Sharing roles, risks, responsibilities and rewards: Carson City Supervisors to meet with school trustees
UPDATE: The Carson City Board of Supervisors will meet jointly with the Carson City School Board beginning at 6 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 13. From the Community Center’s Sierra Room, located at 851 E. William St., the 12 elected officials will discuss the school district’s strategic plan, Empower Carson City, and meaningful linkages to the City’s initiatives related to education and lifelong learning.
“In August of 2011 nearly two-hundred interested community members joined ranks with school trustees and administration of the school district to discuss education and the creation of a series of ideas or beliefs to serve as major themes for our time,” said Carson City School District Superintendent Richard Stokes.
The adoption of the district strategic plan was followed by the successful application for federal Race to the Top-District (RTT-D) funds to support its implementation. RTT-D funds are used to make the Empower Carson City vision a reality.
“The end product, a transparent, rigorous curriculum with high expectations of career readiness for all students, will be impactful for teachers, students and their families, and the community at large,” said Allen Gosselin, RTT-D project lead for Carson High School.
The Carson City Board of Supervisors adopted 2012-2013 initiatives for excellence in education and lifelong learning with specific direction to support local k-12 schools and Western Nevada College.
“Education in all its forms is a community responsibility-a responsibility that we all share as residents of Carson City. While the School District has primary jurisdiction over the day-to day public education of our youth, the City should and does play a supportive role to ensure that we are all doing our part to promote and enhance the efforts of the School Board. In that way we maximize the efforts of each entity,” said Mayor Crowell.
The Carson City Library and the School District are working together to develop the joint meeting program to include highlights of current public-private partnership, community-wide learning initiatives.
“It was four years ago that this conversation was last had between these two boards, and that’s too long. I’m very pleased to be working with School Board President Lynnette Conrad. There is a lot of good work happening throughout the community that prepares our youth to successfully take their place in a complicated economy —heavily reliant on computer skills and digital literacy. Determining the path to continued success is my goal for this meeting, “ said Crowell.
The Carson City Library will adopt its 2014-19 strategic plan on November 20. Key objectives emphasize the library’s role as a community asset that inspires learning with technology tools and programs designed expressly for increasing digital literacy.
“Over the past three years the Carson City Library has vigorously moved to add significant technology tools and services. This shift in the collection and associated library programs is essential in advancing community-wide digital literacy rates. With 105 new devices that connect to the Internet, two high-tech meeting rooms, laptop stations, audio/visual tools and dedicated full-time information professionals (also know as librarians) to provide training and coaching, we meet patrons where they are. Student life. Work life. Personal life,” said Tammy Westergard, Carson City Library Interim Director.
Meaningfully linked learning opportunities between the formal classroom, home and third places of learning (like the public library) leads to a skilled and qualified local workforce who can compete for higher paying jobs, according to the National Summer Learning Association.
“In this era of rapidly changing technology, enhanced learning opportunities abound: in our schools, at home, on our tablets and phones, and increasingly, in the library. With more and more competition for jobs and community growth, choices are often made based on the educational opportunities available,” said Carson City Library Trustee Chairwoman Sandy Foley.
“An educated, skilled citizenry will secure our future. The integration of the strategic plans and the exciting partnerships/collaborations we are discussing tonight, demonstrate that collectively, community leadership gets it. Thanks to lucrative grants and private support, sound fiscal management and the tireless efforts of our present and past staff, the library is ready to devote all of its resources and ideas to the citizens of Carson City. We welcome the challenge and look forward to the possibilities,” Foley continued.
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