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The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a public school district providing public education to students in Washoe County, Nevada, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, and the unincorporated communities of Verdi, Incline Village, and Gerlach. The Washoe County School District is the second largest school district in Nevada with approximately 64,000 students enrolled in 96 schools.
Contents
- Map of Washoe County School District NV USA
- Superintendent
- Schools
- 2013 Sparks Middle School shooting
- References
Map of Washoe County School District, NV, USA
A board of seven elected trustees governs the Washoe County School District. The current president of the WCSD Board of Trustees is Angela Taylor. The trustees appoint a superintendent to lead the district in day-to-day operations.
Superintendent
Currently Superintendent Traci Davis leads the Washoe County School District along with Deputy Superintendent Kristen McNeill. On July 22, 2014, the Board of Trustees of the Washoe County School District relieved Pedro Martinez of his duties as superintendent and named Deputy Superintendent Traci Davis and then Chief of Staff Kristen McNeill as co-managers. In response, Mr. Martinez filed two lawsuits against the school district and the Board of Trustees. Mr. Martinez had previously worked for the District between 2009 and 2011 as a Deputy Superintendent and was instrumental in the development of the District's strategic plan.
Immediately before his appointment as Superintendent, Mr. Martinez was the Deputy Superintendent of the Clark County School District in Southern Nevada, the fifth largest school district in the United States. Prior to that, Mr. Martinez served as a Regional Superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third largest school district.
Schools
The WCSD currently has 64 elementary schools, a special education school, 14 middle schools, 13 comprehensive high schools, Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) High School, Washoe Innovations High School (an alternative school) and the Academy of Arts Careers and Technology.
In the WCSD, elementary schools typically include kindergarten through sixth grade, middle schools include seventh grade and eighth grade, and high schools include ninth grade through twelfth grade.
2013 Sparks Middle School shooting
A student opened fire at Sparks Middle School, a Washoe County School District school. Two students were critically injured, and a teacher was fatally shot while trying to intervene with the student. The gunman then committed suicide by shooting himself. Students from the school were evacuated and were placed at Sparks High School, where they held until they were picked up by their guardians.