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...]
Confusion about ‘Digital Days’ creating a storm of its own
By Kayla Anderson Sparks Tribune Snow days tend to happen in Northern Nevada wreaking havoc on people trying to get to work and school. The Tahoe Sierra especially has been getting hammered from recent storms, shutting down roads and making it near impossible for even snow plows to get through. On days like this, trying to get to school is sometimes out of the … [Read more...]
Washoe County School District Prepares to Renew Health Insurance Contract with Renown; Saint Mary’s Contests the Process
By Megan Messerly, The Nevada Independent The Washoe County School District was poised to renew a contract on Tuesday with Renown Hospital and its insurance arm to provide health care to teachers and other district employees, but the hospital’s biggest competitor, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, is crying foul over the process, saying it can provide care more … [Read more...]