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Silver Campus proposes JAG expansion and employer partnerships to grow trade pathways and shore up online learning
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Summary
Silver Campus leaders proposed expanding JAG programming, employer apprenticeships and a two-week in-person Apex orientation to boost trades pathways and improve outcomes for online learners; trustees raised timing, transportation and budget questions.
Dr. Sue Molden Horton, assistant principal at the Silver Campus, presented a two-part plan to strengthen trades pathways and stabilize the district’s online program.
"JAG stands for Jobs for America's Graduates," Dr. Molden Horton said, describing a renewed JAG enrollment that now serves more than half of the campus's 82 students. She outlined partnerships with the Nevada Builders Alliance, Coastal Air and Sheet Metal, Carson Toyota and a labor group referenced in the presentation as "Local 3 50" that has offered to lease classroom time for apprenticeships and training.
The trade pathway plan emphasizes early exposure and applied coursework: all freshmen would take JAG 1, sophomores JAG 2 (with OSHA certification by the end of the year), juniors and seniors would pursue internships, apprenticeships or job-shadowing with local employers, and a proposed "trade-technical math" sequence would align math instruction with career applications. The campus reported 82 in-seat students (Dr. Molden Horton noted five early graduates this year) and said capacity is about 200.
On online learning, Molden Horton proposed an in-person orientation: students would spend the first two weeks on campus learning Apex procedures (attendance, submissions, assessments), be monitored by a small cohort of teachers, and be required to come back if they struggle. "We want them to be successful. We don't want them to struggle anymore," she said.
Trustees asked about liabilities, transportation and duplication with main-campus offerings. Molden Horton said employer agreements would likely use MOUs, that transportation options could include city buses or employer-provided transit, and that the campus does not plan to create in-house labs because community partners will provide hands-on training. The presenter acknowledged the timeline is ambitious and that logistics remain under development.
The board received the presentation as informational; no funding action was taken at the meeting.
