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The Washoe County School District (WCSD) is a public school district providing public education to students in Washoe County, Nevada, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, and the unincorporated communities of Verdi, Incline Village, and Gerlach. The Washoe County School District is the second largest school district in Nevada with approximately 63,000 students enrolled in 93 schools.

A board of seven elected trustees governs the Washoe county School District. The 2012 president of the WCSD Board of Trustees is Ken Grein. The 2012 Vice President of the WCSD Board of Trustees is John Mayer, and the 2012 Clerk of the Board of Trustees is Estela Gutierrez. The trustees appoint a superintendent to lead the district in day-to-day operations.

Superintendent

The current superintendent of the Washoe County School District is Pedro Martinez, MBA, CPA. Mr. Martinez had previously worked for the District between 2009 and 2011 as a Deputy Superintendent and was instrumental in the development of the District's strategic plan.^[1]

Immediately before his appointment as Superintendent, Mr. Martinez was the Deputy Superintendent of the Clark County School District in Southern Nevada,^[1] the fifth largest school district in the United States.^[2] Prior to that, Mr. Martinez served as a Regional Superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools,^[1] the nation's third largest school district.^[3]

Prior to his service in the field of education, Mr. Martinez served as a director of finance and technology at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and as an audit manager at both Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers.^[1] Mr. Martinez is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) after completing an Accounting degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and has an MBA from DePaul University.^[1]

Schools

The WCSD currently has 64 elementary schools, a special education school, 14 middle schools, 13 comprehensive high schools, Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) High School, Washoe innovations High School (an alternative school) and the Academy of Arts Careers and Technology.

In the WCSD, elementary schools typically include kindergarten through sixth grade, middle schools include seventh grade and eighth grade, and high schools include ninth grade through twelfth grade.

High schools

Damonte Ranch High School
Galena High School
Hug High School
I Can Do Anything Charter High School
Incline High School
Robert McQueen High School
North Valleys High School
Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology
Reno High School
Truckee Meadows Community College High School
Washoe High School
Earl Wooster High School
Edward C. Reed High School
Spanish Springs High School
Sparks High School

Middle schools

Billinghurst
Clayton
Cold Springs
Depoali
Dilworth
Incline
Mendive
O'Brien
Pine
Shaw
Sparks
Swope
Traner
Vaughn
Washoe

Elementary schools

Allen
Anderson
Beasley
Jesse Beck
Bennett
Booth
Brown
Cannan
Caughlin Ranch
Corbett
Desert Heights
Diedrichsen
Dodson
Donner Springs
Double Diamond
Drake
Duncan
Dunn
Elmcrest
Gomes
Roy Gomm
Greenbrae
Hidden Valley
Huffaker
Hunsberger
Hunter Lake
Jesse Hall
Lena Juniper
Lemelson
Lemmon Valley
Elizabeth Lenz
Lincoln Park
Echo Loder
Mathews
Maxwell
Melton
Mitchell
Moss
Mount Rose
Natchez
Palmer
Peavine
Picollo Special Education School
Pleasant Valley
Risley
Sepulveda
Sierra Vista
Silver Lake
Alice Smith
Kate Smith
Smithridge
Spanish Springs
Stead
Sun Valley
Taylor
Towles
Van Gorder
Verdi
Veterans Memorial
Warner
Westergard
Whitehead
Winnemucca
Incline Elementary

2013 Sparks Middle School shooting

A student opened fire at Sparks Middle School, a Washoe County School District school. Two students were critically injured, and a teacher was fatally shot while trying to intervene with the student. The gunman then committed suicide by shooting himself. Students from the school were evacuated and were placed at Sparks High School, where they held until they were picked up by their guardians.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Biography". Washoecountyschools.org. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^ "Clark County School District: Overview - Las Vegas Sun News". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^ "Chicago Public Schools : At-a-glance". Cps.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^ "Police Respond To Shooting At Sparks Middle School In Nevada". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Nevada middle school shooting: 2 killed, 2 injured". CNN. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "2 dead, 2 boys hurt in Nevada school shooting". Associated Press. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Two dead, two wounded in Nevada middle school shooting". USA Today. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Sparks Middle School shooting: Video details eyewitness account from inside school". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^ "Police: Staff Member Killed at Sparks Middle School, 2 Others Hurt". KTVN. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

External links

[Superintendent_Bio-1] "Biography". Washoecountyschools.org. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[2] "Clark County School District: Overview - Las Vegas Sun News". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[3] "Chicago Public Schools : At-a-glance". Cps.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[4] "Police Respond To Shooting At Sparks Middle School In Nevada". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[5] "Nevada middle school shooting: 2 killed, 2 injured". CNN. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[6] "2 dead, 2 boys hurt in Nevada school shooting". Associated Press. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[usatoday-7] "Two dead, two wounded in Nevada middle school shooting". USA Today. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[renogazette-8] "Sparks Middle School shooting: Video details eyewitness account from inside school". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

[ktvn-9] "Police: Staff Member Killed at Sparks Middle School, 2 Others Hurt". KTVN. Retrieved October 21, 2013.

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-==Harassment cases==
-In 2002, the school district settled a federal lawsuit, ''[[Henkle v. Gregory]]'', out of court by agreeing to pay $451,000 to Derek Henkle, a high school student who charged that school officials had allowed him to be verbally and physically harassed on account of his [[sexual orientation]]. The district admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to institute a series of programs to protect students' rights to free expression and to attend school in a non-hostile environment. Henkle's attorneys called it "the largest pre-trial award of its kind in history".<ref name=latimes>{{cite news| last=Reich| first=Kenneth| title=Nevada School District Settles Gay Harassment Suit| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/28/nation/na-rights28| accessdate=6 September 2012| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=28 August 2002}}</ref>
-In 2009, the Washoe County School District agreed to pay $350,000 to Jana Elhifny, an Egyptian-American female student who claimed she had been harassed for being a Muslim and wearing a headscarf. It also paid $50,000 to a non-Muslim female student who was ostracized by other students after she befriended Elhifny. The district praised its personnel for their "professional and thorough handling of [Elhifny's] educational and personal issues". Her attorney disagreed and said: "I don't believe a district pays $400,000 if it believes it has no exposure."<ref>{{cite news| last=Chereb| first=Sandra| title=Nev. School District Settles Muslim Suit for $350K| url=http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/42680302.html| accessdate=6 September 2012| newspaper=KOLOtv.com (Reno, Nevada)| date=9 April 2009}}</ref>
 ==2013 Sparks Middle School shooting==