Clark County School District officials touted successes in the state’s new star ratings on Monday, celebrating its highest-performing schools and those that improved most.
Education
The two-year contract, which includes a 3 percent raise and a 4 percent increase in monthly health care contributions, averted a threatened teachers strike.
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.
A brief look at how Clark County School District and the teachers union got to this point:
Union leaders meet to consider next steps, potentially including a strike, as district calls offer the “most significant increase in compensation and benefits” in over a decade.
Andre Long served as chief human resources officer at CCSD until he was replaced by Nadine Jones , a former MGM Grand executive, after a critical audit.
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.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara has selected Maria Marinch as the district’s new chief communications and government relations officer.
A court appointed receiver has asked a judge to OK the sale of The Art Institute of Las Vegas to a group of professors who have been negotiating to buy it since January.
A District Court judge in Las Vegas granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday requested by the administrators union.
The move, approved unanimously by the Clark County School Board early this year, is no longer on the table for Delta Academy and the 100 Academy of Excellence.
When does the School Board meet in private, and what do they talk about? And what are those “CONFIDENTIAL” items that the board votes on without notifying the public?
The inaugural class in the Valley Health System program is comprised of 10 residents in the family medicine program and 16 in the general surgery program.
Nadine Jones, currently a vice president of human resources for MGM Grand, will start with the district on July 1 with a salary of $151,608.
The Clark County School District will eliminate all 170 dean positions at middle and high schools in an effort to erase a roughly $17 million deficit.
