Clark County School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet
4 h 19 min · 25 public speakers
This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 4 h 19 min.
- Who spoke · first speaks at
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Clark County board accepts chronic absenteeism report 1:12:46
- A motion to pull item 3.02 from the consent agenda did not pass, and the board then approved the consent agenda. 43:27
- The board opened an item on advanced coursework, workforce development and career readiness, and a motion on that item passed. 2:22:16
- During general public comment, speakers raised the surplus of a middle school social worker, the district grading structure, the budget and changes to school start times. 3:14:10
Item by item (7)
- Opening and agenda adoption 18:58
- The board president called the meeting to order at 5 o'clock, and the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance followed. 18:58
- A trustee moved to adopt the agenda with revised and additional reference materials for items 4.03 and 3.05. 21:49
- A trustee asked about the land acknowledgment and was told it was not on the agenda. 22:33
- The motion to adopt the agenda passed. 24:58
- Student report 24:58
- Consent agenda and warrants 35:16
- A speaker at public comment asked the board not to approve item 3.02, a $50,000 consulting contract, saying the contract did not mention Child Find. 36:48
- Another speaker at public comment said the district could revise the contract language and that children cannot wait. 39:49
- A trustee read ratified warrants totaling $345,508,574.90. 44:45
- A motion to pull item 3.02 from consent did not pass, and the motion to approve the consent agenda passed. 43:27
- Chronic absenteeism report 45:07
- An associate superintendent said chronic absenteeism peaked at nearly 40% in 2022 and was reduced to 26.9% at the end of last year. 45:21
- An executive director reported a 2.5% reduction in the overall first-semester rate and said attendance officers visited over 24,000 homes during the first semester. 46:40
- A staff member said the district has 30 district attendance officers and that the goal is 15%. 52:03
- A motion to accept the chronic absenteeism report passed. 1:12:46
- Advanced coursework and career readiness 2:21:48
- A presenter reported a 65.1% completion rate for career and technical education programs of study and said AP course participation increased by 72% over the past 5 years. 2:23:39
- A presenter said the district receives around $14 million a year in federal and state Perkins dollars. 2:44:29
- A presenter said each AP test is about $100 an exam. 3:03:09
- A motion to approve passed. 3:12:46
- General public comment 3:13:01
- Adjournment 4:16:02
Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.
What was said
What board members said, in order
One of the questions that I have is, do we have any numbers of the chronic absenteeism students that are on COSA?Brenda Zamora · Member52:45
Seeing that the data shows a decline in absenteeism, is it safe to say that ICE operations in the community have not had an impact on attendance?Lorena Biassotti · Member1:06:06
In the MTSS, uh, Does one of the systems focus on engaging the parents or guardians specifically, and do you believe the root cause of misbehavior is in the home?Lorena Biassotti · Member1:56:48
Other meetings
Other meetings of this board
Video: posted by the district as “CCSD Board of School Trustees - Regular Meeting 2.12.26”