The Clark County School District is a school district that serves all of Clark County, Nevada, including the cities of Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, and Mesquite; as well as Laughlin census places, Blue Diamond, Logandale, Bunkerville, Goodsprings, Indian Springs, Mount Charleston, Moapa, Searchlight, and Sandy Valley. The district is divided into seven areas and, in addition to public schools, also operates 25 alternative schools and programs. The district has limited involvement with charter schools, and with the exception of providing several bus services, there is no involvement with private schools in the area. By 2014, this district is the fifth largest in the United States.
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History
Clark County School District began in 1956 when the Nevada Legislature mandated the consolidation of all public school districts into 17 public school districts. This change means that 14 separate school districts in Clark County will be part of the new Clark County School District.
R. Guild Gray, an inspector in former Clark School School No. 2, was declared before the meeting of the School Supervisory Board on 1 February 1956 that the district would be larger than the political division in the state of Nevada. Gray believes the district will be bigger than the state highway department with 1,300 employees and an annual budget of $ 7.25 million.
Prior to 1956, each school district in each area ran independently of each other, serving the city and/or CDP respectively.
When the district began in 1956, registration was just over 20,000 and Clark County had about 103,000 inhabitants. The district will continue to face challenges in the coming years. Funding is his biggest challenge and has been going on for years as it competes with explosive population growth.
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Growth
Because a large number of families moved to the Las Vegas area, the school district saw tremendous growth in student enrollment from the 1990s through 2007. Some bonding issues were agreed by voters to help the district handle this growth. This has caused many new schools to be built. Within a few years, as many as 16 schools have been opened. 320,400 students enrolled during the 2015-2016 school year.
This results in a very high demand for teachers to organize the classroom. As a result, districts should be creative in finding teachers to be recruited including recruiting teachers from other countries and other countries.
In 2008, a state-wide recession impacted the district. In 2012, voters failed to pass the school construction bond. In 2014, the district is overwhelmed with new students when the economy recovers. Primary schools operate at 117.6% of planned capacity, with some schools nearly 200%. If the 2016 bond passes, officials expect the new school to be built by 2020.
Performance Zone
Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, CCSD schools were reorganized into the Performance Zone. In the 2012-2013 school year, there are 13 Geographic Performance Zones and one additional "Turnaround Schools" Performance Zone. Then in the academic year 2014-2015, there are 16 performance zones and assistant principals.
Supervisory Board
The school district is governed by a seven-member supervisory board selected from several parts of the county. The school superintendent is Pat Skorkowsky appointed by the council in May 2013. The school board members serve a staggering four years time.
Current members of the School Supervisory Board are:
- Deanna Wright - President - District A (term ends in 2020)
- Dr. Linda Young - Vice President - District C (term expires in 2020)
- Carolyn Edwards - Clerk - District F (term ends in 2018)
- Chris Garvey - District B (ending in 2018)
- Kevin L. Child - District D (ending in 2018)
- Lola Brooks - District E (term ends in 2020)
- Erin Cranor - District G (ending in 2018)
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- R. Guild Gray, 1956-1961
- Harvey N. Dondero (interim supervisor), 1961
- Leland B. Newcomer, 1961-1965
- James Mason, 1966-1969
- Kenny Guinn, 1969-1978
- Claude G. Perkins, 1978-1981
- Charles Silvestri (interim superintendent), 1981-1982
- Robert E. Wentz, 1982-1989
- Brian Cram, 1989-2000
- Carlos A. Garcia, 2000-2005
- Walt Rulffes and Agustin Orci (while co-superintendents), 2005-2006
- Walt Rulffes, 2006-2010
- Dwight D. Jones, 2010-2013
- Pat Skorkowsky, 2013-2018
- Jesus Jara, 2018
Transportation
Since the district operates in a valley with air quality problems, it currently operates most of its bus fleet with a fuel mixture containing 20% ​​biodiesel. Due to its location in the Mojave desert, there is not much original material that can be used to make biodiesel fuel, so the district partnered with the Biodiesel Industry to use oil from regional restaurants as an additive. Because of tourism, the area produces twice the national average of 3 gallons of oil per population per year, making it a reliable source of feed for biodiesel fuel.
A student must register for school transportation when they enroll in school. Routing and scheduling programs determine the eligibility of student transportation, establish bus stops for eligible students, and notify parents of the arrangements. It is not uncommon to expect older students, high school and senior high school, to walk to and from school up to three miles a way. For these students, air quality is a concern, as is heat. The temperature at the beginning of the school year has been known to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is recommended that students who are vulnerable to health conditions related to heat and/or air quality receive transport to school.
School building
To reduce construction costs, most schools are being built for standard design. The design is tailored to various sites to handle a variety of topography and site sizes. While most primary schools are single-storey buildings, the district has built several demonstration schools using two story plans so that smaller sites can be used allow schools to be located in built areas that have no room for a traditional single story design. The new school building after 2016 uses a two story design.
Many high schools built during the 1970s and 1980s were built in a circular design. An example of this design is one story, 9 months of high school, B. Mahlon Brown Junior High School in Henderson. These schools are usually with one directed aisle with several different "wings" with each hosting different subjects (ie, 100's Language Arts, 200's Mathematics, 300's Science).
During the school 2010-2011, all schools were converted into a 9-month school due to a budget shortage. The two campuses are converted back to schedule throughout the year starting in the 2013-2014 academic year. For 2014-2015, 10 additional elementary schools are converted to schedule throughout the year. This conversion is caused entirely by the density in these school buildings.
The district also added a portable classroom , which is a modular building, in many schools to provide additional space for the classroom.
The district has been contracted with the Edison School to operate several schools in an effort to improve performance in selected schools. The contract is terminated at the end of the 2013-2014 academic year.
School police
See also
- Clark District School District Records Committee documents the history of CCSD.
- List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment
- KLVX Communications Group is owned by the school district; which operates KLVX (PBS member stations are known as "Vegas PBS")
References
External links
- District School of Clark County School
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