Washoe County Archives - Page 14 of 29

WCSD Approves $500K for Legal Defense, Votes Against External Investigation Into Harassment Allegations

March 13, 2024 3:59 pmMarch 19, 2024 1:26 pm

During an expectedly contentious meeting, the Washoe County School District (WCSD) voted 6-0 to approve $500,000 for a legal defense “based on a pattern” of Trustee Jeff Church who has filed two lawsuits against the district and numerous Open Meeting Law violations. Church abstained from the vote. The Board’s majority...

WCSD Demands $500K to Avoid Independent Investigation and Public Records Requests

March 11, 2024 6:48 amMarch 18, 2024 11:50 am

If reality had a script, the drama and alleged politically-driven conspiracy within Washoe County School District (WCSD), the second largest Nevada school district, is seemingly well-choreographed and directed, according to Trustee Jeff Church who serves District A which spans from the east of Reno Airport to Carson City and Incline...

WCSD Sued by Teacher Suspended for Questioning Gender Curriculum

March 7, 2024 10:32 amMarch 14, 2024 8:12 am

A high school teacher employed by Washoe County School District (WCSD) has filed a lawsuit (see below) against the district for violating his First Amendment rights. The plaintiff contends that Administration Regulation 5161 (AR 5161) violated his religious beliefs and was subject to suspension which caused him financial and emotional...

Commissioner Alexis Hill Cancels County Board Meeting Despite Quorum

March 6, 2024 3:53 pmMarch 7, 2024 10:38 am

The Globe has learned that Washoe County Commission Chairwoman Alexis Hill (she/her/hers) has unilaterally canceled the upcoming March 12th county board meeting due to a trip she is scheduled to take as the Chairwoman of the Tahoe Transportation District. Despite having the needed quorum for the meeting, Hill has asked...

Nevada GOP, RNC File Public Records Requests On ‘Glitch’ In State-Run Presidential Primary

March 5, 2024 2:43 pmMarch 11, 2024 11:24 am

The RNC and NVGOP have sent Public Records Requests to Washoe County, Clark County, and the Nevada Secretary of State to gain transparency on what Nevada Democrat officials described as a “glitch” in the Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) held on February 6th, with early voting the week prior. For background,...

SOS Aguilar Opposes USPS Transferring Reno Mail-Processing To Sacramento

March 5, 2024 10:29 amMarch 5, 2024 2:44 pm

After this weekend’s blizzard which shut down I-80 at the California-Nevada border, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar has finally issued a statement condemning USPS’s planned transfer of mail sorting operations from Reno to Sacramento and asks for the USPS to “come to their senses.” “I can’t fathom how I...

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...