Clark County School District Superintendent Jhone Ebert has been on the job for about a year now — and she could have picked an easier time to take over. Amid declining enrollment in public elementary schools nationwide, paired with an increasing number of high school graduates opting out of college, the teaching veteran faced a top administrator’s daunting task: keep students, along with their parents and teachers, engaged in their education.
Desert Companion checked in with Ebert to see how that’s going.
During a recent school board meeting, you said the district is “stabilizing, growing, and regaining trust of the community.” What are you doing to accomplish that?…