The Clark County School District announced that it has filed a lawsuit to prevent the teachers union from taking threatened actions that amount to a strike.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo announced his plan to maintain Opportunity Scholarships after it failed in the Legislature.
The Clark County School District said updates are a result of feedback that educators provided during roundtable meetings.
The agreement includes a 10 percent salary increase during the first year and 2 percent in the second.
About 94 percent of classrooms currently have a licensed teacher — up from 92 percent at this time last year, the district said.
The district announced the change in a news release Monday, saying events will be rescheduled “once labor contracts are in place with all employee bargaining units.”
Hiring events are underway this week for crossing guards, who must be at least 18 and work two hours a day.
Joey Gilbert will now serve as the Douglas County School District’s legal counsel after its Board of Trustees voted to select his law firm for the job.
An event was scheduled for Wednesday at Ramanos Mercato Italiano in Henderson’s Inspirada community, but the property owners and business requested the event not be held there.
School crossing guards typically work one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon.
The U.S. Department of Education released state-level data Tuesday showing how many people are eligible.
The protest happened during Superintendent Jesus Jara’s “Java with Jara” community event at the Sambalatte coffee shop in northwest Las Vegas.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara said in a Tuesday email to teachers and other licensed employees that he wanted to clarify “pay and compensation questions.”
Jonathan Adler came in second place in the final round of Lincoln-Douglas debate at the National Speech and Debate Championship last month in Phoenix.
The school district’s trustees are set to consider hiring a former gubernatorial candidate’s law firm as its legal counsel.