Nevada is a right-to-work state so teachers don’t have to join the Clark County Education Association. If they do join, however, they can only leave by submitting written notice to the union between July 1 and 15. Support staffers and education employees throughout Nevada have the same opt-out window.
Las Vegas Morning Update – Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Why would Kim Wooden, deputy superintendent of the Clark County School District, attend a disciplinary meeting for second-year teacher Jason Wright? For most teachers, she wouldn’t, but Wright is no ordinary teacher. He’s married to Deanna Wright, president of the school board. District leadership has given him special treatment since before he even became a teacher.
State government has created the collective bargaining laws that have put the district on the brink of financial insolvency. Here are three ways to fix that.
Ryan was one of six students Wednesday supposedly upset about budget cuts. Be real. Adults — be they parents, teachers or union officials — turned these kids into human shields and media props.
Eva White, Clark County School District superintendent candidate
Jesus Jara, Clark County School District superintendent candidate.
Shonda Huery Hardman, Clark County School District superintendent candidate.
Don Haddad, Clark County School District superintendent candidate.
Jesse Welsh, Clark County School District superintendent candidate.
It’s starts with money. CCSD has a lot. It has a $2.4 billion general fund. The superintendent controls almost none of it. Personnel expenses make up 87 percent of that. The rest goes to things like utilities, gas for school buses and textbooks.
Victor Joecks talks about how an Arbitrator’s decision will impact CCSD going forward.
Fixing Nevada’s education system starts with educating yourself on how the system actually works.
Fixing Nevada’s education system starts with educating yourself on how the system actually works.
Tya Mathis-Coleman, director of of recruitment at the Clark Coutny School District, talks about a hiring fair held by CCSD at Coronado High School in Henderson. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County Police Department Lt. Roberto Morales speaks on guns confiscated at schools yesterday, at the Clark County School District Administration Building in Las Vegas, Friday, March 2, 2018 (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County Police Department Lt. Roberto Morales speaks on guns confiscated at schools yesterday, at the Clark County School District Administration Building in Las Vegas, Friday, March 2, 2018
Mack Middle School principal and teacher talk about HOPE2 funding that has created a “Turnaround Room” for students who are struggling to behave in their regular classroom.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks interviews Adam Laxalt, Attorney General and Candidate for Governor of Nevada.
Two groups say they conducted their own survey of Clark County residents and found that the majority of them believe the district should enforce current bullying laws rather than create a new policy. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two slates of candidates have formed in the CCEA elections, plus two individual candidates running alone. By Amelia Pak-Harvey
It doesn’t matter who CCSD hires. It doesn’t matter if he or she has financial expertise and loads of political savvy. The next superintendent isn’t going to have the one thing he or she actually needs — authority.
Excerpts from the first public input meeting in CCSD superintendent search, including Duncan Lee of the Council for a Better Nevada, Brent Husson, president of Nevada Succeeds, and Jerry Lee Dixon. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/ Las Vegas Review-Journal).
Teen girls shouldn’t have to take their pants off in front of random teenage boys. The Clark County School District disagrees.
If you thought the Clark County School District’s budget problems were over, think again. An
unelected, unaccountable, out-of- state arbitrator could leave CCSD without enough money to
pay its bills.
Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks provides four 2018 predictions.
Over the last week, CCSD has conducted five community meetings on the proposal. Transgender students have shared stories of being bullied at school in their push for the policy. But Nevada already has one of the most aggressive anti-bullying laws in the country. This includes a requirement that an investigation into bullying occur within one day.
If you think the Clark County School District has budget problems now, imagine how bad it’ll be if Amazon selects Las Vegas as the site of its second headquarters.
CCSD Trustee Kevin Child vowed to continue visiting CCSD schools, despite Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s memo banning him from CCSD facilities. He said he had visited schools since the memo came out without incident.
“I’m going to go to schools,” said Child. “There’s got to be due process and I was never allowed due process. All it was, was that someone sent a memo out. To me, that creates a hostile work environment when you have no basis.”
