While the first day of school jitters are prevalent even among classroom leaders, CCEA hoped its welcome event would ease the minds of hundreds of new teachers.
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Clark County school trustees set a salary range of $350,000 to $400,000 for a new superintendent and approved $64,410 to pay for aspects of the search.
To track school spending, the Review-Journal examined more than 420 audits that covered around 350 schools. These are some of the problems that CCSD auditors found during their reviews of campus finances.
The Clark County School District says it is implementing some new rules to protect students and make classrooms more productive when classes start Aug. 12.
A new CCSD policy requiring students to put their cellphones in signal-blocking pouches during class has faced pushback, most recently with a petition drive that gathered 10,000 signatures in three days.
Outgoing Superintendent Jesus Jara gave his top officials millions of dollars in additional benefits while keeping the information from elected school board trustees.
Critics said the district should wait until new trustees are sworn in later this year to recruit a superintendent. As many as four trustees could be replaced in November’s election.
Jesus Jara’s term was longer than average for superintendents in the nation’s largest districts, research shows.
Earl B. Lundy Elementary School was damaged when the remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary hit Mount Charleston in August 2023.
A federal judge approved a $10 million settlement with the family of an autistic boy who had been abused by his teacher.
The family and their lawyer are upset with the Clark County School District. “It seems that nobody wants to take responsibility for anything,” attorney Gus Flangas said.
The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
The order reverses a CCSD policy that blocked members appointed by Clark County, Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas from filing motions at board meetings.
Nicholas Bott, 44, had been facing a felony charge of child abuse and a gross misdemeanor count of contact with a minor.
The Clark County School District’s budget contains $3.5 billion in operating revenues for the 2024-2025 school year.