Board finds Encompass Academy partially compliant after district monitoring

The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees voted Feb. 24 to find Encompass Academy (item 2.07) partially compliant with the terms of its charter agreement after a district performance review.

Kristen Boucher, data coach at Encompass Academy, told trustees the leadership team “takes full responsibility” for the areas cited as noncompliant and said the problems were primarily administrative: missed deadline-driven submissions, delayed responses and gaps in internal follow-through rather than a lack of licensed staff or instructional capacity. Boucher said full-time teachers at the school are appropriately licensed and that the school declined to rush a lockdown drill to meet a deadline, opting instead to plan and execute the safety exercise with fidelity.

Boucher described steps the school has put in place to address the findings: establishing clear ownership for compliance tasks, setting internal deadlines ahead of state and district due dates, and implementing a centralized tracking system for documentation. She asked the board to consider the noncompliance as a systems issue the school is actively correcting.

Trustee Dr. Nicolette moved to approve the charter performance monitoring finding as partially compliant; a second was offered and the motion carried unanimously. The board heard expressions of support from trustees acknowledging the academy’s academic strengths, the counseling and student health services, and efforts to partner with community organizations such as the Boys & Girls Club to coordinate drills and student services.

The board’s action directs that the finding be recorded in the district’s monitoring outcomes; no additional sanctions were announced during the meeting. The board and Encompass leadership said they will continue monitoring implementation of the corrective steps discussed.