Final

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas Board Meeting

Date and Time

Thursday January 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM PST

Location

10 Cadence Ave Henderson, NV 89011

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

      Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 6:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order Ann Diggins 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 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 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 6:20 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 November 15, 2022 Regular Board Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Approve Minutes Beth Kazelskis 5 m
  B. Approval of the December 6, 2022 Finance and Facilities Subcommittee Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Beth Kazelskis 5 m
  C. Report of Purchases and Expenses Between $10,000 and $25,000 (Information) Ercan A.
III. Discussion & Possible Action Items- Contracts, Purchases, and Procurements 6:30 PM
  A. Tamarus Campus Portables Renewals (For Possible Action) Vote Nick S. 5 m
  B. Nellis Campus Portables Agreement (For Possible Action) Vote Nick S. 5 m
IV. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Governance/Policies 6:40 PM
  A. Retention and Recruitment Stipends for Full Time Teachers (For Possible Action) Vote Nick S. 5 m
   

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas plans to give retention of existing teachers and recruitment stipends for the new to full-time teachers for the recruitment and retention challenges in light of the pandemic. Providing additional compensation
to teachers will help new teacher recruitment and retain our experienced teachers due to the Covid-19-related teacher shortage. Funded from ARP ESSER federal grant.

  
  B. Charter Amendment Request - Reduction of the Cadence Campus Enrollment Caps (For Possible Action) Vote Ercan Aydogdu, CASLV Executive Director 5 m
  C. Charter Amendment Request - Nellis Campus Portables (For Possible Action) Vote Ercan Aydogdu, CASLV Executive Director 5 m
V. Information/Discussion Items 6:55 PM
  A. Financial Update (Information) FYI Nick S. and/or DMS rep. 5 m
  B. State Public Charter School Authority (SPCSA) Financial Framework (Information) FYI Nick S. 5 m
  C. Midyear Academic Progress Report for Nellis Campus (Information) FYI Mustafa Gunozu 5 m
  D. Quarterly Discipline Report (Information) FYI Anthony Vu 10 m
  E. Final Cadence Construction Closeout Update (Information) FYI Ercan Aydogdu, CASLV Executive Director 5 m
  F. Executive Director’s Progress Report (Information) FYI Ercan A. 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. Closed Session-Privileged & Confidential 7:30 PM
 

Closed Sessions (i.e., non-public meetings that are statutorily exempt from the OML) pursuant to NRS 241.016(3) and 388.261, with respect to item (A), and NRS 241.015(3)(b)(2), with respect to item (B).

  
  A. Attorney/Client Conference FYI Mark Gardberg 20 m
VII. 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.

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