School Board

The Carson City School District Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William Street. (Catch the live video here)
District Superintendent Richard Stokes will be absent from the meeting because of a planned vacation, officials said.

Join Randy Carlson at Comma Coffee, Monday August 2, from 5:00 to 7:00pm. to talk about schools and how we can make our schools, our community and our students more successful.

At least one Carson City School District official is troubled by the outcome of Friday's misdemeanor driving under the influence guilty plea by Carson Middle School Principal Sam Santillo.
School board trustee president Norm Scoggin said he's "amazed" that a misdemeanor charge of possession of less than an ounce of marijuana was dropped by the Washoe County District Attorney's Office.

KRNV News 4 reports tonight that Carson Middle School Principal Sam Santillo pleaded guilty today in a Reno courtroom to driving under the influence.
The 45-year-old principal failed field sobriety tests and his blood alcohol level was .136, according to the report. With the misdemeanor plea he will pay a fine of $500 and perform 48 hours of community service.

The Nevada Appeal reported yesterday that a Carson City school principal faces a drunken driving charge after he was arrested on May 28 in Reno. Click here to read the story.

Update: Now there is a story that the principal had an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, along with marijuana.

A proposal to refund outstanding bond debt, plus a review of policies involving co-curricular and interscholastic activities will round out the Carson City School District board meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 East William St. The meeting will be televised live on Access Carson City TV and here at Carson Now.

Ok, so we know who won. But did yesterday's vote tell us anything?

I wrote earlier about how the outcome of the supervisors races could give us a clue on how the public views the Nugget Project, AKA the Carson City Center Project.

Karen Abowd, the only candidate to openly support the project, did come in first in her primary with 31 percent of the vote in a six-way race.

Supervisor Ward 1
Karen Abowd vs. Rob Joiner

Supervisor Ward 3
John McKenna vs. Day Williams

Carson City Sheriff
Kenny Furlong vs. Robert Guimont

School Board District 1
Ron Swirczek vs. Julie Bushner

School Board District 6
Barbara Myers vs. Randy Carlson

State Senate Capitol District
James Settelmeyer (R) vs. Kevin Ranft (D)

State Assembly District 40
Robin Williamson (D) vs. Pete Livermore (R)

State Assembly District 38
Tom Grady (R) vs. Dennis Gomez (IAP)

For the latest go to the Carson City Elections Department and Secretary of State's Office

UPDATE: 9 PM:

Carson City Sheriff
Furlong, Kenny — 48%
Guimont, Bob —32 %
White, Bob — 18.4%

100 percent reporting
Total votes: 12,094
Ken Furlong: 5,875; 48.58 %
Bob Guimont: 3,977; 32.88%
Bob White: 2,242; 18.54%

Click here to see the video.

Tom Keeton talks about his candidacy for Carson City School Board.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mO6ePdHstc

Robert Prater discusses his candidacy for Carson City School Board:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdNLxuyLxBE

Meeting is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. You can catch the live video here, and the agenda here.

Randy Carlson talks about his candidacy for Carson City School Board:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjbp1QxGJs

A committee designed to look at outsourcing Carson City School District's food service program has tentatively selected Aramark as a provider, district officials told board members tonight. Under terms of a possible contract, district food workers would not lose their jobs.
A contract between Aramark and the district could be presented to the school board by the end of the month.
Three proposals have been on the table, including food service companies Sodexo and Chartwells. The school district will begin a series of negotiations with Aramark to establish a contract.

CARSON CITY — A telephone survey of Carson Middle School parents conducted this weekend shows broad support for the concept of school uniforms, reports Principal Sam Santillo.
A presentation of the survey findings, which shows 66 percent support among CMS parents, will be discussed tonight during the regular meeting of the Carson City School District board. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. We'll have live coverage of the meeting.

Paul Brugger discusses his run for Carson City School Board, District 6.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50STSacWWog

Deonne Contine discusses her candidacy for Carson City School Board District 6:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvd0XEoJjXo

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce will host a candidates forum for those running for seats on the Carson City School District board.
The forum will begin at 6 p.m., Monday, May 3, at Carson High School in Senator Square. Call (775) 882-1565 for information.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke to Carson City Democrats today at their county convention at Eagle Valley Middle School.

Nevada's senior senator spent time talking and taking pictures with the attendees before exhorting the partisan crowd to help him in his tough reelection campaign this year.

Reid made a short speech before heading out to speak at other county conventions going on across the state today.

Candidates for Carson City Board of Supervisors, School Board, Assessor and Sheriff were also on hand to speak to the crowd.

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Norm Scoggin, current president of the Carson City School Board, talks about his candidacy for Board of Supervisors Ward 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLYmLSmkKaY

Assessing $25 million in immediate needs, $10 million in enhancement and ongoing technology needs to keep school facilities operational for several years to come, Carson City voters could very well see their property taxes paid to schools decrease by 4 cents.

Former CC planner and redevelopment director Rob Joiner filed Friday in a very crowded race for City Supervisor Ward 1. Joiner said although he left the city eight years ago to finish his governmen

Just to correct some points in the article: Steve Knight is not the owner but is the Executive DIrector/Superintendent/Principal of Silver State Schools, a 7-12 grade FREE PUBLIC Charter school.

Northern Nevada Development Authority is pleased to announce the founding members of the Regional Workforce & Education Advisory Committee.

As happens every year at this time, the Carson City School Board has picked a new President for itself as well as other officers.

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All in all the School Board really likes their superintendent.

If Governor Gibbons orders the kinds of budget cuts he’s been talking about lately, Carson City would fare okay.

On a 3-2 preference, local aerospace consultant Randy Carlson won a seat on the CC School Board, besting co-candidate.Deonne Contine, a deputy state attorney general.
Carlson touted his managerial exp