LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – There’s a new woman in charge of the Clark County School District. This week, Jhone Ebert, who was Superintendent of Public Instruction of Nevada, overseeing all Nevada schools, moved to CCSD. Thursday, Ebert invited FOX5 for an interview. No questions were off limits.
“I am the Superintendent for the Clark County School District,” Ebert replied to FOX5’s Kim Passoth when asked to begin their interview with her name and title.
“How does it feel to say that?” Passoth asked.
“It feels so good. It feels so good. The very first morning I got up before my alarm and I haven’t done that in years,” Ebert revealed.
After a comprehensive national search that began more than a year ago, Ebert, who started her career 35 years ago as a math teacher at Von Tobel Middle School, is back at CCSD determined to improve it. Ebert knows effectuating change at the largest school district in the state, the fifth largest in the nation, will not be easy.
“Let’s talk about the community perception of CCSD. Obviously, this is a district that has had some issues over the years… Nevada has been ranked towards the bottom nationally for years, talk to me about that, about people who say… there’s nothing that can be done to fix it. What would you like to say to those people?,” Passoth questioned.
“I would like to say come into our classrooms first and foremost, see what our children are doing, how they’re learning. The last few years, yes, we were in a pandemic, but we are on an upward trend. Are we where we need to be? Absolutely not. The Legislature’s last Legislative Session did make a large infusion into the education system. That’s where the crux of everything starts you know 48/ 49 in funding and then you expect outcomes to be 1 and 2. There’s a disconnect there. We’ve increased funding, they will see results,” Ebert reported. Ebert contends funding also must be used to support teachers.
“Teacher retention is going up and we know that’s because of the funds that were invested in our schools… I’ve had conversations with special education teachers, right, that were provided additional funds to stay in special education. That’s a tough job and now they’re being compensated for that work,” Ebert explained.
Ebert also aims to change the way people feel at the district and improve the culture. She wants everyone, parents, students, and educators, to feel comfortable sharing things going wrong and working together to fix them.
“You will see transparency with me, I am very transparent. If it’s not good and you’re calling me out on it, call me out on it… Then we need to fix it,” Ebert stated.
As Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ebert was in charge of looking into why CCSD’s budget was off by around $10 million last year. She says that a team that oversees the funds coming from the state and another team that distributes them we’re not communicating. She says that the problem has been fixed.
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