Washoe County School District

This Facility Modernization Plan outlines recommendations for facility use and capital investment actions over a 15-year period, focusing on equity, efficiency, and community. Key initiatives include fulfilling Legacy Projects, conducting Continued Study for community consensus, managing growth to accommodate every student, addressing Special & Alternate Education needs, implementing a Trade-Up Strategy for school resources, and prioritizing improvements for district-wide equity. The plan aims to ensure all schools are improved, eliminate overcrowding, avoid capital renovations, generate annual general fund savings, and explore new PK-8 models to expand choice and access to quality programs.

Edward Reed High School's 2023-2024 School Performance Plan focuses on two primary goals: enhancing student success and strengthening partnerships with students, staff, and families. Key objectives include increasing the average ACT composite score from 16.7 to 17.9, equivalent to the state average, and reducing the chronic absenteeism rate to below 15%. The plan outlines strategies such as ACT test preparation, utilization of Business Intelligence Gateway (BIG) Absenteeism Reports, and providing comprehensive resources for parents and families to support student achievement and engagement. This effort aligns with the WCSD promise to recognize individual student needs and strengths.

This School Performance Plan outlines two primary goals: enhancing student success and strengthening student, staff, and family partnerships. The student success goal aims to reduce chronic absenteeism and tardies, increase student engagement, and improve 9th and 10th-grade core credit attainment. The partnership goal focuses on increasing positive parental contact, improving input on the School Climate Survey, and significantly boosting family participation in surveys. These objectives align with the WCSD promise to support every student to graduate prepared for their future, in collaboration with families and the community.

This School Performance Plan aims to improve student relationships and respect, as well as enhance belonging and support for students. Key strategies include creating a diverse student voice group, fostering relationship building and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) activities in Advisory, and assigning a consistent Advisor to each student throughout their high school tenure. The plan intends to achieve these goals through monitoring student climate surveys, advisory data, and weekly attendance, ultimately improving climate data metrics related to adult support, adult respect, and student respect.

This document outlines the school district's achievements in meeting strategic plan goals, focusing on the 2024-25 school year. Key accomplishments include successful teacher recruitment, a 4% improvement in chronic absenteeism, and expanded support services for students and families. The district enhanced student voice through advisory councils, increased funding for extracurricular activities, and improved safety protocols with updated visitor management systems and emergency radios. Academic progress was fostered through additional allocations for struggling schools and recognition of high-achieving institutions. Furthermore, the district empowered learners with expanded CTE programs and an early warning system for graduation tracking, alongside system-level improvements in data management and parent communication.