Star ratings haven’t been issued since then because of the pandemic. The school’s accountability score is up significantly from 13.8 for the high school in 2018-19, when it was a one-star school - the lowest rating possible. “We were so ecstatic to make those gains, and it really felt like there was finally public evidence and justification for the hard work we had put in,” said school Superintendent Chris McBride, a Reno resident who has been the school’s leader since November 2017. The state Department of Education released the data in September. Nevada Connections Academy recently garnered 70 points out of a possible 100 on the Nevada School Performance Framework accountability system for the 2021-22 school year. 16 to seek a charter renewal, which would allow it to continue operating. Now, the school is preparing to go back to the authority Dec. Since then, the high school has boosted its graduation rate and academic performance.

In 2020, the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted to close the school, but later reversed course after the school filed a lawsuit. Just a couple of years ago, the school faced an uncertain future. “Honestly, I thought it would be a lot harder,” she said. Taylor said it was a smooth transition to an online-only education.

She enrolled as a high school freshman and is now a junior. Her older brother was previously a student at Nevada Connections Academy - an online tuition-free public charter school that serves students statewide - so Taylor already knew about that option.

“Honestly, when COVID hit, all of the schools didn’t know what they were doing,” the 17-year-old Henderson resident said. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Taylor used to attend traditional in-person schools, but the COVID-19 pandemic spurred her to try something new. Emilia Gross, a teacher with Nevada Connections Academy, center, addresses students and their parents before they walk the Historic Railroad Trail in Boulder City on Thursday, Nov.

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