Superintendent Jesus Jara, who has been at the helm of the nation’s fifth-largest school district since 2018, has had a tumultuous tenure.
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The Clark County School District has agreed to turn over public records related to Superintendent Jesus Jara’s social media accounts by Feb. 5 in response to a lawsuit by the teachers union.
The Clark County School District reached a $150,000 settlement last month with Brett Gilman, who was investigated after social media exchanges with now-school board trustee Katie Williams.
Some public charter schools in the Las Vegas Valley are using additional state money to increase pay for their employees by as much as 20 percent.
The Clark County School Board heard a presentation Thursday on results of the study about minority-owned and women-owned businesses.
The Clark County School District is holding four meetings to get feedback about budget priorities for the next school year.
The Legislative Commission on Tuesday approved a regulation with specific steps to be taken if the Clark County School District doesn’t follow a 2017 measure that gives individual schools more control.
The Clark County School District held two events for reporters Thursday at east Las Vegas schools to promote the launch of its “When You Grow, We All Grow” campaign.
The state’s Legislative Commission voted Monday to approve a regulation that will allow the Clark County School District to hire substitutes who have only a high school diploma.
Trustees voted 6-1 on Thursday night to approve a notice of intent to revise an existing policy. The school district is required to take action under a new state law.
The business organization called Tuesday for the Board of Regents chair and vice chair to step aside while an independent investigation is being conducted.
James Dean Leavitt, who served on NSHE’s Board of Regents for 12 years, applied over the summer for the board’s chief of staff and special counsel position.
After five hours of public comment, the Clark County School Board voted early Thursday to approve a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees, which will be negotiated with unions.
The Clark County School District next week will consider creating a policy that would require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“We’ve got to be really careful protecting individual cases,” Clark County schools superintendent says of the decision to withhold the figures.