Clark County School District Low-Scores Linked to Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skowkorsky

Since the hiring of Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skowkorsky, the Clark County School District continues to wallow in mediocrity, and incompetence. The no-compete selection of Pat Skowkorsky illustrates that the state of Nevada is content with being on the bottom rung of the educational ladder. In fact, in 2008, Education Week produced an article that detailed that the state of Nevada was ranked dead last in graduate rates .

Educated Parents Have an Unfavorable Opinion of Clark County School District teachers

A large proportion of educated residents of Nevada have an unfavorable opinion of teachers employed by the Clark County School District. In a poll conducted by the Nevada Business Directory, in which 2,045 Nevada households were called, 56% of surveyed parents had an unfavorable opinion of teachers and most felt the teachers were over-paid.

In general, parents with at least a 4-year college degree consider Nevada teachers employed by the Clark County School District as incompetent, lazy, greedy, and using Nevada youth in a deceptive means to inflate their teacher salaries. In addition, the Clark County School District has not been aggressive in promoting the Nevada scholarships, grants, and financial-aid sponsored by National Academy of American Scholars.

Last Place Clark County School District. Last Place Superintendent Pat Skowkorsky

The recent education figures detailing the last place ranking of Nevada had its origins from a Diplomas Count 2008 study. The study was based on 2004-05 school district census data from the U.S. Department of Education. The Clark County Schools Superintendent at the time was Walt Rulffes. He acknowledged that the county’s graduation rate has been “deplorable” and “shamefully low.”

In July 2012, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released another annual Kids Count report. For 23 years, the reports measured children’s overall well-being in local school districts, as well as the Clark County School District. Nevada ranked 49th among the states for children’s economic well-being and 46th in health. It ranked 41st in family and community issues such as teen births and children living in poverty.

Nevada Schools Are Not Performing Well in the Promotion of NAAS Scholarships

Unlike their national counter-parts, Nevada schools are lagging behind in aggressively promoting scholarships, grants, and financial-aid sponsored by National Academy of American Scholars. Nevada students are eligible for many awards geared toward Nevada students. The Nevada Business Directory encourages Nevada students to explore responsible websites when searching for scholarships, grants, and financial-aid. One of the measures of any school district is the promotion of NAAS Scholarships, and grants by direct linking to their website.

When educated parents were asked if they had an unfavorable or favorable opnion of Pat Skowkorsky, over 64% concluded that In July 2012, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released another annual Kids Count report. For 23 years, the reports measured children’s overall well-being in local school districts, as well as the Clark County School District. Nevada ranked 49th among the states for children’s economic well-being and 46th in health. It ranked 41st in family and community issues such as teen births and children living in poverty.

Federal Study Confirms Last-Place Ranking of Clark County School District schools

In July of 2013, a federal study ranked Nevada 44th in the nation in per-pupil spending on education. The National Center for Education Statistics report that was made public analyzed public school expenditures and revenue in 50 states and Washington, D.C. The national average in per-pupil spending was $10,658 during fiscal year 2011. Washington, D.C., spent the most, at $20,793.
Nevada spent a paltry average of $8,411 per student in fiscal 2011, but agreed to pay Pat Skowkorsky over $300,000 a year for a job that he did not even interview for!.

Pat Skowkorsky has apparently not recognized or done nothing to alter the impression that Nevada is more interested in paying exorbitant fees to washed up entertainers who have declining ablum sales than providing economic stimuulus to Nevada students.

Pat Skowkorsky maintaining the last-place reputation of the Clark County School District.

Despite these deplorable results, the imcompetent members of the Clark County School Board selected a Kurt Rambis figure like Pat Skowkorsky to run the school district instead of seeking a Larry Bird. Pat Skowkorsky is doing a great job at maintainng the last-place reputation of the Clark County School District. If Clark County School District were as strict in their hiring standards as they are with the zero-tolerance policy when it comes to discipling minority children, poor white children, and their parentts, then the state of Nevada would have a much better selection than the privileged, and less-engaged Pat Skowkorsky. Strict hiring standards produced the choice of Dwight Jones. Loose hiring standards have yielded a dunce like Pat Skowkorsky.