Teachers union members protested outside a school board meeting amid ongoing contract negotiations, and three people were removed from the meeting room.
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The Clark County School District filed a lawsuit July 31 against the Clark County Education Association seeking an injunction aiming to halt a future teacher strike.
The Clark County Education Association filed a motion Monday seeking to dismiss a lawsuit the school district filed that aims to prevent a future teachers strike.
The Clark County School District released details Friday about its latest offer during collective bargaining, including a copy of a proposed new salary schedule.
Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro said school districts have the ability to access new education funding authorized by the Legislature to pay teachers and staff “what they’re owed.”
The Clark County Education Association’s representative council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night seeking for Superintendent Jesus Jara to leave his job.
A poll conducted this month by the Clark County Education Association found that Superintendent Jesus Jara has much higher unfavorables than favorables.
The Clark County School District is holding four meetings to get feedback about budget priorities for the next school year.
Clark County School Board trustees heard an information-only presentation Thursday about the topic but didn’t take action.
The dashboard will be updated regularly and include information about attendance rates, standardized test scores, enrollment and student behavior, officials said.
The Clark County Education Association complaint says the changes for teachers at 23 elementary schools didn’t go through the collective bargaining process.
The outcry comes after an altercation between a school police officer and a Black student at Durango High School earlier this month.
“A teacher doesn’t lose their free speech rights just because they work at a public school,” Brett Gilman’s attorney Maggie McLetchie told the Review-Journal.
The Clark County School Board approved a $274,310 purchasing award to Public Consulting Group last week for the study. A final report is expected in early June.
The swearing in of two new board trustees and one incumbent trustee brought optimism for a new era in the wake of a often-contentious year.
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