Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Regular Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday April 5, 2022 at 4:30 PM PDT

Location

1051 Sandy Ridge Pkwy. Henderson, NV 89052

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

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas (“CASLV”), Green Valley Library, Enterprise Library, James Gibson Library, Paseo Verde Library. Whitney Library, 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 5 m
   
Call to order 
Roll Call 
Pledge of Allegiance 
 
  B. Public Comment   15 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 which 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 V 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 VII 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 4:50 PM
 
Information concerning the following consent agenda items has been provided to Board members for study prior to the meeting. The Executive Director recommends the passage of all Consent Agenda items in one motion. The Board may vote upon these items in one motion, unless a Board member requests that an item be taken separately.
 
  A. Approval of the February 26, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Approve Minutes Beth Kazelskis
  B. Approval of the March 22, 2022 Finance and Facilities Subcommittee Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Approve Minutes 5 m
  C. Fiber Cable Internet Upgrade for Campuses (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Cengiz 5 m
  D. Goguardian License Purchase (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Cengiz 5 m
  E. Pre-K Shade Structure for Nellis Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Mr.Yutuc 5 m
  F. Report of Purchases and Expenses Between $10,000 and $25,000 (Information) Mr. Ercan
III. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Governance/Policies 5:10 PM
  A. Charter Amendment Request for Nellis Campus High School and Eastgate Campus Grade Level Changes (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Vu, Ms. Bailey, Mr. Yutuc 10 m
  B. 2022-2023 School Year Board Meeting Calendar (For Possible Action) Vote Ann Diggins 5 m
  C. Election of Board Members (for the four Board positions with expiring terms) (For Possible Action) Vote Ann Diggins 10 m
   

The positions up for election at this meeting are the Board posts occupied (as of the commencement of this meeting) by Chan Lengsavath, Elizabeth Kazalskis, Carryn Warren, and Feyzi Tandogan (licensed teacher/administrator). By statute, if a category is listed next to such a person’s name, then any nominee seeking election to that seat must qualify for that category in order to be eligible, to ensure CASLV’s compliance with applicable law.3

 
  D. Appointment of Chan Lengsavath as Treasurer (For Possible Action) Vote Ann Diggins 5 m
  E. Discipline Appeals Policy (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Vu 5 m
  F. Investment Policy (For Possible Action) Vote Facility/ Finance Committee 5 m
IV. Discussion & Possible Action Items- Contracts, Purchases, and Procurements 5:50 PM
  A. Technology Orders for Cadence Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Cengiz 5 m
  B. Furniture Orders for Cadence Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Mr Eraslan 5 m
  C. Curriculum Orders (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Selim 10 m
  D. Shade Structure for Centennial Hills Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Serdar 5 m
  E. National School Lunch Program Provider Contract (For Possible Action) Vote Ms.Shepard 5 m
V. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Finance/ Facility 6:20 PM
  A. Cadence Campus Change Orders (For Possible Action) Vote Mark McGinty 5 m
  B. Restricted Cash investment from Bond Reserve Funds (For Possible Action) Vote Facility/ Finance Committee 5 m
  C. FY 2022-2023 Tentative Budget (For Possible Action) Vote Mr. Nick 5 m
VI. Information/Discussion Items 6:35 PM
  A. CASLV Campus Update From Eastgate Campus FYI Ms. Bailey 5 m
  B. Financial Update (Information) FYI Mr. Nick and/or DMS rep. 5 m
  C. Executive Director’s Progress Report (Information) FYI Mr. Ercan 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.

 
  D. Discipline Report (Information) FYI Mr. Vu 5 m
VII. Privileged & Confidential Attorney/Client Conference
 

CASLV Legal Counsel pursuant to NRS241.015(3)(b)(2) (Information, Deliberation) Note: per the Open Meeting Law ("OML), this constitutes a non-public meeting that is statutorily exempt from the OML.  

 
VIII. Potential Action(s) (For Possible Action)
 

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.

 
IX. Public Comments (Information)
 
Please see the procedures and rules in item I(B) above.
 
X. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
   
(For Action)