This story has been updated with additional details.
Two of the seven members on the Washoe County School Board Trustees will resign, the school district confirmed Monday evening.
Those members are Andrew Caudill and Kurt Thigpen. Caudill’s resignation is effective on or before June 25 and Thigpen’s resignation will be effective after a replacement for his vacancy has been filled by the current board.
Caudill, who was elected in 2018, has taken a job out of state. Thigpen, who just started his four year term this year, is resigning because of an undisclosed medical issue.
“On the advice of my doctors, it is with a heavy heart and great sorrow that I have decided to resign from the Board of Trustees,” Thigpen said in a statement released by the district.
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The Washoe County School Board did not make any changes to its mask policy, which now allows those under 10 to go without a mask and mandates it for everyone else, including students and staff who are fully vaccinated.
It was a brief discussion and the board discussed possibly allowing staff to wear a face shield if vaccinated, but there were concerns that shields are not as effective and that there is no way to know who is vaccinated.
A few board members made comments that to change things now wasn t a good idea after the feedback from the quick decision by the Superintendent Kristen McNeill last week to remove the mask mandate for the district s youngest students.
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The Washoe County School Board is meeting in person again today, starting at 2 p.m., after moving its last two meetings to virtual because of what the district called a confrontational crowd.
Just minutes before the start of the meeting, a crowd was already gathering at the district and there were police officers outside of the building.
The district was anticipating a crowd and said it may keep people outside and rotate people in if they are there to make public comment.
The agenda for Tuesday s meeting includes a report on the 2021 Legislative session and what may impact the school district. The district has repeatedly talked about the financial hit they are bracing for amid budget cuts.
The Washoe County School District has filed a lawsuit in Second Judicial District Court against Washoe County, the five elected county commissioners and Tammy Davis, the Washoe County treasurer.
The suit was filed Thursday over the $19.5 million the county will begin collecting in July from the school district after a 17-year legal battle found that the county had overtaxed residents in Incline Village and Crystal Bay.
The total now owed to Incline property owners is $56 million. Of that, the county owes over $23 million. The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Incline Village General Improvement District and the State of Nevada combined are being held responsible for $13 million.