LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County Faculty District is dealing with the results of decrease enrollment and is probably trying to do away with some help workers members.
In line with an e mail 8 Information Now obtained, CCSD’s Chief Human Assets Officer RoAnn Triana acknowledged on Oct. 23, there can be a “reduction in force” amongst help workers. She blamed a decline in pupil enrollment.
“Unfortunately, 97 employees (.6% of all support professionals) were not able to select a position. Therefore, at this time, CCSD will proceed with the Reduction in Force (RIF) process,” Triana stated.
The nation’s fifth-largest college district has seen a lower of about 27,000 college students since August 2022.
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo informed 8 Information Now that CCSD’s superintendent made him conscious of the enrollment issues.
“There is a significant decrease in enrollment, but it’s not just Clark County. It’s statewide. What is that phenomenon? Is it birth rates? Is it immigration issues? Is it the fear of immigration?” Lombardo stated. “It’s a disturbing trend that we need to address.”
CCSD experiences decrease enrollment, a virtually 30k decline in college students since 2022
CCSD began the present college 12 months in August with 277,083 college students, however the district started the educational 12 months in 2022 with 304,276 college students. That is a 27,193 lower.
CCSD Faculty YearCCSD Enrollment Numbers2022-2023 304,2762023-2024304,5682024-2025 296,1452025-2026277,083
On the identical time, CCSD is experiencing a decline in college students, whereas constitution college enrollment has elevated. As a college system, charters are actually thought of the second-largest district within the state of Nevada.
“You know, I’ve stood on the backs of school choice,” Lombardo stated. “It gives the opportunity for individuals who aren’t comfortable in their current environment with public education and seek a change, and it gives the parents the ability to seek a change.”
CCSD despatched 8 Information Now a press release relating to Triana’s letter.
The district acknowledged partially: “This school year, about 60 percent of schools reduced their budgets due to lower-than-expected enrollment. Many schools restructured their personnel to better align with and make use of their current allocations in the context of their actual student enrollment and related programmatic needs.”
CCSD Superintendent Jhone Ebert mentioned the district’s issues final month.
“We’re not in a budget deficit. Again, we have fewer students than expected,” Ebert stated on Sept. 25.
In its assertion, the district stated not the entire 97 help workers “will lose their jobs” and the RIF course of needs to be accomplished by mid. Nov.
The Nevada Division of Schooling informed 8 Information Now it plans to launch enrollment numbers for the state on Friday, Nov. 7. These numbers have beforehand been launched in October, however Nevada remains to be recovering from a ransomware assault that took a number of techniques offline.
