Even though covid is still affecting school operations across the country, the Washoe County School District is still moving forward with business as usual. On January 14, it announced that it was beginning its search for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Kristen McNeill upon her retirement this summer. The District is working with The Bryan Group to form a Search Advisory … [Read more...]
Sparks City Council Meeting
The following are highlights from the February 10, 2020 Sparks City Council Meeting. General Business City Manager Neil Krutz announced the following boards and commissions vacancies: – Sparks Building Code Board of Appeals for the two-year term beginning 03/21/2020. Candidates with the required electrical engineering experience may apply until Friday, Feb 28. – … [Read more...]
Local Students put STEM Skills to the Test at Annual ‘Punkin Chunkin’ Event
On Saturday, the Andelin Family Farm hosted Washoe County School District’s fifth annual Punkin’ Chunkin’ event where students from across all grade levels came out and showed off their pumpkin-chucking trebuchets. The idea for the Punkin’ Chunkin’ originally came about when Reed High School metalwork and engineering teacher Tim Conley was driving with his wife one night … [Read more...]
School Year Begins in Washoe County Amidst Changes in Administration
As the days start to get shorter and the temperatures cool down, the kids in the Washoe County School District are headed back to school this week to mark the commencement of the 2019- 20 school year. On Monday, August 12, the new school year started at 5:30 a.m. when members of the WCSD Board of Trustees, Interim Superintendent Dr. Kristen McNeill, and members of the WCSD … [Read more...]
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Newly defrocked Washoe School Superintendent Traci Davis made two fatal mistakes. First, she decided she liked Nevada and wanted to raise her daughter here. Second, she stayed too long at the fair. A government critic once told me that the average mid- to high-level public administrator jumps jobs every three years. By that time “they’ve gotten too hot to stay any … [Read more...]
Washoe County School Board fires superintendent after 6-1 vote
After a special meeting that lasted over three hours, the Washoe County School Board fired Superintendent Traci Davis on Monday. Hundreds of people showed up to the Washoe Country School District Board Administration Building for the July 1 meeting to vote on whether to terminate Davis’s employment or not. The parking lot was full by 7 a.m. and people streamed into the … [Read more...]
New school set to open in Spanish Springs this fall
The Washoe County School District recently approved the construction contract to Q&D Construction to build the John Bohach Elementary School in Spanish Springs, designed by H&K Architects. The new elementary school is set to be modeled after the Nick Poulakidas Elementary School currently being built in South Reno set to open to this fall. Q&D Construction and … [Read more...]
WCSD reaches decision to cancel digital days
By Kayla Anderson Sparks Tribune The Washoe County School District (WCSD) released a statement Monday saying that it will discontinue digital days for the rest of the 2018-19 school year. The decision was made last Friday between the WCSD and the Nevada Department of Education. As volatile weather and regular snowstorms affected school operations several days last … [Read more...]