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A3: We are a transitory community
and that makes us unique when it comes
to dates, deadlines, etc. But we’ll talk with
the Air Force and CASLV to see if there’s
a percentage or buffer we can set aside for
non-scheduled movers. The law is very ge-
neric so we are looking at how we can shape
the policy for who has priority at the Nellis
campus.
Q4: If there’s no busing to school next
year, how’s it going to work with the influx
of people dropping off their kids?
A4: We’re going to go through some
growing pains and it’s not going to be perfect always going to be on the kids and making
from day one, but this is a temporary thing
until we get the new facility. We are going
through every option we can to provide
transportation, and we’ll push forward with
all of our options until the right author-
ity eliminates them. We have to run those
answers up the chain and unfortunately we
don’t always control that timing, but ulti-
mately this is about your kids, your family,
and your quality of life. My hope is that by
the time we sign the lease in July we will
know all of the answers.
Q5: What happens for children who are
on an Individualized Educational Plan or
have special education needs?
A5: CASLV is a public school, so they are
required to have the same support as a CCSD
public school would have for a special needs
child or one that has an IEP.
Q6: You said that people employed at
Nellis will have priority, my husband is
stationed at Creech but we live on Nellis.
Would we also have priority?
A6: We are going to work with CASLV to
shape the school policy for who has prior-
ity, because the law is very generic. As the
installation commander, I look at the Nellis-
Creech-NTTR team as one population. One
thing I’m pushing for though is that priority
goes to people who live in Nellis housing.
Q7: The folks we expect to PCS here next
summer, are they eligible for the lottery in
February or do they need to have orders cut
ahead of time to register?
A7: If they do not have orders in hand
already, the member should be able to use
their assignment report on individual per-
sonnel (RIP) to register for school. Again,
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training pipeline could be expanded. The
draft 2016 National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act includes language that expands
the Air Force’s bonus authority for re-
HSPVQ ors that are responsible for the challeng-
mote operators and aligns RPA operator
entitlements with those for other rated
positions. The service is working a plan
to apply that authority.
In addition, Air Combat Command
has established and held the first meeting
of a general officer-led working group
that will provide guidance and gain con-
sensus across commands to enhance the
development and execution of a strategic
vision for the RPA enterprise.
Moving forward, Gen. Hawk Carlisle,
the ACC commander, has directed his
staff to develop detailed implementation
plans for the following activities:
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we are working with CASLV to see how we
can accommodate those families that don’t
move prior to registration deadlines.
Q8: Right now at Lomie G. Heard El-
ementary School there are six kindergarten
classes, five 1st grade classes and only two
5th grade classes. Are you going to take
into account that each grade will have a
different need?
A8: We need to see what the numbers for
each grade level looks like. There are things
we need to do structurally for each grade
section, but if there’s a need for more lower
grade levels we will definitely talk about that. one big program?
There are a lot of unknowns but our focus is
sure we’re taking care of them.
Q9: District-wide, CCSD was short
about 1,000 teachers at the beginning of the
school year; how are you guys getting your
teachers? And are you going to have aides
in the classrooms as well or is it just going
to be one teacher for 25 students?
A9: In the past, for our three other cam-
puses in Las Vegas, we have hired teachers
from CCSD, other charters, other private
schools, and from other states. Last year we
did a job fair in New York and a couple other
destinations, so we’re pulling from all over
the country and developing a compensation
package that will entice the best-quality
teachers. We do have IEP and support staff
members that help in classrooms, so there
are aides who help out.
Q10: What about 5th graders going into
6th grade next year? Will we have priority
for the other CASLV campuses that do offer
6th, 7th and 8th grades?
A10: We are currently working on a
transfer policy. Right now, the process is the
same as it has been in years past, graduate
to other CCSD schools or a private school of
the parents’ choice. But, this is new for us so
we will look at how we might do this, but we
haven’t reached that point yet.
Q11: For families that try to go for the
lottery but are not accepted, are they going
to be put onto a waiting list so they can get
in to CASLV when spots open up?
A11: We’ll fill however many seats are al-
located for a particular grade level, then the
remaining applicants in that grade level will
be given a wait list number. So when spots
open up, the next person in line can move
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in. That’s how it will go for each grade level.
Q12: Are all of the teachers fully li-
censed?
A12: Yes, there are rigorous standards
that our teachers meet at the state level. They
are all licensed in Nevada.
Q13: I currently serve on the executive
board for the Lomie Heard Parent-Teacher
Association (PTA) and am interested in
getting involved in the new school’s Parent-
Teacher Organization (PTO). Do you guys
have local chapters for each school or is it
A13: We have three Henderson campuses
and there’s a president for the entire PTO,
and there’s leaders under the president that
are divvied up among the three campuses.
Here I envision having a separate PTO or at
least a chapter where all the parents are from
students attending school here. They can
still participate in big school-wide events,
but there needs to be something specific to
this location.
Q14: In the event we live on base but our
children aren’t chosen in the lottery and
we’re assigned a wait list number, where
else are we supposed to send our kids?
A14: We are still finalizing all the priority net, we’re going to miss some demograph-
categories, but they would have to go off base
to another CCSD elementary school — the
CCSD Attendance Zone Advisory Commit-
tee has proposed rezoning current Lomie G.
Heard Elementary School students to attend
Zel and Mary Lowman or J.E. Manch El-
ementary Schools just outside the Landings
Gate on Craig Road — or a magnet school,
private school, or another charter school
until a seat opens up.
Q15: How are you going to place stu-
dents with the correct teacher next year
who understands a particular child’s edu-
cational needs?
A15: We’ll do our due diligence in the
beginning of the year. The first couple
weeks of the year is all about team building,
ice breaker activities, and getting to know
the students through doing all those fun
activities. From there, we can be fluid and
flexible and should know if it isn’t the best
fit for a student, and we can look at getting
them into a different class. Our doors will be
open and we are receptive to feedback. We
are also hoping to retain some of the teach-
ers currently at Lomie Heard so that would
operations and command and control or
combat and recently surpassed 20 years
of service, many of which were executed
at surge levels,” Carlisle said. “We owe it
to our Airmen to remove the daily stress-
ing environment they are operating in.”
“Resourcing these changes is not
ganizational and command and control
structures for remote aircraft is examin-
the Department of Defense, the White
sustain the enterprise for the long term,
according to the general.
“As we strategically analyze the RPA
battlefield with their persistence and abil-
at our operating locations,” Carlisle said.
“Expanding our RPA basing to potential
“Ultimately, CPIP is about establishing
Base, Arizona), Langley (AFB, Virginia),
and a few overseas locations is a discus-
sion we need to entertain as we stand
moving the RPA community toward the
sustainment model we’ve established for
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give us some information as well. The biggest
thing though is to communicate, because we
can’t do anything if we don’t know there’s a
problem going on or if you want something
different.
Q16: Recent Nevada legislation has said
DOD employees living/working on base
would be admitted to the school, how/why
would they not get accepted?
A16: Let’s say hypothetically there are 100
slots in a particular grade level but 120 appli-
cants who all reside on base. Those who live
on base get the priority, but if there are more
qualified applicants than positions, it might
not be possible to admit everyone. We’ll have
a better sight picture when the registration
period is closed at the end of February.
Q17: You said there may not be trans-
portation to and from school, so what’s
the game plan for mil-to-mil parents who
can’t drop off or pick up their kids?
A17: Our hope is to give you options —
whether you want to use CASLV’s before
and after school programs or use our Youth
Center programs — so we’re looking at what
transportation options we can provide. Our
goal here is to cast as wide of a net as we
can to capture as many services as we can.
Unfortunately, it’s not going to be a perfect
ics, we’re going to miss some individuals
due to bad luck with timing or occupancy,
but our goal is to go for the best long-term
plan for the entire community.
Q18: If your child goes to a CCSD
school off base, are the buses going to be
able to get on base to pick up and drop
off children?
A18: Yes, just like they do today. There’s
a certain number of students that we would
have to have for CCSD to send a bus. If they
did, we would work with CCSD like we do
now to vet bus drivers that pick up and drop
off on-base students.
For more information about CASLV,
please contact the school registrar at
702-776-6529, extension 106 or visit their
website at http://www.caslv.org. For more
information about other schooling op-
tions, please contact the 99th Force Sup-
port Squadron School Liaison Officer at
702-652-2156 or visit the SLO’s webpage at
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intelligence processing, exploitation and
dissemination nodes.”
Carlisle emphasized that “of course
basing decision process.”
within ACC’s direct control,” Carlisle
noted. “So we will have to work with
House and Congress on the resources to
get this done.”
“RPAs have changed the game on the
ity to both build situational awareness
and close the kill chain,” Carlisle said.
a coherent, Air Force wide strategic plan
that enables us to continue to provide this
incredible capability to the joint force by
other Air Force weapon systems.”