Nevada Ed-Watch: CCSD 5/8/25

Clark County School District Board of Trustees

What is the Board of Trustees & what are they responsible for? The CCSD Trustees are decision-makers for the school district. Seven members are elected based on district; four are appointed representatives from the four largest municipalities in Clark County (Clark County, City of Las Vegas, City of Henderson, and City of North Las Vegas). They are responsible for providing oversight to the Superintendent and establishing District-wide policy. Trustees are accountable to work with their communities to improve student achievement.

Click here to learn more and see a list of current Trustees.
Click here to find your Trustee District.

How often does the Board of Trustees meet? Trustees meet twice per month (second and fourth Thursdays) at 5 pm both virtually and at the Edward A. Greer Education Center Board Room (2832 E Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89121).

Click here for a full list of Trustees meetings and agendas.

Can community members engage at Trustee meetings? Decision-making bodies benefit greatly from hearing public input and multiple perspectives. Currently, members of the public can submit comments on agenda and non-agenda items through email or voice recording. Public comment can be provided in person, via email, or via voice recording. Email comments should be submitted to Boardmtgcomments@nv.ccsd.net. To submit a voice recording on items listed on the meeting agenda, call 702-799-1166. Voice recorded public comment is limited to 1 minute 30 seconds.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Clark County School District Board of Trustees Meeting

Click here to see the meeting agenda.

Watch the meeting playback.

What happened at this meeting?

Trustees Approved the Consent Agenda (7-0)

Consent Agenda Highlights:

• Interlocal cooperative agreements between CCSD and safekey programs
• Grant applications various funding agencies
• Various memoranda of agreement

Explore consent agenda items here.

Trustees Received an Update on the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council

Trustees heard an update from Superintendent Ebert on the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council. Highlights included:

• A growth in membership and increase to 52 schools represented
• Discussions around proactive safety and support systems, including the roles and resposibilites of school K-9 units, information about the National Day of Concern, rationale behind the use of mobile phone pouches, and the importance of communication and mutual understanding
• Student dialogue around current state of school emergency procedures, additional safety measures, impact of safety and therapy dogs on campus, and the significance of closed campus policy, drug awareness training, and the implementation of random searches
• Recommendation from the Council is an annual safety video proposal
• Discussions around student supports, including an overview of CCSD school social workers and 253 schools that do not have a social worker assigned to their campus
• Student dialogue around mental well-being and cultivating a sense of belonging, as well as access to CCSD social workers
• Recommendation from the Council to establish a council of high school students and staff to create a direct feedback loop and improve service accessibility to directly address safety and support systems

Explore the presentation in English and the presentation in Spanish.

Trustees Received a Legislative Update

Key points of the update included:

• Budget closings have begun, including the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan and Education Stabilization Budgets.
• The next deadline is May 16, when all bills must pass out of their second house committee.
• AB 48, CCSD’s bill, has passed out of the Senate Education Committee, and will head to the Senate floor for a full vote.
• SB 460, the Senate Majority Leader’s education bill, is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday, May 14.
• The Economic Forum convened last week to update revenue projections for the upcoming biennium. It projects a $191 million decrease in revenue. Budget committees will be working to address the shortfall to balance the state budget.

Explore the update.

Trustees Approved an Update on the Focus: 2024 Strategic Plan Update – Chronic Absenteeism

Trustees approved the report on chronic absenteeism. Highlights of the presentation included:

• The District’s chronic absenteeism rate decreased from the 2023-24 school year, from 30.9% to 27.7% (as of March 14, 2025).
• The 2023-24 chronic absenteeism rate target for the district is 16%. While the District is at 27.7% and all student groups are above their 2023-24 target rates, reductions in chronic absenteeism were found in all student groups.
• Challenges include keeping students engaged in school and reaching parents/guardians.
• Successes include nearly 35,000 home visits for the 2024-25 school year and use of real-time attendance data improving the ability to quickly identify and support students, as well as more proactive approaches from families.
• Lessons learned include the importance of building positive relationships, collaboration with community organizations, and recognizing that attendance challenges tend to begin in early grades.

Explore the update in English and the update in Spanish.

Trustees Approved an Update on the Focus: 2024 Strategic Plan Update – Perceptions of Student Safety (6-0)

Trustees approved an update presented by staff on perceptions of student safety. Highlights from the presentation included:

• Student safety is measured by positive responses on four District-wide survey items regarding school safety and safety procedures.
• District-wide, the 2022-23 target is 85.2%; the actual results from 2024-25 is 80.9%. The highest safety ratings are for elementary schools (86.4%). Middle schools had positive responses in 76.4% of respondents, and high schools had positive responses in 81.5% of respondents.
• Challenges include the new student code of conduct taking time and professional learning to fully implement, and community, media, and family perceptions influencing student perceptions.
• Successes include continuing an increase in student perceptions of safety on campus, a Principal Safety Workgroup, and three consecutive years of increased percentage of student participation.
• Lessons learned include exploring additional ways to include student voice, emphasizing student safety through MTSS, and reinforcing consistent use of protocols for student re-engagement following incidents.

Explore the update in English and the update in Spanish.

Public Comment

Members of the public shared comments regarding:

• The loss of an Arbor View student and the impact to the Arbor View High School community
• Civil rights concerns at Liberty High School
• Student concerns regarding traffic incidents, citing the recent death of an Arbor View high school student and other injuries and risks students face
• Concerns regarding leadership at Chaparral High School
• Concerns regarding budget contraints, technology and equity, and leadership at Shadow Ridge High School
• Concerns about District risk management and safety at Beatty Middle School
• Principal selection process at Hickey Elementary School and appreciation for Associate Superintendent during the process

The next Meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for May 15, at 5:00 p.m.