Students, teachers and program staff from East Career & Technical Academy told the Clark County School District board on Dec. 11 that a planned car show — intended as a student‑run showcase and fundraiser for career‑technical programs — was canceled three days before the event on risk‑management grounds.

Jamie Rawson, an East Tech learning strategist, said students had followed CCSD guidelines, implemented additional safety protocols, and prepared a flyer and public outreach. She described the cancellation as painful for students who felt overlooked by the district's response and singled out a new requirement risk management imposed asking that every car in the show be explicitly tied to an instructional standard — a condition she said no other program had been asked to meet.

"No one outside of East Tech administration has contacted these students not to explain or support or acknowledge the way they feel or the harm that they feel," Rawson said.

Mechanical technology teacher David Turley and welding students including club president Sophia Vasquez and vice president Cecilia Avilas described paperwork, vendor contracts and safety plans that they said met district requirements. Vasquez said the cancellation undermined students' effort and trust with the community and vowed students had earned the opportunity to display their work.

District staff in the budget and policy portions of the meeting did not offer an on‑the‑record operational defense of the decision in the public session; trustees heard pleas for reconsideration and requests that staff work with East Tech to find another opportunity for the students to present their work.

Other speakers during public comment also raised unrelated concerns about campus administration, curriculum pacing, payment processing for school fundraisers, and parental access to records in custody situations. Those matters were heard but no board action was taken on them at the meeting.

What happens next: speakers asked district staff to reexamine the decision and to identify a path for allowing students to publicly showcase completed projects, including alternative dates or venue arrangements.