Three salary items remain major sticking points between College of Southern Nevada faculty and administration as the two sides enter the 20th month of contract talks.
Education
Twenty-five sixth- and seventh-graders at Cashman Middle School have been selected to participate in the “Next 25” initiative, receiving a $2,500 college scholarship and mentoring until they graduate from high school.
Last week, advocates held a live Q&A with the Clark County School District budget chief and challenged legislators at a public meeting to step up to the plate. Other behind-the-scenes organizing efforts also are quietly building momentum.
The second annual Refugee Recognition Ceremony at the Silverton casino in Las Vegas recognizes 92 students who survived hardship before landing in Clark County, including 36 high school graduates.
The deficit, which required the district’s more than 300 schools to cut a collective $47 million from their budgets, reduced the district’s workforce by 400 licensed positions, 104 support staff positions and 50.5 administrative jobs.
A teacher’s aide told police that Melody Carter, 58, hit the 5-year-old boy repeatedly after he would not put his shoes back on, and said, “I have more of those” when the stick broke, according to her arrest report.
Vegas Voices is a weekly series featuring notable Las Vegans.
Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested Melody Carter, 58, after an investigation was opened in May at Harmon Elementary School, police said.
Students who attend a state college will pay 4 percent more in student fees in 2019 and 2020 with Friday’s close vote of the state Board of Regents.
Staff were notified of the possible reduction in force process Thursday in a memo from the district’s human resources department after principals identified $47 million in cuts to their individual school budgets.
An eight-page draft policy that surfaced Monday would guide principals on how to handle students with diverse gender expressions. The School Board will consider the policy at its June 14 meeting.