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Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas

Coral Academy of Science Board Meeting

Date and Time

Wednesday April 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM PDT

Location

CASLV Centennial Hills Campus 

7951 Deer Springs Way
Las Vegas, NV  89131

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

Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas (“CASLV”) Centennial Hills Campus, 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 Ann Diggins 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 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. Proclamation, Commendations and Presentation 4:45 PM
  A. Recognition of Sandy Ridge Math Competitions Coach and Students (Information) FYI Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
III. Consent Agenda 4:50 PM
  A. March 5, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes (For Possible Action) Vote Elizabeth Kazelskis 5 m
     
  B. Leader in Me Program for Cadence (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Mustafa Gunozu 5 m
     
  C. AP Exam Fees (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
     
     
     
  D. SchoolMint (Enrollment and Lottery Software) Renewal (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
     
  E. Centennial Hills Exterior Painting of Building (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
     
     
     
  F. Amendment to the Cadence Additional Classroom Construction (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
  G. Nellis Furniture Purchase (For Possible Action) Vote Nick Sarisahin 5 m
     
  H. Report of Purchases and Expenses Between $10,000 and $25,000 (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
IV. Information/Discussion Items 5:30 PM
  A. Financial Update (Information) FYI Nick S. and/or DMS 5 m
     
  B. Quarterly Discipline Report (Information) FYI Jessica Paquin 5 m
     
  C. 2030 Statewide Plan for the Improvement of Pupils (Information) FYI Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
     
     
  D. 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.

  
     
V. Discussion & Possible Action Items- Contracts, Purchases, and Procurements 5:50 PM
  A. Purchase of Eastgate Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Ercan Aydogdu 5 m
     
  B. Selection of the Contractor for CMAR Phase I/Project for the front office remodel of Windmill and Sandy Ridge (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
  C. i-Amendment and renewal of Revolution Food Agreement for Tamarus, Centennial Hills, Eastgate, and Cadence campuses (For Possible Action). ii-Approval of SLA food Agreement for Nellis, Sandy Ridge,and Windmill campuses (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
     
     
  D. Purchase of New Kitchen Equipment for Nellis, Sandy Ridge, and Windmill (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
     
     
  E. Curriculum Purchases (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Gunozu 5 m
     
     
     
     
     
     
VI. Discussion/Possible Action Items-Governance/Policies/Finance 6:15 PM
  A. 2025-2026 School Year Board Meeting Calendar (For Possible Action) Vote Andrea Shepard 5 m
     
  B. Sandy Ridge Technology Fee and 1-to-1 Technology Policy (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
  C. Special Education (SPED) Corrective Action Plan at the Cadence Campus (For Possible Action) Vote Dr. Mustafa Gunozu 5 m
  D. Update Wellness Policy (For Possible Action) Vote Selim Tanyeri 5 m
     
VII. Closed Session-Privileged & Confidential 6:35 PM
 

Closed Sessions (i.e., non-public meetings that are statutorily exempt from the OML) pursuant to (i) NRS 241.016(3) and NRS 392.466(16) and/or 392.467(4), and (ii) NRS 241.015(4)(c), with respect to attorney/client privileged matters.

 

 

  
  A. 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.
  
  A. Public Comment FYI
IX. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote
   
(For Action)