The Ed-Watch series is designed to increase access to information on what decisions are being made regarding public education in Clark County and Nevada.
Clark County School District Board of Trustees
What is the Board of Trustees & what are they responsible for? The CCSD Trustees are publicly elected decision-makers for the school district. They are responsible for providing oversight to the Superintendent and establishing District-wide policy. Trustees are accountable to work with their communities to improve student achievement.
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How often does the Board of Trustees meet? Trustees meet twice per month (second and fourth Thursdays) at 5pm at the Edward A. Greer Education Center (Board Room): 2832 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89121.
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Can community members engage at Trustee Meetings? Decision-making bodies benefit greatly from hearing public input and multiple perspectives. Community members can sign up to speak after the agenda has been posted– by calling the Board Office at (702) 799-1072 at least 3 hours before the scheduled meeting, or signing up in-person at the beginning of the meeting. Prior to each agenda item being voted on, speakers can share their perspective after the Board’s discussion and prior to the vote.
Friday, July 12, 2019
Clark County School District Board of Trustees Special Meeting
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What happened at this meeting?
About 80 members of the public attended this interactive special board meeting, including community advocates, parents, principals, teachers, and support staff.
Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick provided opening remarks about the need to adequately fund education. She requested that Trustees present a plan to the County Commission regarding the use of potential new tax funds, as legislated through AB309. AB309 authorizes the county to impose a .25 percent increase to sales and use tax. The money can be used by districts to address early childhood education, adult education, truancy reduction, homelessness reduction, affordable housing, recruitment and retention of licensed teachers for high-vacancy schools, and workforce training programs.
Attendees Participated in Working Groups on Chronic Absenteeism, Workforce Development, and Pre-K Programs.
Click here to see Superintendent Jara’s overview presentation on the three working group topics.
The working groups, led by Trustees, were tasked with identifying goals and strategies that could be proposed to the County Commission.
The summaries below outline the ideas each working group proposed:
Workforce Development Working Group
- Create Career and Technical Education (CTE) “hubs” to expand access to workforce development programs for students.
- Initiate a nontraditional school schedule to allow flexibility for students to attend workforce development courses.
Pre-K Working Group
- Expand Pre-K to all schools to address inequities and increase the overall number of students served.
- Provide training for early childhood professionals.
Chronic Absenteeism Working Group
- Decrease chronic absenteeism by 10% per year for the next 5 years.
- Scale Communities in Schools services to all Title I schools by 2020.
- Add one truancy officer to every high school feeder pattern.
Next, the Trustees will synthesize the results of these working groups, and will present the individual topics at the joint meeting with County Commissioners on July 18th. That meeting will take place at the County Commission Chambers (500 S Grand Central Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89155).