School Districts in Wyoming - Albany County School District Number 1, Big Horn County School District Number 1, Big Horn County School District Numb (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Albany County School District Number 1, Big Horn County School District Number 1, Big Horn County School District Number 2, Big Horn County School District Number 3, Big Horn County School District Number 4, Campbell County School District Number 1, Carbon County School District Number 1, Carbon County School District Number 2, Converse County School District Number 1, Converse County School District Number 2, Crook County School District Number 1, Fremont County School District Number 1, Fremont County School District Number 14, Fremont County School District Number 2, Fremont County School District Number 21, Fremont County School District Number 24, Fremont County School District Number 25, Fremont County School District Number 38, Fremont County School District Number 6, Goshen County School District Number 1, Hot Springs County School District Number 1, Johnson County School District Number 1, Kaycee School, Laramie County School District Number 1, Laramie County School District Number 2, Lincoln County School District Number 1, Lincoln County School District Number 2, List of school districts in Wyoming, Natrona County School District Number 1, Niobrara County School District Number 1, Park County School District Number 16, Park County School District Number 6, Platte County School District Number 1, Platte County School District Number 2, Sheridan County School District Number 1, Sheridan County School District Number 2, Sheridan County School District Number 3, Sublette County School District Number 1, Sublette County School District Number 9, Sweetwater County School District Number 1, Sweetwater County School District Number 2, Teton County School District Number 1, Uinta County School District Number 1, Uinta County School District Number 4, Uinta County School District Number 6, Washakie County School District Number 1, Washakie County School District Number 2, Weston County School District Number 1, Weston County School District Number 7. Excerpt: The Natrona County School District #1 is a public school district, serving students in Natrona County, Wyoming, USA. Based in Casper, Wyoming, the district also serves the towns and communities of Alcova, Edgerton, Evansville, Midwest, Mills, Powder River, and Willow Creek. The Natrona County School District is governed by a publicly elected board of trustees. Members are elected at-large by county voters to staggered, four-year terms. School elections are held biannually in November. The school board hires a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operations of the district. Superintendent Dr. Joel Dvorak was hired in July 2008. Internally, NCSD operates under a shared governance model called the Compact. Established in 2001 following a round of contentious contract negotiations, the NCSD Compact is an agreement between the Board of Trustees, the Natrona County Education Association (NCEA), the Natrona County Association of Education Support Staff (NCAESS), and the Service Employees Independent Organization (SEIO). The agreement structures decision-making models in the district to assure that all major decisions impacting students, as well as contract and salary/benefit decisions, are made through a consensus process. The Safe Schools Suspension Lab is a program that provides a safe, supervised alternative to at-home suspension for students whose behavior requires them to be removed from the traditional classroom. In 2009, the School District made National news approved an anti-bullying policy that specifically prohibits cyberbullying and sexting. In the early 1990s, the Natrona County School District began establishing Lighthouse Schools. Prior to that time, admission to schools was based on residency boundaries throughout the county. The Board of Trustees began accepting applications to start new schools -...