New leadership for the Carson City School Board

At its first meeting of the year Tuesday, the Carson City School District Board of Trustees voted in new leadership. Trustee Joe Cacioppo, District 7, was named president. He replaced now immediate past president Laurel Crossman, District 2, as the board’s leader. Trustees Lupe Ramirez, District 1, and Mike Walker, District 5, were named vice president and clerk, respectively. Each of the three leaders will serve one-year terms.

The 2024 School Board Members by district include the following.

• District 1, Lupe Ramirez, vice president
• District 2, Laurel Crossman, member
• District 3, Matt Clapham, member
• District 4, Richard Varner, member
• District 5, Mike Walker, clerk
• District 6, Molly Walt, member
• District 7, Joe Cacioppo, president

Later in the meeting, trustees were appointed to serve on various committees and associations including the following for the ensuing year.

• Director on the Nevada Association of School Boards – Varner
• Alternate Director on the Nevada Association of School Boards – Ramirez
• Member, Carson City Parks & Recreation Committee – Walt
• Debt Management Commission – Walt
• Partnership Carson City – Ramirez
• Legislative Liaison – Crossman and Walker
• Representative(s) to Superintendent’s School Naming Committee – Clapham and Walker
• Representative to Superintendent’s Joint Advisory Committee – Varner
• Representative to Carson City School’s Foundation – Cacioppo
• Representative(s) to Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) – Ramirez and Walt, as an alternate
• Representative to the Emergency Operations Development Committee – Crossman
• Representative on the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) District Leadership Team – Varner

Action was also taken to appoint trustees to serve as Individual Liaisons to schools within the district. Those assignments include the following:

• Carson High School – Walt
• Pioneer Academy – Cacioppo
• Carson Middle School – Clapham
• Eagle Valley Middle School – Ramirez
• Bordewich Bray Elementary School – Varner
• Empire Elementary School – Walt
• Fremont Elementary School – Crossman
• Fritsch Elementary School – Varner
• Mark Twain Elementary School – Clapham
• Seeliger Elementary School – Walker
• Early Childhood –Ramirez