U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack toured the school garden at Wynn Elementary School and highlighted child nutrition initiatives.
Education
Less than two weeks after submitting his resignation, CCSD Superintendent Jesus Jara sent a copy of written remarks for his yearly “State of the Schools” address — which was canceled last month — to the school board.
Students at Rogich Middle School won the division I middle/elementary school category during the fall competition, according to a Thursday news release.
The Clark County Education Association and its president, Marie Neisess, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus Thursday in District Court against the Clark County School District.
The Clark County School Board is considering prohibiting its four appointed members from making motions or asking for a previous decision to be reconsidered.
Parents filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the CCSD and CCEA, alleging they jeopardize student safety by protecting teachers accused of sexual misconduct and allowing them to transfer to other schools.
College and university faculty members across the state called for emergency campus security upgrades in response to the fatal UNLV shooting.
Shushan Sadjadi — who was a math teacher at Garside Junior High School from October 2021 until August — filed a 58-page complaint Tuesday in District Court.
The Clark County School Board heard a presentation Thursday night on the state’s latest accountability data, including school star ratings and standardized test scores.
The campus will offer doctoral programs in occupational and physical therapy beginning in August 2024.
The district said Tuesday that arbitration is now the only way to resolve issues and pay its educators more equitably, citing the teachers union’s “inflexibility.”
The Clark County School District said the union has refused to consider contract waivers for more than six months without “additional, unreasonable concessions.”
The Clark County School District said in a statement Monday that a mandate isn’t feasible and “does not definitively address safety concerns.”
The Clark County School District campus serves students ages 3 to 22 who are medically fragile and have disabilities. The school recognized graduates on Friday.
The substitute teacher wrote the n-word on a classroom whiteboard at Silvestri Junior High School STEAM Academy in Las Vegas.