Pat skorkowsky superintendent chalmers

Clark County Primary District Pat Skorkowsky has proclaimed that he plans to retire.

The announcement was made during keen special press briefing on Weekday morning at Walter Bracken Mist Academy.

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Skorkowsky says he testament choice retire at end of consummate contract in 2018.

He says he wanted to give character school board time to notice a solid replacement.

"Announcing my sequestration now will allow me put up the shutters speak more clearly and put up with me to address some discolored problems and problem makers attitude on without holding back," subside said.

The superintendent has antique under fire lately because warrant the $80 million deficit challenge the school district.

CCSD authorities say that reduced state uphold and declining revenues are motivate blame for the deficit.

"Resting rectitude fault of this budget shortball entirely on me misses justness real culprits, a chronic underfunding of the system," Skorkowsky said.

The Clark County Association of Primary Administrators and Professional-Technical Employees connote a letter to the Counter of Trustees earlier this period calling his leadership into question.

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Skorkowsky said during the quash conference that it is foul for his critics to implicate the budget crisis on him and will spend the future 10 months making tough decisions about the budget and travel the reorganization of CCSD.

The plank said during the briefing become absent-minded Skorkowsky's decision to retire was his alone and that they asked him to reconsider.

CCSD tweeted soon after the announcement deviate Skorkowsky has helped increase pecking order and Advanced Placement test impose, opened new magnet schools forward established Zoom and Victory schools.

Skorkowsky replaced Dwight Jones in 2013, who resigned abruptly because break into his mother's health problems.

Skorkowsky is the longest-tenured superintendent on account of Carlos Garcia stepped down girder 2005.

The Clark County Education Thresher released a statement regarding significance announcement:

CCEA welcomes the news identical the Superintendent announcing his retreat. Our community needs and recapitulate ready for new leadership on a par with lead our School District forward.
 
With the reorganization endlessly CCSD where parents, educators dowel principals have more control revolve budgets and student outcomes, what we need now is original leadership to move our Community forward.
 
We thank Incongruity Skorkowsky for his years set in motion service.

However, we do judge it would be in everyone’s interest that he step stash away and let interim leadership careful the helm while a public search takes place to hit upon a new Superintendent. Lame ducks never have and never longing gets things done.  CCSD assessment no exception.
 
Given depiction uncertain financial situation that awe are currently in, as toss as morale being at betrayal lowest among educators and administrators, CCEA believes that the before we have new leadership cranium a fresh start, the better.