Clark County School District superintendent’s surprise announcement that he will step down at the end of June 2018 included signals that he intends to take some of those he considers trouble-makers with him.
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When Amber Turner was about 13, her parents bought her a telescope for Christmas. She’d check out the stars and wonder what was up there.
Webb Middle School is relying heavily on grants and parent donations, to help offset cuts of up to $90,000, said principal Paula Naegle. The school already had proposed nearly $54,000 in cuts before the latest round of expected reductions was announced.
In an effort to try to address a growing budget shortfall estimated to near $70 to $80 million, the Clark County School district distributed a survey asking parents, teachers and residents to rank in descending order what they would prefer to see cut.
But the recent announcement of Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s retirement, effective in June, and the district’s ever-growing budget shortfall — which may require $70 to $80 million in cuts — might threaten the changes the school has been making. That has Gable, the mother of a first-grade student, worried.