Duckwater (K-8)

Tonight's Board of Trustees meeting begins at 5:30. Links to the agenda and information on streaming can be found here: https://bit.ly/ncsdbotmeetings Item 13 is a closed session for the discussion of collective bargaining. The live stream and webinar are both turned off during closed session. Downloading the NCSD app and subscribing to updates at the district level should allow you to receive a notification on your phone when we return from closed session. Information about receiving notifications is on the website noted above. The selection of a new Superintendent is item 18 on this agenda.

Due to the Declaration of Local Emergency of the Nye County Board of Commissioners and the recommendation to shelter in place, the Nye County School District will be closing schools tomorrow, Monday, August 21, 2023. This decision was made out of extreme caution for the safety of all Nye County School District students and staff. We are in communication with the Director of Emergency Management for Nye County, Chief Scott Lewis. We will continue to send updates if the situation changes through all school websites and Facebook: https://www.nye.k12.nv.us/live-feed. Currently our plan is for schools to return to normal schedules on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. If this changes, we will send another emergency update through all channels: phone message, email, text, all websites, and Facebook pages. Please stay home and be safe. Documents regarding the weather and the emergency declaration can be seen here: https://www.nye.k12.nv.us/documents/announcements-%26-press-releases/2023-2024-announcements%2C-prs-%26-memos/2023-08-21---county-emergency-declaration/506111​.

The Nye County Sheriffs Office received information regarding an unsubstantiated threat across multiple Nevada school districts today. Due to this, all schools are implementing "Stay-Put" procedures, limiting movement around and within campus. If students are required to be outside for transitioning between classes, they will be accompanied by an employee. Sheriff McGill also has deputies driving by, visiting, and monitoring campuses for safety through dismissal time. Schools will follow normal dismissal times and procedures.

New state regulation changes the age requirement for kindergarten beginning for the 22/23 school year. Read more information here: https://5il.co/13mtb

NCSD is considering three new publishers for Reading and Language Arts curriculum (K-12). The materials for all three are on display for public input at the Pahrump district office and each school site through January 7, 2022.

Parent Engagement Survey: https://bit.ly/2AF7u7N Parents & Guardians, This is a six question yes/no survey that takes about 30 seconds to complete. We sent this out previously, but only received 80 responses. Please help us to collect this information for our Family Engagement team. Thank you, https://bit.ly/2AF7u7N

Special: Supt. Search --- Thurs., June 11, ----- 4:00 - Interview #5 ----- 6:15 - Interview #6 --- The public feedback survey is reopened for today only. https://bit.ly/nyecsdsuptsearchfeedback --- The survey will close 30 minutes after the final interview. Agendas: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotagendas Live-Stream: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotlive

Parents, Guardians, and Community Members, We know you have been asked to fill out several surveys recently, but we would appreciate your attention to one more. This survey is meant to provide the grants department with guidance and data while writing for 20/21 grants, which will be critical for our operations in what is likely to be a challenging budget year. The survey contains 20 topics and asks you to rate each topic's importance to you and your satisfaction with district implementation. A blank response will be counted as not-applicable for you, so you are welcome to leave items blank. Please click here to take the survey: https://bit.ly/NyeGrantSurvey2020

Parent Engagement Survey: https://bit.ly/2AF7u7N Parents & Guardians, This is the same survey that we sent out at the beginning of the year on paper through the schools. Obviously, it was not possible to do the survey the same way at the end of the year. Our grants require that we issue this survey twice per year to get comparative data. Please take a few minutes to fill out the six questions. Thank you, -NCSD Grants & Family Engagement Dept. https://bit.ly/2AF7u7N

Nye County School District Special Board Meeting tonight: Superintendent Interviews -- First interview starts at 4:00, second at 6:15. -- Agenda: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotagendas -- Live-Stream: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotlive -- Provide Feedback on Candidates: https://bit.ly/nyecsdsuptsearchfeedback ---- Anonymous comments will not be considered by the Board.

Use this link to comment on the Superintendent Candidates. -- Provide Feedback on Candidates: https://bit.ly/nyecsdsuptsearchfeedback ---- Anonymous comments will not be considered by the Board.

Nye County School District Special Board Meeting tonight: Superintendent Interviews -- First interview starts at 4:00, second at 6:15. -- Agenda: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotagendas -- Live-Stream: https://bit.ly/nyecsdbotlive

Parents & Guardians, please take this anonymous short survey with regard to COVID-19, school closures, and concerns for next school year. https://bit.ly/NyeCSDParentSurvey19-1 The more input we get, the better we can address concerns. Thank you.

Nevada is estimated to receive $20,000 for every single person counted over the next 10 years. Funding will go towards our schools, veterans, healthcare & children's programs. Complete your #NevadaCensus at http://census.nv.gov now @NVCensus2020 #RuralNVCounts

Now more than ever, we need to come together to ensure Nevada receives the proper funding for healthcare, education, public health, and public safety. Fill out your #NevadaCensus at https://census.nv.gov/ now. Our future is counting on us @NVCensus2020 #NevadaMatters

Superintendent Norton offers his thanks: https://bit.ly/fbvideo9

This short video demonstrates how to login to Chrome on a home computer in a manner that keeps all of the different accounts separated. http://bit.ly/2tNKoII The video doesn't apply to Chromebooks, just computers.

Nuestro sitio web es bilingüe. Puedes verlo en inglés o español. --- Our website is bilingual. You can see it in English or Spanish.

We've been collecting all of the online tools for in-home learning that are being posted on Facebook and sent to us in email into categories here: https://bit.ly/2vF5VEE #nye4kids

Duckwater is one of our ultra-small schools in a remote-rural area. With school closed, learning is still happening in home with support from the instructional team. Thank you, Mrs. Thompson.