The Right Take: Superintendent has limited authority
 
The Right Take: Superintendent has limited authority

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.

CCSD Police Department addresses guns confiscated at schools
 
CCSD Police Department addresses guns confiscated at schools

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)

CCSD Police Department addresses guns confiscated at schools
 
CCSD Police Department addresses guns confiscated at schools

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 HOPE2 Funding
 
Mack Middle School HOPE2 Funding

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.

Nevada Politics Today: Adam Laxalt
 
Nevada Politics Today: Adam Laxalt

Review-Journal reporter Victor Joecks interviews Adam Laxalt, Attorney General and Candidate for Governor of Nevada.

Clash over CCSD gender-diverse policy
 
Clash over CCSD gender-diverse policy

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)

The Right Take: CCSD’s next superintendent is going to fail
 
The Right Take: CCSD’s next superintendent is going to fail

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.

What does the public want in a new CCSD superintendent?
 
What does the public want in a new CCSD superintendent?

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).

The Right Take: CCSD Teetering On Verge Of Insolvency
 
The Right Take: CCSD Teetering On Verge Of Insolvency

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.

The Right Take: CCSD considering radical transgender policy
 
The Right Take: CCSD considering radical transgender policy

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.

The Right Take: Amazon Coming To Vegas Would Hurt CCSD
 
The Right Take: Amazon Coming To Vegas Would Hurt CCSD

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.

Nevada Politics Today: Kevin Child
 
Nevada Politics Today: Kevin Child

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.”

The Right Take: CCSD discussing transgender policy
 
The Right Take: CCSD discussing transgender policy

The Clark County School District is currently holding private meetings to discuss implementing a district-wide policy on transgender students. That should concern every parent who thinks having boy private parts makes you a boy.

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, September 26th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, September 26th

Tuesday’s headlines: witness in murder case hit by car outside courthouse, Raiders may play in Oakland through 2020, CCSD superintendent to receive large payday after retirement. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, September 20th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, September 20th

Wednesday headlines: one dead after crash with Metro patrol car, dummy used to catch suspected killer on display, CCSD budget miscue may be good news. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Fight Breaks Out During Canyon Springs at Basic Game
 
Fight Breaks Out During Canyon Springs at Basic Game

A fight broke out during the game between Canyon Springs and Basic High School. CCSD police broke up the fight by pepper spraying students and one of the coaches from Canyon Springs. Ben Gotz reports on the latest information about the fight.

The Right Take: Skorkowsky’s Exit Shows Problems
 
The Right Take: Skorkowsky’s Exit Shows Problems

It’s hard to believe now, but union leaders once praised the selection of Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent of the Clark County School District Superintendent. (Victor Joecks)

The Right Take: CCSD Budget Crisis
 
The Right Take: CCSD Budget Crisis

The budget crisis facing the Clark County School District was so easy to see coming, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky predicted it just 19 months ago. (Victor Joecks)