Carson City School District board meeting, Sep 8, 2026
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Carson City school board hears enrollment update showing 73 fewer students than budgeted 1:04:26
- Staff also presented civics test results, reporting that 526 of 527 eligible students took the test and a 97.7% pass rate. 27:27
- The board unanimously approved a motion to adopt the CCSD restorative plan for the 26-27 school year. 1:04:02
- A district staff member reported enrollment is 73 students below what was budgeted, with a budget impact of about $750,000. 1:10:06
- The board approved the consent agenda unanimously, and Molly Walt said items 10 and 11 would be tabled for a future meeting. 1:34:43
Item by item (10)
- Opening and agenda adoption 1:54
- Superintendent's report 2:55
- The superintendent said a state subcommittee has begun reviewing the school performance framework and hopes to have a final product by the end of February. 3:04
- The superintendent described the new Nevada District Performance Framework for rating districts and said preliminary rankings were expected over the next month or 2. 3:23
- Student and trustee school reports 5:45
- A student representative reported on fall sports and said homecoming is September 26th. 6:09
- A speaker reporting for the Silver Campus said the in-seat student count is 104 and the full-time online count is 44. 8:38
- Richard Varner reported on a NASBE meeting that included governance training and a legislative update, and said the conference is set for December 3rd and 5th. 11:07
- Association reports and public comment 20:40
- Civics test results for class of 2026 20:58
- A presenter said NRS 389.009 requires high schools to give a civics exam, and that the district set 60% as passing and 90% as mastery, with the test counting for 10% of a student's grade. 22:06
- A staff member reported 526 of 527 eligible students took the test and 510 passed, a 97.7% pass rate, and later said about 77.8 percent reached mastery. 27:27
- Asked whether students must pass to graduate, a staff member said the state requires taking the test, not passing it. 31:51
- District restorative plan 37:51
- A district staff member said the plan must be board approved and submitted to the state by September 15th and publicly posted on the district's website. 38:30
- The staff member said district regulation requires suspension for students 8 or older who commit battery against a school employee with intent to cause bodily injury. 1:00:17
- Molly Walt asked for a presentation on behavior trends 3 times a school year, broken out by elementary, middle and high school. 1:02:26
- Molly Walt announced the motion to adopt the plan passed unanimously. 1:04:13
- Student enrollment and budget impact 1:04:26
- A district staff member reported kindergarten enrollment of 417, 33 fewer than last year, and said 191 is an accurate measure of the overall enrollment drop. 1:04:54
- The staff member said the district budgeted for 6,763 students, actual enrollment is 73 less, and the budget impact is about $750,000. 1:10:06
- A speaker asked to see per pupil spending by school, and Molly Walt asked whether the district is overstaffed; a staff member said reducing 3 positions is not feasible at this point in the year. 1:11:24
- Agenda items 10 and 11 1:28:58
- Consent agenda 1:35:27
- Informational items and future agenda topics 1:35:57
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