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.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Clark County School District Board of Trustees Meeting
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What happened at this meeting?
Public Comment
Members of the public provided testimony to Trustees regarding:
- Concerns about benefits for substitute teachers
- Concerns about a lack of diversity in school leadership
- Concerns about public education funding
- Concerns about school staffing regulations
Trustees Heard a Presentation on Focus 2024 Student Success Measures
The board heard a presentation on progress towards the student success goals outlined in the Focus 2024 Plan (summarized below).
Student Success Objective: Increase the four-year high school graduation rate.
The District met its four-year high school graduation rate goal of 84.3% (2018-2019), with an actual graduation rate of 85.2%.
Student Success Objective: Decrease student achievement gaps in the four-year high school graduation rate while increasing the graduation rate for all subgroups.
The District did not meet its goal. The proficiency gap between the highest- and lowest performing subgroups increased by 2.5% in 2018-2019.
Additionally, for American Indian/Alaska Native students, students with Limited English Proficiency, and students on Individualized Education Programs (special education), 2018-2019 graduation rates decreased.
Trustees requested more information about the breakdown of the district’s student population. Trustees discussed continuing to work with the state for collecting accurate data in a timely manner.
Click here to see this presentation.
Click here to see student success indicators by subgroup.
Click here to see this portion of the Focus 2024 plan.
Trustees Approved the Naming of Tyrone Thompson Elementary School
The School Name Committee recognized the late Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson’s contributions to education in Clark County, and recommended him as a school namesake for the Clark County School District.
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Trustee Reports
Trustees participated in Principal for a Day, Sun Youth Forum, and the Middle School Honor Choir Concert.
Superintendent Communications
- Rancho High School received a grant from the NFL & Raiders of $250K for a turf field.
- The district is negotiating with the Clark County Education Association (CCEA) and the Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) regarding filing lawsuits against individual school principals in response to staffing decisions.
- Strategic budgets are being released to school principals on January 15.
Requests for Future Agenda Items:
- Information about protocol principals follow for master scheduling
- Review of the Community Engagement Policy for schools (Policy 1140)
- Data on graduation rates among English Language Learners
- Updates on the English Language Learner Master plan
- A list of district principals broken out by race and ethnicity
- Teacher and staff retention rates for each school