Douglas County School Board meets at Lake Tahoe Tuesday

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. - The Douglas County School Board trustees will be holding its April 9 meeting at George Whittell High School, starting at 4 p.m.

Two agenda items are concerning a new superintendent. After some missteps, the board will first discuss and take a vote on appointing the acting superintendent Jeanne Dwyer to the permanent position of superintendent.

Should Dwyer not be appointed, the following agenda item will discuss the search process for a superintendent and a presentation of 14 applications. These include 13 new applications received after the deadline as well as Dennis Holmes, the man who topped the previous applicant list before the surprising selection of John Ramirez Jr. before he ended up not being appointed. If needed, they will discuss and vote on a screening tool and provide justification for their scores and how to advance any candidates to the next stage of the hiring process based on the aggregate scores.

The 13 other candidate names have not been publicly released.

Also on the agenda is the vote on accounts payable checks including counsel
Joey Gilbert's invoice for March at just over $18,100.

The board will also have to approve and submit a tentative budget for the 2024/25 school year as required by April 15, with a public hearing on May 21. At this time the projected budget is balanced.

An item that students have been asking for is on this agenda. The board is scheduled to approve a new policy on bringing in a student (junior or senior) from the high schools to serve a four-month term before the next person is selected. At first glance, there is a lot of work involved for a position that will filled by a student for just four meetings before the process starts over again. Many other schools have a student representative for one school year.

For the agenda and instructions on how to participate, visit https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/1502.

The meeting will be carried on Zoom as well. To join, follow this link to join the meeting: https://dcsd-k12.zoom.us/j/89155515857. The passcode: APR24 Or Telephone: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose). Webinar ID: 891 5551 5857. Telephone Passcode: 162284

Whittell High School is located at 40 Warrior Way, Zephyr Cove, Nev.