Many educators and parents wonder how the school district found up to $20 million to pay for professional development raises, ending a weekslong impasse over the issue.
Education
Officials with the Clark County School District and the teachers union have tentatively agreed on the terms of a contract forthe 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, averting a threatened strike on Sept. 10.
Gail Hudson wiped back an abundance of tears as she stood in the courtyard of Hummel Elementary on Monday, overwhelmed by the surprise honor of Nevada’s Teacher of the Year.
A few hundred people turned out for a protest Monday morning in support of the teacher’s union, which is threatening to strike against the Clark County School District.
Union leaders in other states say “common enemy” helped unify educators, communities, but that level of cooperation has not yet been seen in Southern Nevada.
Sisolak on Friday called it “astounding” that Clark County School District leaders did not account for contractually obligated spending in its budget requests to the Legislature.
The Clark County School Board abruptly ended its meeting Thursday night amid protests from an outraged crowd of teachers who showed up in droves to demand appropriate pay for a new contract.
Superintendent Jesus Jara said there was no discussion of the possibility of a special legislative session when CCSD and teachers union officials met with Gov. Steve Sisolak.
The district announced that it is preparing a contingency plan to continue providing instruction and meals for students in the event of a strike.
The new plan for the $125 million UNLV School of Medicine building includes a provision for a cadaver lab — a departure from the initial plans to rely on a virtual anatomy lab.
More than 3,000 students were evacuated from schools on the east side of Las Vegas Thursday morning after power outages left classrooms sweltering.
No major hiccups reported by the Clark County School District on Monday as some 320,000 students in the nation’s fifth-largest district returned to class.
Earl Jenkins Elementary School, named for a retired Clark County School District educator, is one of two schools that will be opening its doors for the first time on Monday.
Law enforcement agencies say they have strengthened partnerships to ensure the roughly 321,000 students returning to public schools next week are secure in their classrooms.
The Clark County School Board will vote Thursday on a $100,000 settlement with the mother of Dalvin Brown, who was shot and killed at Canyon Springs High School last year.
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