It’s that time of year again! ☀️ #SunYouthForum #TheKidsAreSoSmart

CCSD's school start time survey closes tomorrow. The district is considering a districtwide shift of all start times by 30 minutes for the 2026–2027 school year. www.surveymonkey.com/r/C6P2DVY

CCSD has faced multiple traffic incidents recently involving students near school, school buses or both. On Friday, a boy, 12, was hit by an alleged drunk driver while walking to Smith MS. He died today. Today, buses hit a student near Lied MS and an adult in NLV.

Gov. Lombardo has named Victor Wakefield as the new state superintendent of schools. He is a TFA executive who spent several years as the ED of TFA-Las Vegas. Also served as a Guinn fellow and a state board of education member. He begins on 10/27.

The school board is about to vote on the new contract with CCEA. Highlights include incentives for teachers filling “hard-to-fill” positions and a “Salary Review and Adjustment Process” (a lookback) to address salary compaction.

Incoming CCSD CFO Justin Dayhoff is ready to come west.

Ely has light at the end of the tunnel. "They have tried everything they can. This was like the last-ditch effort for those kids." Other rurals stand to benefit, too. The bill awaits Lombardo's signature. lasvegassun.com/news/2025/ju...

Tracking vetoes as they post. As of today, 3 of 33 are ed-related: AB155: made class size subject to bargaining AB205: made sex ed opt-out AB445: made (school and public) library staff immune from liability for providing access to materials. 1 of 2 anti-book ban bills.

Lombardo's end-of-session statement touts education accountability reforms.

A new funding mechanism to rebuild and renovate crumbling rural schools passes the Senate. It now goes to the governor's desk.

AB224, which would allow state bond proceeds to support replacing rural schools in serious disrepair, finally gets a W&M hearing tomorrow.

High school grad season is upon us. Let’s go, Mater East!

High school graduations begin on Friday. Here's what not to bring- specifically for the Orleans but it's good to keep in mind that all venues may have similar restrictions.

Vegas kids are cool, Friday edition: Las Vegas HS still publishes a print newspaper!

Vegas kids are cool, Thursday edition: Sierra Vista HS deejay club showing their skills at the airport during EDC weekend.

The governor's big ed bill has landed. AB584 www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/RE...

Gov. Lombardo is not happy about the K-12 joint subcommittee decision to not apply a proposed SB231-type extension to charter teachers. The original bill also excluded charter educators.

The Economic Forum reduced their December projections by over $170M. Today’s depressing economic outlook underscores exactly why Nevada lawmakers must #PassThePlan to fully fund our public schools and reject giveaways that divert public dollars to private interests like Hollywood. #NVLeg

Rep. Titus' thoughts on today's Economic Forum.

An SPTA at Red Rock Elementary has been arrested on charges related to child abuse and battery.

Sen Majority Leader Cannizzaro's big ed bill dropped today. SB460, the Education through Accountability, Transparency and Efficiency (EDUCATE) Act, is 167 pages and carries a $317M price tag- $250M of that is extending the SB231 raises www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/RE...

NDE has a survey for input on the next state supt. The questions are short essay-style and ask what experiences, skills and qualities the superintendent should have: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/c70f0...

Reviewing the proposed contracts for Supt Ebert's chosen deputies. Deputy Supts Jesse Welsh (Teaching & Learning) and Felicia Gonzales (Business Operations) have the same terms- at-will employees, earning $260K/yr. If OK'd, Welsh begins on 5/2, Gonzales on 4/28.

This passed on not-quite party lines. All of the yeas were Dems and all but one of the nays were Reps. The one Dem nay was CCEA member Reuben D'Silva, who is also the only one of 5 educators in the Assembly to vote against the bill.

CCSD cabinet hires up for board OK next week: Jesse Welsh (a recent supt finalist with lots of CCSD experience) for Deputy Supt of Teaching & Learning, and Felicia Gonzales (a deputy under Ebert at NDE and also a CCSD veteran) for Deputy Supt of Biz Ops.

NDE honors Elaine Wynn, who was a longtime member of the state board of education.

Jhone Ebert's contract: Starts on April 14 (Monday), $385,000/year, good for 4 years. Board votes on it this evening. go.boarddocs.com/nv/ccsdlv/Bo...

Incoming CCSD Supt Ebert's contract is on the 4/10 trustee agenda, but the proposed contract itself isn't attached. Related: trustees picked an outside atty last night to negotiate the contract (their current atty is also district general counsel, creating a conflict of interest)

Posted today: next Wed's CCSD work session agenda. Trustees outline how they would like to resume in-person trustee outreach in their districts.

Gov's office said today that former state supt Steve Canavero will return, as the interim, starting 4/14. No word from CCSD on if this means that Jhone Ebert will officially be in place as of then. Canavero was most recently with WestEd. lasvegassun.com/news/2025/ma...

Rural schools issues👇 "And it is not as though the residents of White Pine County have not worked hard to meet the needs of their community. In fact, they have been committed to doing so for decades now." lasvegassun.com/news/2025/ma...

Block grants. Iowa and Oklahoma are already testing the waters. apnews.com/article/educ...

We're about 3 hours away from the announcement of the next superintendent. Written comments posted for tonight's meeting: 5 for Ebert, 2 for Welsh, 1 that's anti-Shuldiner, and 2 that are "none of the above."

100-DAY PLANS: Jhone Ebert and Jesse Welsh have submitted plans for what they'd do in their first 100 days as superintendent (I can't find one from Ben Shuldiner). Ebert's is 3 parts: Engage-Empower-Explore

Happening soon: the CCSD Supt Top 3 final interviews with the school board. Also some meet and greets with staff/unions.

Happening soon: the CCSD Supt Top 3 meet and greet at Rancho HS.

Former Canyon Springs AP Hearley Smith faces 2 counts of kidnapping, 10x lewdness in presence of a child under 18 and 10x engaging in sex acts with a pupil 16 or older. lasvegassun.com/news/2025/ma...

Canyon Springs students need donations to go to the mock trial state championships gofund.me/3db80ab6

Rurals back bill for state bonds to help districts that don't have the revenue to rebuild schools. “I’m here to speak for everyone, but White Pine Middle School is not built for everyone," said one boy whose school was inaccessible when he needed crutches. lasvegassun.com/news/2025/ma...

Chillin this week in Carson City (literally, it’s 52* and I live), taking in K-12 bill hearings and saying hi to trustees and district staff from around NV in town for NV Assn of School Boards lobbying day. Today I’m at a hearing to make sex ed opt-out.

Tonight we have Ben Shuldiner and Jhone Ebert on the interview stage. The format will be like last night: 20 min of presentation, 30 min of Q&A. +Board picks who makes it to the finals, wraps up finalist Qs, and decides if finalists will get training in their governance model.

Rural schools needs! ⬇️

Tonight is night 1 of 2 for supt semifinalist interviews. The school board will interview John Anazalone and Jesse Welsh for a little less than an hour each. +Afterward, they will draft questions for the finalist interviews.

Tonight's interviewees are John Anzalone and Jesse Welsh. Tomorrow's are Ben Shuldiner and Jhone Ebert.

Today's project: an at-a-glance grid I made from the CVs of the four CCSD Supt semifinalists. I'm not weighting any columns any particular way; different folks value different things. For sure, everyone here is a career educator who has spent decades in service to kids.

CCEA has some thoughts on the superintendent search... A Crossroad Decision

Agenda is up for the first day of supt semifinalist interviews- 2 of 4 candidates will go on Monday. The other 2 will go on Tuesday. Each day starts at 5 p.m. and each interview will last about an hour. Order of candidates TBD. The board will also consider questions for finalists

HYA rep is giving summaries of accomplishments by the top 5 candidates for superintendents- one, Joshua Starr, withdrew because he wants to stay on the East Coast. Others are Jhone Ebert, Pedro Martinez, Jason Glass, John Anzalone and Ben Shuldiner.

There are six education leaders in the slate to take the helm at CCSD. The district's search firm will present the slate to the school board on Wednesday, 2/18. These six come from 46 total applicants. ⬇️

AB224 directs the state to sell up to $100 million in bonds and deposit the proceeds in a fund used to make grants to small, tax-capped rural districts. That could include White Pine and Lincoln, whose capital challenges the Sun has covered extensively lasvegassun.com/news/2025/fe...