Education
One year ago Saturday, a Clark County School District administrator was allegedly masturbating in his office, sending the images over the Internet to a viewer he thought to be a 13-year-old girl.
Because the Clark County School District faces a severe decline in state funding, new Superintendent Dwight Jones has rescinded the pay hikes his predecessor approved on his way out for his executive assistant and six administrators.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proclamation to encourage reading, if taken literally, clashes with a state law that prohibits new district-wide testing and appears to impose a new burden on Nevada’s financially beleaguered education system.
Carolyn Edwards, who with four years of experience is the most senior member of the Clark County School Board, hopes to become the board’s next president at an organizational meeting Wednesday.