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.
Julie Wootton-Greener
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.
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.”
The Clark County School District said it’s adding six positions to support regional offices, and one for school choice and innovation.
The district’s hiring website lists 1,266 openings for licensed employees — a job category that includes teachers, school counselors and nurses.
Projects are planned over the next decade and are part of the Clark County School District’s 2015 Capital Improvement Program.
The Clark County School District on Thursday released a list of more than 40 schools that will lose instructional time for the upcoming school year.