Nevada State High School Reviews

Toxic work environment and long, grueling hours. Essentially, if one is looking for strong work/life balance, this is not the place. Because it’s a skeleton crew, the workload is tremendous. The job that would normally take a team of 3-4 school counselors was placed on my shoulders. That’s a similar theme for every other role too. Although pay was good, it involved long hours, no winter/spring/summer breaks, and countless hours of looking at data. Leadership doesn’t care to change or grow. Most hide in the central office and cowardly ignore parental concerns until it’s directly in their faces. Staff is expected to handle nearly everything on their own. Strong leaders reflect and try to better. I never felt comfortable or confident in the decision making that came out of the leadership team.

I apologize to everyone I had a part in bringing to NSHS. It is the most toxic culture I have encountered. Decent compensation is countered by an expectation of prolonged hours due to staffing shortages. Executive leaders permitted to rule without oversight from the token board and charter school authority. School board has no presence in daily operations and ignore pleas from faculty, parents and students. Outside of CEO, a 0% retention rate of employees hired during my tenure. Read the exit surveys. Leadership will tell you not everyone can live up to expected values. Values at NSHS are a mere list of unfulfilled words. This is a sinking ship. The 1970s culture of abuse is unsustainable. They're at less than 50% staffing and 0 employees at their flagship site.