Incline Village: school board approves Hawk Fire school closures, 6-0

Meeting: Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 12 PM. Published Oct 5. Final, checked against the approved minutes.

What happened

The school board approved school closures for the Hawk Fire, with pay, 6-0.^1-9 Trustee Woodley was absent.^1-5

What it means for you

On Aug 24, 2026, all Washoe County School District schools except Gerlach K-12 School closed.⁸ On Aug 25, 2026, the intermission covered all district schools except Gerlach K-12 School and the Incline Village schools.⁷

Who it affects

The district shut 13 schools on Aug 26.^7-9 Staff who were affected kept their usual pay.⁹

Incline Village

Numbered sources are in "How we know" at the end of the page.

How we know

We write each summary from the agenda, the video and the minutes, in that order, and check it against the minutes when they post. Every sentence carries a numbered source.

All 13 sources, with their last readings

Weather, air quality and NWS alerts, read about every minute, limit 30 min, last reading Oct 16, 5:30 PM
IVGID and Washoe County meetings, read every 6 hours, last reading Oct 16, 1:40 PM
1. Minutes line 25: Moved by: Elizabeth Smith; seconded by: JJ Phoenix, last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
2. Minutes line 26: Yea: Adam Mayberry, Colleen Westlake, Diane Nicolet, Elizabeth Smith, Christine Hull, and JJ Phoenix, last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
3. Minutes line 27: Not Present at Vote: Alexander Woodley, last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
4. Minutes line 28: Motion Carries 6-0, last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
5. Minutes vote line 26: 6-0, last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
6. Minutes line 24: The Board of Trustees approves Consent Agenda Items 2.02 and 2.04 through 2.13., last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
7. Minutes line 77: APPROVAL OF AN INTERMISSION AT ALL WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS, EXCEPT GERLACH K-12 SCHOOL, ON AUGUST 24, 2026; AT ALL WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS, EXCEPT GERLACH K-12 SCHOOL AND THE INCLINE VILLAGE SCHOOLS, ON AUGUST 25, 2026; AND AT 13 DESIGNATED SCHOOLS ON AUGUST 26, 2026, DUE TO THE HAWK FIRE, PURSUANT TO NEVADA REVISED STATUTE (NRS) 391.180, WITH CONTINUATION OF REGULAR COMPENSATION FOR AFFECTED EMPLOYEES (FOR POSSIBLE ACTION), last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
8. Minutes line 78: The Board of Trustees ratifies the emergency school closures and approves, pursuant to Nevada Revised Statute 391.180, an intermission at all Washoe County School District schools except Gerlach K-12 School on August 24, 2026; at all Washoe County School District schools except Gerlach K-12 School, Incline Elementary School, Incline Middle School, and Incline High School on August 25, 2026; and at North Valleys High School, Robert McQueen High School, Cold Springs Middle School, William O’Brien Middle School, B.D., last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
9. Minutes line 78: Billinghurst Middle School, Silver Lake Elementary School, Stead Elementary School, Alice Smith Elementary School, Lemmon Valley Elementary School, Michael Inskeep Elementary School, Nancy Gomes Elementary School, Desert Heights Elementary School, and Rollan Melton Elementary School on August 26, 2026, with continuation of regular compensation for affected employees., last reading Oct 4, 12:12 PM
Washoe County School District Board of Trustees: Minutes: minutes, last reading Oct 5, 5:23 AM
Washoe County School District Board of Trustees meeting page, last reading Oct 16, 1:40 PM

Incline Village: school board approves Hawk Fire school closures, 6-0

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