Enrollment down at Carson City’s Silver State

As the school year opened this past week, Silver State Charter Schools in Carson City reported just 168 students enrolled at the high school.Josh Kern, who was named the school’s receiver just a few weeks ago, told the state Public Charter School Authority that is well below the 280 student goal for this year but he’s not worried about the school’s financial health.First, even though the school gets state funding on a per pupil formula — in Silver State’s case he s