A new pilot program aims to address two low-rated Las Vegas high schools — and the 16 largely low-performing elementary and middle schools that feed into them. But a new pilot program aims to address the woes of these two high schools — and the 16 largely low-performing elementary and middle schools that feed into them. Each elementary and high school will have a full-day Nevada Ready! Vellardita said that could result in public schools turning into charter or private schools, an option that he called “premature.” “You can’t even really teach,” Ocasio McAndrew said of the experience.