nevada School Performance Framework (NSPF) Results Review (Information) FYI Dr. Mustafa Gunozu 5 m
  D. Financial Update (Information) FYI Nick S. and/or DMS 5 m
   

Delta Management Solutions, the back office company, will provide the Board of Directors with an update on CASLV’s financial status as of August 31, 2026. The update will include a review of the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, and Budget versus Actual performance, highlighting key variances, trends, and financial implications.

 
  E. 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.

 
IV. Discussion & Possible Action Items- Contracts, Purchases, and Procurements 5:24 PM
  A. Protouch Services - Approval of MOU / Direct Hire Fee Agreement (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
  B. Henderson Chamber of Commerce Membership and Sponsorship (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
  C. General Liability and Property Insurance Renewal (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 7 m
  D. Purchase of the Land for the New Campus Project (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 15 m
  E. CASLV 20th Anniversary Slogan Contest (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
V. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Governance/Policies/Finance 6:01 PM
  A. Board Committee Structures and Members (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
  B. Request for Charter Amendments: 1- For a Proposed Campus Expansion 2- To Increase Enrollment Cap for Windmill Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
  C. Recent Research on Screen Time and Elementary Student Learning (Discussion and For Possible Action) Vote Ann Diggins 10 m
VI. Public Comments (Information) 6:21 PM
 
Please see the procedures and rules in item I(B) above.
 
  A. Public Comment FYI
VII. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
   
(For Action)