The board voted 4-3 last week to terminate Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract “for convenience,” meaning they didn’t need to provide a reason. He’ll remain on the job until Dec. 1.
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Hundreds of students at the Clark County School District have been quarantined or isolated as a result of COVID-19 exposures or positives since in-person learning resumed.
Education advocates have been calling for Nevada to reduce class sizes for decades, but it took an outbreak of a deadly disease to accomplish what laws and policies couldn’t.
Earlier this month, 14 graduates from St. George’s University arrived in Nevada — 11 of whom are in the Las Vegas Valley — to start their residency.
Are those principals really “bad,” or were they not given the support, funding or time they needed to improve academic performance? The answer is complicated.
Shabazz, the eldest daughter of the civil rights leader, connected the youth activists of today to those who led the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.
While many community members who supported current Chief Academic Officer Mike Barton’s backers are now pledging to support Jesus Jara, some remain bitter over what they see as a rejection of their values by the trustees.
Admiration and support for Chief Academic Officer Mike Barton were almost universal, but in a twist that could have come from a Shakespearean tragedy, Barton’s supporters may have caused his downfall.
As a child, Apoorva Chauhan went to the library regularly with her family. She would read favorite books such as “Black Beauty” or the “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” series, which served as “a doorway to new worlds and adventures” when life became tough.