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CCSD substitute teacher facing new sexual misconduct charges

A former Clark County School District substitute teacher is facing new accusations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with elementary school children, prosecutors said Wednesday.

CCSD prepares to take draft sexual misconduct policy public

Expert signed on to be guest speaker at school district roundtable on Thursday to publicly unveil draft policy on staff-student relationships and communication says “crisis” is also an “opportunity.”

School bus driver used position, social media to get to student, report says

A 24-year-old substitute bus driver with the Clark County School District used his position and social media “to further a sexual relationship” with a 17-year-old student, according to an arrest report obtained Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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Most CCSD trustees open to contract changes to address sexual misconduct

Four members of seven-member Clark County School Board indicate they would consider trying to renegotiate a clause in the union contract that allows teachers with a history of bad behavior to move from one school to another.

CCSD sub arrested on charge of attempted sexual misconduct with student

Garic Wharton II, 25, a substitute teacher at South Academic Center, was jailed Thursday after allegedly engaging in a sexually explicit conversation to solicit sex with a 16-year-old female student over social media, school district says.

 
Training failures major cause of CCSD sexual misconduct crisis

The Clark County School District has no social media or text-messaging policies for employee-student communications and heavily relies on a vague, outdated video to educate employees about sexual misconduct, a Review-Journal investigation has found.

Clark County DA warns CCSD staff of prosecutions for sexual misconduct

Clark County School District and law enforcement officials say they are listening to parent concerns about inappropriate teacher-student relations and issued a warning to staff members who engage in inappropriate behavior.

Henderson parents demand CCSD action to protect students

Dakota Routh said he had no idea his then 12-year-old daughter filed a written complaint last year against her teacher, Jeffrey Schultz, until Henderson police called him last week.

 
Former teacher cross-examines accuser in kidnapping trial

Melvyn Sprowson, representing himself at trial, faces the possibility of life in prison on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, and one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.