About 94 percent of classrooms currently have a licensed teacher — up from 92 percent at this time last year, the district said.
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The protest happened during Superintendent Jesus Jara’s “Java with Jara” community event at the Sambalatte coffee shop in northwest Las Vegas.
The Clark County School District said it’s adding six positions to support regional offices, and one for school choice and innovation.
The district’s hiring website lists 1,266 openings for licensed employees — a job category that includes teachers, school counselors and nurses.
The ACLU of Nevada is seeking an order to require the school district to release records related to a police altercation near Durango High.
The North Las Vegas City Council heard a presentation on the findings of a study that the city contracted with Data Insight Partners to do for $45,000.
The Clark County School Board voted unanimously to pay law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP up to $595 per hour to assist during employee contract negotiations.
The Clark County School District, the fifth-largest in the nation, has about 300,000 students and more than 360 campuses.
The statistic was part of the Clark County School District’s quarterly report to the Clark County Commission.
CCSD said “various factors” must be considered when evaluating significant changes to school schedules.
The Clark County School District’s three-week “Summer Acceleration” program, which is free for families, concludes Friday.
Of the 176 licensed employees listed as leaving the district in the May report, more than 60 are special education teachers.
Danielle Ford, who was elected to the Clark County School Board in 2018 and lost the general election in November, hopes to launch a podcast by the beginning of June.
Assembly Bill 175 would change the makeup of Clark County’s board to have elected and appointed members.
Despite enrollment in the Clark County School District dropping for five consecutive years, demand remains high for seats in its magnet programs.