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Carson City School District Board Meeting - May 26, 2026

Board of Supervisors — Tuesday, May 26, 2026
BodyCarson City, Nevada
SessionBoard of Supervisors
DateTuesday, May 26, 2026
StatusFILED
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First item on the agenda is the adoption of the agenda.

0:03

Do I have a motion to approve the agenda?

0:05

So moved.

0:07

Second.

0:09

So I have a motion by Trustee Varner and a second by Trustee Ramirez.

0:13

At this time, I will call for public comment.

0:16

This is public comment on the adoption of the agenda only.

0:19

Is there any public comment?

0:23

Hearing none, we'll go ahead and move.

0:26

All in favor, please say aye.

0:28

Opposed.

0:31

Motion passes unanimously.

0:33

We'll go ahead and move on to.

0:36

Where is the mic?

0:37

Item number two.

0:41

Which is flag salute.

0:42

Do we have a flag?

0:45

There's one that's just for the back.

0:50

There's one out there.

0:51

Yeah, there's one.

0:52

Okay, we'll just face to the back.

0:53

There's one outside, and if you'll please uh stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance.

1:01

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

1:09

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

1:15

Thank you.

1:20

Moving on to agenda item number three.

1:23

This is the superintendent's report.

1:25

Superintendent Fuelin.

1:29

Thank you, President Well, not much to report this evening.

1:33

There are seven days of school left, but who's counting?

1:38

Um just a lot of great things going on, lots of celebrations at the schools, and looking forward to wrapping up a great year.

1:47

That's all.

1:49

Great, thank you.

1:51

And at this time we'll move on to agenda item number four, which is board reports and board member comments.

2:05

We do not, and in um fairness of time, our board reports will not be shared with you this evening.

2:14

We'll share them with you on June 9th because we want to get to the reason why you're all here.

2:20

So we'll go ahead and close agenda item number four.

2:24

Moving on to agenda item number five.

2:26

Do we have any association reports?

2:29

Seeing none.

2:31

All right, we will move on to agenda item number six, which is the presentation of the 2025 26 distinguished students awards for all Carson City School District schools, including Carson Montessori Charter School, and this is presented by our superintendent AJ Fueling.

3:04

Good evening.

3:06

Welcome everyone.

3:08

We have uh two rather special recognitions going on this evening.

3:14

Um for the first one, we have uh some students here.

3:22

Um maybe a few weeks ago, uh, parents, guardians.

3:29

You you may have received a call from what you thought was um some kind of scam, some kind of um confused person uh letting you know that your child was being recognized as a distinguished student at a school board meeting.

3:49

There's not a whole lot more information other than that.

3:52

Um the history of the and I'll tell you if you're here, it is legitimate.

3:58

I I assure you.

4:00

Um the history of this back, I believe it was in 2016.

4:07

Uh, one of our school school board members at the time, um, just made a comment that you know we we are regularly recognizing students that are um you know have amazing academics.

4:22

Uh we're recognizing students that are participating in some of the great uh offerings that we have, the clubs, activities that are successful in competitions.

4:33

Uh we're recognizing kids for athletics.

4:37

But what about those kids that are just great kids?

4:44

They are great citizens of their school.

4:48

They are helpful.

4:50

Maybe they're a great leader, although not in maybe a formal way, like through a club or an organization.

4:58

And so it what it really just came down to is we want to recognize kids that are awesome, that maybe just don't aren't in some of those other groups that are otherwise getting recognized.

5:12

And so if that's the call you got about your student being a distinguished student to be recognized this evening, that's exactly why they're here.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Personnel Matters█████████████████████████████████████████████51%
Youth Programs███████████13%
Education Funding██████████11%
Fiscal Sustainability████████9%
Engineering And Infrastructure███████8%
Procedural██████7%
Public Safety█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Carson City School District Board of Trustees Meeting - May 26, 2026

The Carson City School District Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on May 26, 2026. The meeting included recognition of distinguished students and retiring employees, public comment regarding a high school cross-country and track coach, and approval of the revised capital improvement plan and final budget for fiscal year 2026-2027.

Consent Calendar

  • Agenda approved unanimously by voice vote.
  • Consent agenda approved as submitted by motion of Trustee Peterson, second by Trustee Varner, passed unanimously.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Multiple speakers—students, parents, and a former student-athlete—expressed serious concerns about the head coach of the Carson High School cross-country and distance track program (coach Russ Munyan). Key allegations included: lack of pre-race guidance; negative, dismissive, and critical comments after races; unsafe or AI-generated training plans; failure to communicate; retaliatory treatment; and a hostile environment causing athletes to quit or lose their love for the sport. Parents requested an independent investigation. The board attorney reminded the public of policy 601 regarding allegations against an individual employee and noted a complaint procedure via the superintendent. The superintendent stated he would contact Carson High School to look into the matter.

The following individuals provided public comment (names as stated): Madison Hager, Zoe Thielen, Adam Plain (reading a statement from Renee Plain), Brianna Nunez, Veya Minor, Nate Freed, Darren Plain, Rylan Hilford, Tegan Barman, Sean Thornton, Hannah Budd, Nick Chalmers, John Borrowman, and Cassandra Davis.

Discussion Items

  • Superintendent's Report (Item 3): Superintendent Fuelin reported there are seven days of school left and noted many celebrations.
  • High School Representative Report (Item 4): Outgoing student representative Cooper Fuelin provided an update on the elementary school graduation walk scheduled for June 2 at 9:30 a.m. The board presented him with a token of appreciation. New representative Ruby Bertrand was introduced.
  • Presentation of Distinguished Students (Item 6): The board recognized two students from each school campus for being "awesome" and demonstrating good citizenship.
  • Recognition of Retiring Employees (Item 7): Superintendent Fuelin recognized departing employees with a combined 735 years of service. Multiple employees shared remarks. Dan Sadler, moving to a superintendent role in Story County School District, also spoke.
  • Budget Preparation Timeline & Capital Improvement Plan (Items 9 & 10): Spencer Winward presented the budget timeline, noting a gradual enrollment decline and flat state economic outlook. The board discussed the 2027-2031 capital improvement plan, including a $30 million placeholder for a performing arts center. Trustee Varner raised concerns about bonding capacity. The revised capital improvement plan was approved unanimously.
  • Final Budget Adoption (Item 11): Winward presented the final budget for FY 2026-2027. The general fund projects $80.1 million in revenue against $84.0 million in expenditures, a structural deficit of $2.9 million (excluding contingency). Salary and benefits constitute 88% of spending. Nutrition fund adjustments include a proposed meal price increase (50 cents for elementary/middle, 25 cents for high school lunches) and three schools losing Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) status. The budget also reflects removal of funds with no activity per Nevada Department of Taxation request. The board adopted the final budget unanimously, along with the required resolution and transmittal letter.

Key Outcomes

  • Vote (Item 10): Motion to approve the revised capital improvement plan (FY 2027-2031) – Passed unanimously.
  • Vote (Item 11): Motion to adopt the final budget for FY 2026-2027, including approval of the resolution and transmittal letter – Passed unanimously.
  • Vote (Item 12): Motion to approve the consent agenda – Passed unanimously.
  • Directive (Item 8): Superintendent instructed to contact Carson High School to investigate concerns raised regarding the cross-country/distance track head coach.
  • Future Agenda Items (Item 14): Board will begin reviewing policy section 0100 (objectives) and requested an update on a land acquisition.

Meeting Transcript

First item on the agenda is the adoption of the agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? So moved. Second. So I have a motion by Trustee Varner and a second by Trustee Ramirez. At this time, I will call for public comment. This is public comment on the adoption of the agenda only. Is there any public comment? Hearing none, we'll go ahead and move. All in favor, please say aye. Opposed. Motion passes unanimously. We'll go ahead and move on to. Where is the mic? Item number two. Which is flag salute. Do we have a flag? There's one that's just for the back. There's one out there. Yeah, there's one. Okay, we'll just face to the back. There's one outside, and if you'll please uh stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Moving on to agenda item number three. This is the superintendent's report. Superintendent Fuelin. Thank you, President Well, not much to report this evening. There are seven days of school left, but who's counting? Um just a lot of great things going on, lots of celebrations at the schools, and looking forward to wrapping up a great year. That's all. Great, thank you. And at this time we'll move on to agenda item number four, which is board reports and board member comments. We do not, and in um fairness of time, our board reports will not be shared with you this evening. We'll share them with you on June 9th because we want to get to the reason why you're all here. So we'll go ahead and close agenda item number four. Moving on to agenda item number five. Do we have any association reports? Seeing none. All right, we will move on to agenda item number six, which is the presentation of the 2025 26 distinguished students awards for all Carson City School District schools, including Carson Montessori Charter School, and this is presented by our superintendent AJ Fueling. Good evening. Welcome everyone. We have uh two rather special recognitions going on this evening. Um for the first one, we have uh some students here. Um maybe a few weeks ago, uh, parents, guardians. You you may have received a call from what you thought was um some kind of scam, some kind of um confused person uh letting you know that your child was being recognized as a distinguished student at a school board meeting. There's not a whole lot more information other than that. Um the history of the and I'll tell you if you're here, it is legitimate. I I assure you.

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