Author: Paul White

Paul D. White is a Reno resident and career educator whose program "Gangsters-to-Gardeners" won state and national awards. A two-time Educator-of-the-Year, he is the co-author of White's Rules - Saving Our Youth, One Kid at a Time (Random House) and The Stronghold School Student Handbook. He has written for The Washington Post, LA Daily News, LA Times, Education Week, The Ventura County Citizens Journal, Ventura County Star, Reno Gazette Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Opinion: Reno’s Homeless Crisis Exposed: Only 10% Are Truly Homeless, 90% Choose To Live on the Streets

January 19, 2025 8:36 pmJanuary 20, 2025 8:31 am

Back Story: Like a majority of larger cities, Reno’s future sustainability is threatened by its exploding population of individuals mis-identified as “homeless.” Reno’s homeless population of 80 in 2017, grew over 2000% by 2024 to 2,000, and is projected to exceed 30,000 by 2031. This situation has caused immeasurable damage...

OPINION: Protect and Pray for Our Pastors and Police

December 26, 2024 4:51 pmDecember 26, 2024 4:53 pm

Times are tougher than usual for the handful of men and women who comprise our church pastors and local police. These courageous, selfless individuals are fighting on the front-lines every day – not for themselves, but for the lives and souls of Nevadans. Whether they lead a church of 15 or...

Homeless Encampments: A Tale of Two Riverfronts Along The Truckee River

September 29, 2024 2:38 pmSeptember 30, 2024 10:53 am

For years, dozens of illegal and criminal homeless camps have been allowed to line both the Reno and Sparks sides of the Truckee River. On March 26 of this year, time finally ran out on their ability to legally remain there. On that date, the Washoe County passed a public...

OPINION: The Washoe County CARES Campus Is A Top-To-Bottom Fraud and Failure

August 20, 2024 12:01 pmAugust 21, 2024 4:34 pm

The Washoe County CARES Campus (WCCC), is the public agency tasked with solving our county’s homeless problem. It is a top-to-bottom fraud and failure. Aiding the destruction of many lives it purports to help, it has made our county’s homeless problem exponentially worse. From 2017 to 2024, metropolitan Reno’s general...

Opinion: Why Am I Running For School Board

April 8, 2024 2:33 pm

There are a handful of reasons why I’m running for the Washoe County School Board (WCSD). I’m running because the WCSD School Board’s lack of transparency in their meetings is hiding our schools’ failures from the public. School Board meetings are held at times when most working parents cannot attend...

Taking Nevada’s Public School System From Worst to First In Four Steps

March 1, 2024 2:30 pmMarch 4, 2024 1:19 pm

When Governor Joe Lombardo was declared the election winner over a year ago, he promised all Nevadans that he would fix our failing public schools that have ranked worst-in-the-nation for over a decade. Ineffective school leaders who said the problem was low funding were rewarded billions more dollars in the...

OPINION: Andy Reid Won the Super Bowl, but Lost a Super Opportunity

February 13, 2024 2:04 pmFebruary 14, 2024 11:43 am

The moments that will not linger in the history of Super Bowl LVIII, as interesting as many of them were, include: the exciting finish to a well-played game, the hoopla of the Super Bowl’s first Las Vegas appearance, Usher’s excellent half-time show, and the Taylor Swift phenomena taking over the...