Documents related to the Clark County School District School-Business Partnership Program, 1983-1986

SCHOOL-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS Statement of Purpose In a world of intense competition and ever-accelerating change, our commitment must be to develop the talents of a l l , to their fullest. "Attaining this goal requires that we expect and assist all students to work to the limits of their capabilities," A Nation At Risk, T983. Nationally, business and industry are joining with school systems to forge new alliances that serve a public purpose as well as their own self-interests. The future of any community rests in the strength of its educational institutions. Acknowledg-ing our interdependence, it is the purpose of this proposal to bring together people from business and industry with people from the educational community to develop partnership programs which are uniquely designed to meet individual school needs and link experienced, talented, and caring adults with students and teachers. Description of Program Public schools can, by working cooperatively with the private sector, meet educational standards impossible to reach without such collaboration. Recently, President Reagan designated, by executive order, that 1983-84 become the year of Joint Business-Education Partnerships. It is proposed that the Clark County School District and representatives of the southern Nevada business community work actively to establish partnerships between business and schools in the following manner. ACTIVITY 1. Identify schools of diverse socioeconomic levels: [ th (3) Elementary (2) Junior high school (1) Senior high school 2. Develop and implement school needs assessment. 3. Report results of needs assessment. 4. Schools develop marketable projects to needs assessment. RESPONSIBILITY . Clark County School District* . Business Representative . Clark County School District* . Business Representative . Clark County School District* . Business/Community . Clark County School District* . Business Representative (to give technical assistance) TIMELINE (Both) (Elem.) (Sec.) 12/15/83 1/15/84 1/30/84 2/15/84 2/28/84 3/30/84 School/Business Partnership Programs Page 2 ACTIVITY RESPONSIBILITY TIMELINE (Both) (Elem.) (Sec.) 5. Identify and match community resources with school needs. 6. Initiate meetings between business and school to develop a Partnership Agreement.* 7. Finalize agreements. 8. Implement partnership program. 9. Establish support and commu-nication network: . Public awareness . Evaluation of process . Coordination and facilita-tion of new partnerships . Business Representative* . Clark County School District Business Representative* Clark County School District . Business Representatives* . Clark County School District* . Clark County School District* . Business Representatives . Clark County School District* . Business Representatives* 3/15/84 4/15/84 3/16/84 4/16/84 4/15/84 5/16/84 4/16/84 8/27/84 5/1/84 Ongoing * Primary Responsibility + Partnership agreement w i l l include: school program objectives, activities, timelines, monitoring, and evaluation design. Each school identified to participate in this venture w i l l be selected based upon demonstrated motivation and enthusiasm. The primary role of the district's Education Center would be to provide support services and communication resources. i ; j The contribution of the private sector representative would be to serve as the liaison between the business and school communities. A School-Business Partnership Program in Clark County is an example of how citizens of the business and education communities can give of their time, energies, expertise, and resources to improve the quality of life in this county. Additionally, this program ensures that education w i l l become everybody's business. 11/14/83 PARTNERSHIPS School and Community Programs January 17, 1986 Advisory Board Members Shelley Berkley Richard Bunker Mark Fine Kenny Guinn James McMillian William Martin Zachary Taylor Dave Vlaming Dear Business Colleague: The second annual School-Business Partnership Seminar will be held on February 6, 1986 at UNLV. We are especially fortunate to have Mr. Frank Maguire, formerly a Senior Corporate Executive from Federal Express in Memphis, Tennessee, as the keynote speaker. Mr. Maguire served as a senior associate at Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey before joining Federal Express. He had held senior management positions with the American Broadcasting Company, American Airlines, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. He also served in the administration of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. From 1971 to 1974, Maguire held the post of Assistant Commissioner of Economic Development for the State of Tennessee, under Governor Winfield Dunn. As you may know, Federal Express is known for its employee productivity and incentive programs and Mr. Maguire exemplifies the philosophy behind a business that found its niche in producing a highly efficient delivery system. Motivation and enthusiasm are the two components highlighted in his presentation regarding school-business partnerships. Currently over 100 Clark County businesses are participating in school business partnership acitivites. You will have an opportunity at the seminar to hear about benefits to business and to the students. Please make time in your busy schedule to attend. I will be looking forward to seeing you. On behalf of the School-Business Partnership Advisory Board, thank you for your consideration. i Sincerely, Mark Fine, Chairman School-Business Partnership Advisory Board MF:LL/vld Dtu 1 1 ^ PARTNERSHIPS School and Community Programs Advisory Board Members Shelley Berkley Richard Bunker Mark Fine Kenny Guinn James McMillian William Martin Zachary Taylor Dave Vlaming M E M O R A N D U M TO: Partnership Advisory Board Members RE: Next meeting?December 16, 1985 DATE: December 5, 1985 1 Y Our next meeting will be held on December 16, 1985, 8 a.m., at First Western Savings and Loan. Please find the agenda and minutes from our last meeting enclosed. We would like to extend an invitation to you and your guest to attend a special concert by the Sunset Symphony Orchestra to be performed on December 14, 1985 at 7 p.m. at the Showboat Hotel & Country Club in the Sports Pavillion. These accomplished musicians have been nationally recognized and most recently at their previous performance received special recognition by representatives from the Pentagon for being an example of an exemplary partnership program. If you would like to attend, please contact the Partnership Office and we'll make the necessary arrangements. If for some reason you are unable to attend the next meeting please inform the Partnership Office. Thank you. CLARK COUNTY SC LCL/vld C - ? SCHOOL/COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD MEETING December 16, 1985 8:00 a.m. A G E N D A I. Introductions 11. Discussion of Minutes III. Slide Presentation IV. Presentation: Department of Energy - Mountain View Elementary School V. Progress Report VI. Seminar - February 6, 1986 ( CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING October 21, 1985 Members Present: Richard Bunker Members Absent: Shelley Berkley Mark Fine Bill Martin Zack Taylor Kenny Guinn Jim McMillian Lou Silvestri Dave Vlaming Also Present: Bob Wentz Dan Goldfarb Linda Littell Carol Bossert Vicki Dueker The Partnership Advisory Committee meeting began at approximately 8:15 a.m. I. Discussion of Minutes Dr. Wentz asked for changes or questions of the meeting minutes of September 9, 1985. There being no changes, the minutes stand approved as written. II. Selection of Chairman and Vice Chairman Dr. Wentz asked for a chairmanto be nominated to represent the Partnership Advisory Board. Mark Fine was nominated; the motion was seconded and unanimously approved. Dr. Wentz asked for a vice chairman to be nominated. Bill Martin was nominated; the motion was seconded and was unanimously approved. Mark Fine was not present at the beginning of the meeting, therefore, Bill Martin was asked to chair the meeting. III. Progress Report (Request from Advisory Board Members) Bill Martin asked Linda to go over the Progress Report. Linda remarked that we currently have 75+ partnerships; some others are not listed because certain formalities have not been completed. Linda did not feel it was appropriate to summarize each and every partnership, therefore, for each of the meetings she will highlight some of the activities in a few of the partnerships plus verbally discuss others. In addition, the remainder of the partnerships will be high-lighted in the newsletter and members will be receiving that soon. Linda asked members to refer to the cover page of the progress report noting tne number of partnerships, businesses involved, and partnerships in planning. There are some partnerships that are districtwide and it's difficult to document how many schools that partnerships are involved in, e.g., child safety and child abuse programs, newspapers in the classroom, energy education, senior citizen programs, and American Nevada's sculpture partnerships. Linda has broken down the partnerships by category to assure a balanced curriculum. Linda went over SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Page 2 the highlights of each partnership. She further commented that many new high school partnerships have been added; many teachers, principals and school district personnel have been calling and requesting their own partnerships. Cannon Jr. High has requested a list of 35 career speakers; we are currently working on this. There are nine high schools involved in the Skills for Living Program. Through the participation of the Bar Association, the law related project will be revitalized. Cannon Jr. High students will participate in a year long project interviewing many Nevada historians. On October 8, 1985, we had a trainning session for new partners. There were 58 participants. We distributed an evaluation to be completed at the end of the session and based upon those responses, we felt it was a successful venture and as a result we will be making a training film for new partners. Many persons who attended commented that they wanted to make changes in their partnership and had gotten key insights to improving their partnerships. Next Linda showed excerpts of that training session which had been video taped. Highlights from that video clip included Bob Clup, Nevada Development Authority; Mike Edwards, principal, Las Vegas High School; and Randy Boesch, First Interstate Bank, speaking about their partnership experiences. IV. Next Meeting Date Linda suggested not meeting on a monthly basis and asked how other members felt about that. After discussion among members, it was decided that meeting on a bi-monthly basis should be sufficient and acceptable. The next meeting date was agreeded upon and will be held on December 16, 1985. V. December 10 - Pay-As-You-Go Building Program The school board approved the three-year pay-as-you-go plan be presented to our citizens on December 10. Dr. Wnetz distributed a one-page summary of what's in the three-year plan and its focus on elementary schools. Dr. Wentz added that we now have unity with our internal groups and organizations which we did not have before. We will be doing some of the traditional campaigning as well as some heavy grass roots campagining based upon the extent of our community support. There will be voter registration booths in every school. It will be an effective and intense seven weeks until December 10. The meeting came to a close at approximately 9:15 a.m. PARTNERSHIPS School and Community Programs Mrs. Shelley Berkley, Attorney 1980 E. Pebbel Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 Mr. Richard Bunker, President Dunes Hotel & Country Club 3650 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Mr. Mark Fine, President American Nevada Corporation 2501 Green Valley Parkway Henderson, NV 89015 Dr. Kenny C. Guinn, President Nevada Savings & Loan Association 201 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89101 Mr. William Martin, President Nevada National Bank P.O. Box 18415 Las Vegas, NV 89114 Mr. James McMillian DDS LTD 2300 Rancho Drive Las Vegas, NV 89102 Major General R. G . "Zack" Taylor Chairman of the Board First Western Savings & Loan 2700 W. Sahara Las Vegas, NV 89102 Mr. David Vlaming Executive Vice President First Interstate Bank P.O. Box 15188 Las Vegas, NV 89114-3858011 CASA REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. Louis Silvestri, Principal Helen Cannon Jr. High School 5850 Euclid Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89120 361-3733 737-4110 458-8855 385-2222 386-3695 384-1276 871-2117 385-8011 739-8465 Advisory Board Members Shelley Berkley - Richard Bunker Mark Fine Kenny Guinn James McMillian William Martin Zachary Taylor Dave Vlaming Jo Mallond, Secretary Kerri, Secretary Sandy, Secretary Pat, Secretary Gina Larson, Secretary or Nancy Jean, Secretary Ann, Secretary CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. 2832 E FLAMINGO RD.. LAS VEGAS. NV 89121. (702) 736-5011 MAR 15 DM AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2832 EAST FLAMINGO ROAD LAS VEGAS, NEVADA89121 TELEPHONE(702)736-5011 March 14, 1984 Mr. Mark Fine ~^Mr. Richard Bunker Mr. Bill Burns _J<1r. Bill Martin General Zack Taylor Gentlemen: BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES Mrs. Lucille Lusk, President Mr. Dan Goldfarb, Vice President Mrs. Patricia A Bendorf, Clerk Mrs. Virginia Brooks Brewster, Member Mr. Donald R. Faiss, Member Mr. Robert Forbuss, Member Mrs. Shirley Hoist, Member Robert E. Wentz, Superintendent In order to provide leadership for the development of our school and community partnerships, I would like to ask the five of you to serve on a small advisory committee to provide assistance, direction, and leadership as we progress in the months ahead. I will promise not to impose too heavily on your time, but I do feel that with your background, you would be invaluable in helping the school system move ahead in profitable ways for students as well as for our community. Mark has agreed to host our first meeting which has been set for Tuesday, March 27, 1984 at 8 a.m. We will meet at Mark's office, American Nevada Corporation, 2501 Green Valley Parkway. I am enclosing a copy of the agenda and a proposed statement on the purpose and structure of the advisory committee. I will have my secretary follow up on Friday, March 16, to confirm whether you will be able to participate as a member of the advisory committee. I appreciate very much the type of interest that you have shown in the development of partnership programs and look forward to meeting with you on March 27. Sincerely, Robert E. Wentz Superintendent of Schools REW:vc Enclosures cc: Judi Steele, Director, Special Student Services JAN 2 3 fOSfi PARTNERSHIPS School and Community Programs Advisory Board Members Shelley Berkley Richard Bunker Mark Fine Kenny Guinn James McMillian William Martin Zachary Taylor Dave Vlaming January 17, 1986 Dear Business Colleague: The second annual School-Business Partnership Seminar will be held at 8:00 am, February 6, 1986, in the Teachers' Education Auditorium at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. We are especially fortunate to have Mr* Frank Maguire, formerly a Senior Corporate Executive from Federal Express in Memphis, Tennessee, as the keynote speaker. Mr. Maguire served as a Senior Associate at Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey, before joining Federal Express. He has held senior management positions with the American Broadcasting Company, American Airlines, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. He also served in the Administration of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. From 1971 to 1974, Mr. Maguire held the post of Assistant Commissioner of Economic Development for the State of Tennessee, under Governor Winfield Dunn. As you may know. Federal Express is known for its employee productivity and incentive programs, and Mr. Maguire exemplifies the philosophy behind a business that found its niche in producing a highly efficient delivery system. Motivation and enthusiasm are the two components highlighted in his presentation regarding school-business partnerships. Currently over 100 Clark County businesses are participating in school-business partnership activities. You will have an opportunity at the seminar to hear about the benefits to businesses and students. Please make time in your busy schedule to attend. I look forward to seeing you there. On behalf of the School-Business Partnership Advisory Board, thank you for your consideration. 2 "i n n o m Q 1 v CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 2832 E. FLAMINGO RD.. LAS VEGAS M hairman School-Business Partnership Advisory Board 32ESSE5IB?lI PtlCtlM UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS ?i WILLIAM D. CARLSON / TEACHER EDUCATION / AUDITORIUM ENTRANCE PARKING FACILITY Chemistry (CHE) Juanlta Greer White Life Sciences (WHI) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Engineering (EGR) Thomas-Mack Center (TMC) (Expected completion, 1983) Business Services (BSB) Physical Plant (PPB) Paul C. McDermott Physical Education Center (MPE) Roger Barnson Baseball Field Softball Diamond Kenneth Partridge Track Fish Research Facility Tennis Courts William D. Taylor Hall (TAY) William D. Carlson Education -15 William D. Taylor Hall-30 Geosclence-13 James R. Dickinson Library-6 John S. Wright Hall ? 7 Juanlta Greer White Life Sciences Judy Bayley Theatre ? S Kenneth Partridge Track ? 27 Maude Frazler Hall ? 2 Museum of Natural History ? 12 Paul C. McDermott Physical Education Center ? 24 Physical Plant ? 23 Roger Barnson Baseball Field ? 25 Softball Diamond - 26 Technology -14 Tennis Courts ? 29 Thomas-Mack Center - 21 (Expected completion, 19831 Tonopah Residence Hall ? 10 NUMERICAL LEGEND 1. Flora Dungan Humanities (FDH) 2. Maude Fra2ler Hall (FRA) 3. Archie C. Grant Hall (GRA) 4. Alta Ham Fine Arts (HFA) 5. Judy Bayley Theatre (JBT) 6. James R. Dickinson Library (JDL) 7. Jonn S. Wright Hall (WRI) 8. Donald C. Moyer Student Union (MSU) 9. Dining Commons 10. Tonopah Residence Hall (TON), 11. Frank & Estella Beam Hall (BEHf (Expected completion, 1983) 12. Museum of Natural History (MSM) 13. Gecsclence (GEO) 14. Technology (TEC) 15. William D. Carlson Education (EDU) 16. Artcmus W. Ham Concert Hall (HCH) ALPHABETICAL LEGEND A l t i Ham Fine Arts-4 Archie C. Grant Hall-3 ArtBmus W. Ham Concert Hall -18 Bu-siness Services - 22 Chemistry ? 17 Dlrilng Commons - 9 Donald C. Moyer Student Union - 8 Engineering - 20 Environmental Protection Agency -19 Fish Research Facility-28 Flora Dungan Humanities - 1 Frank & Estella Beam Hall -11 (Expected completion, 1983) r t w n j C L j N , ?SwuT^ CONTINUING PROfESSIONAL EDUCATION. 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