LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County College District is seeing enhancements in scholar grades however they’re nonetheless not the place they have to be, in response to its interim superintendent.
Dr. Brenda Larsen-Mitchell has been the district’s prime chief for almost a 12 months. At Wednesday’s annual State of the Faculties deal with inside Del Sol Academy of the Performing Arts, she laid out her success and challenges.
“We’ve decreased suspensions and discretionary expulsions from quarter one this year to quarter one last year, and I attribute it to the hardworking educators within our schools,” Larsen-Mitchell, who has been with the district for about 30 years, mentioned.
Dr. Larsen-Mitchell introduced information displaying a lower of 11% for suspensions and 17% for discretionary expulsions when evaluating the primary quarters of the 2024-2025 to 2023-2024 college years.
CCSD’s personal information confirmed it skilled a rise over time in suspensions. Within the 2021-2022 college 12 months, the district suspended 66,126 college students. The subsequent college 12 months 87,174 college students have been suspended, and within the 2023-2024 college 12 months, the district suspended 106,707 college students.
“It’s extremely important to remember that all of this data is about educators working really, really hard with our families and with our students,” Larsen-Mitchell mentioned.
She mentioned center college science scores improved in each scholar group, however not in elementary and excessive colleges. She additionally mentioned third grade studying will not be the place it must be.
Take a look at scores for 2024 revealed solely 40% of third graders have been proficient. These studying scores are from college students who have been house in the course of the pandemic – as an alternative of a pre-kindergarten or kindergarten classroom.
“We look at where students are with their reading, and if they need additional supports, if they have gaps in their skills, we provide extra time. Extra support for students,” Larsen-Mitchell mentioned. “That is a research-based framework that we will continue to use.”
CCSD, the nation’s fifth-largest college district, has been with no everlasting superintendent since Dr. Jesus Jara was compelled out in Feb. of 2024.
The applying deadline for potential superintendent candidates closes subsequent Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Larsen-Mitchell mentioned beforehand that she will not be making use of for that place and said that she would assist the newly employed chief on Wednesday.
“Of course I serve in support of the Clark County School District. I look forward to bridging the transition between myself serving as the interim superintendent and the next superintendent,” she mentioned. “My future right now is pretty open. God’s got a plan.”
She added she appears ahead to the district having a recent begin.
