Politicians, community must making funding Clark County schools a priority

The Oct. 15 Viewpoints section included a most intelligent letter from a Sheila Morse of Henderson. This lady has hit the nail on the head regarding the current situation with the Clark County School District: There is money for everything but meeting the education needs in Las Vegas.

Getting qualified teachers and real therapists who deal with serious special-needs kids continues to be an issue with no relief in sight.

Building more schools due to increased population in the future? Where are you going to get sufficient qualified teachers to fill these schools when you are scrambling every June because of the hundreds who continually leave?

Promises made to existing teachers are never kept. Instead supervisors who got their 3 percent raise last year tell teachers to “suck it up.” The so-called union has done nothing but string them along.

The casinos? Let’s not expect anything. Having a lottery for education? Our casino moguls will not allow it. It’s all about the money — and getting qualified teachers and paying them well is not in the cards for them.

The schools will remain at the bottom until you realize that you build from the inside with the best people you pay for.