District reports smooth first week amid transportation, food‑service and tech glitches

Superintendent Darryl Parsons gave the board a broad “first week of school” update, saying he visited multiple campuses and found classrooms engaged, while also noting operational bottlenecks that the district is managing. “We've received over 400 registrations for new students into the district,” Parsons said, calling the registration volume “exciting” and ongoing. He praised grounds, custodial and transportation teams for weekend and early‑week work that helped schools open. Parsons reported transportation remains a staffing challenge. “We don't have enough people to meet the demands of everyone that wants to be on our buses,” he said, and added the district is identifying unused bus seats after the first two weeks and recruiting additional drivers. Food service also required transitional work after the district moved from the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) back to individual free and reduced‑price eligibility. Parsons said district staff mailed letters to more than 1,200 families who automatically qualified and staffed back‑to‑school events to help parents set up Infinite Campus application portals. “We want every student to be able to get fed if they need to,” he said. Parsons warned the board of a broader state issue: a cyber incident at the Nevada Department of Education that disrupted some services. “We received an update from Dr. Canavero…some grant reimbursements and things like that may take a little bit longer,” Parsons said, and fingerprinting for new hires was also delayed while state systems were restored. Facilities items included air‑conditioning and leak responses at a high school and a middle‑school gym floor that may require replacement; Parsons said insurance and bidding were underway and a full replacement could be a month or longer if bid out. Discussion — not decision: trustees asked for future updates on meal‑program operations and transportation routing; the superintendent said he will provide a food‑service status report at the next board meeting and will continue recruiting transportation staff. Ending — Parsons said the district will continue monitoring the state systems outage and return to the board with budget and program impacts if reimbursements are affected.