Running head: SCHOOL BOARD MEETING NOTES

School Board Meeting 3/8/2018 Notes

Adrian Braybrooke

College of Southern Nevada

EDU 210; Dale B. Warby

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING NOTES 2

Summary

The meeting started out with a discussion of sports. The Golden Knights, NV Energy,

and the NHL have come together to provide training to PE teachers and give equipment to

schools for Hockey in physical education. In one elementary school, they held a celebration for

the winter Olympics by holding a winter Olympics Field Day. One alumni from Del Sol

Academy actually competed in the Olympics, and the district is proud of this representation and

appreciation the students are giving.

The district celebrates 25 years of magnet schools, and now there are four first time

winners on the list. CCSD was honored for its’ students college readiness, specifically for

minorities. In Nevada, we have earned the largest three year increase for those receiving a 5 on

the AP exams.

Another topic discussed was Nevada Reading week. The theme was “reading is a

voyage,” and throughout CCSD, many parents and teachers read to their students to celebrate.

This is important because it gives people the opportunity to focus on reading, and a reason to

appreciate it and embrace it together.

The meeting also included a few blips from school tours throughout Nevada. Each school

discussed their graduation rate, their AP classes, extracurricular clubs and their mission

statements. Some schools were Cheyenne HS, Moapa Valley, Legacy, etc. The reason this is

there is to showcase that there are many schools in Nevada that are excelling and being

successful.

Another main topic of the meeting was finances. There was a discussion over Assembly

Bill 469 (Clark County Schools Achieve). This discusses requiring the school district to provide

schools with at least 85% of unrestricted funds directly in the schools strategic budget. CCSD is
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING NOTES 3

on track to exceed that and give 88% directly to school strategic budgets. The district is dealing

with $2.4 billion and 1.9 billion is unrestricted. This goes to pay for teachers, staff,

transportation, supplies, maintenance and so on. It is good that CCSD is striving to provide more,

because teachers need to make more. Nevada is now ranked 38th in education in the 2018 quality

counts report. But our education funding ranks 48th, and we received an F in Nevada funding.

However, these reports do not reflect how much that has been dumped in recently, and we will

rank better next year due to the Clark County Schools Achieve.

The board discussed the Florida shooting, and how many happen after another. One of

the people discuss what must be done—that we need to listen to what these grieving families are

telling us. These things shouldn’t be dismissed, and although we may not be able to understand,

we need to move forward and listen to those people who are hurting. This man also said that we

must be strengthened to not give up, and we must not give into fear.

Another man claims that we need to enact more safety measures like electric locks. He

says, “How many of our students will die? It is not a matter of if it happens, it is a matter of when

it happens.”

Andrew Wilson, a student at Liberty High School, claims he feels unsafe in his school.

He said it is not a matter of if, but when. He talks about how the band room has an exterior door

and that it is unlocked and anyone can walk in. Wilson discusses that his school will have a walk

out to support those in Florida, and that they want to do this to speak out against what is going on

and that there are not enough safety precautions in CCSD. He claims that it is important to

ensure students feel safe.

These discussions from students speaking about not feeling safe is so important because

it shows that as educators, we need to ensure our students feel safe.