The Clark County School Board voted Thursday to adopt a controversial policy change that will prohibit appointed members from making motions.
Julie Wootton-Greener
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Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
The new contract includes a 10 percent salary increase during the first year and 8 percent in the second.
Rancho’s School Organizational Team held a town hall forum to get community input on what they would like to see in a new principal.
Democracy Prep at the Agassi Campus announced Wednesday that thanks to new donor funding, the high school will remain open for the next three years.
Lisa Guzman, who has been on the board since January 2021, plans to step down after her four-year term concludes at the end of this year.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal obtained nine billing statements Monday that the Clark County School District received from a private law firm.
The Clark County School District has agreed to turn over public records related to Superintendent Jesus Jara’s social media accounts by Feb. 5 in response to a lawsuit by the teachers union.
Eddie became the Clark County School District Police Department’s first “station dog” in early December. He was donated by the national nonprofit organization K9s For Warriors.
The Surge Institute is seeking applications from emerging education leaders who are Black, Latinx or Native American for a six-month fellowship.
An event Wednesday at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ offices in Las Vegas and Reno was the third statewide discussion this school year.
Democracy Prep at the Agassi Campus, a public charter school, will close its high school at the end of this year.
TEACH Las Vegas and Sage Collegiate were previously having conversations this fall following operational turmoil at TEACH, but hadn’t made a decision.
The Clark County School District program started during the COVID-19 pandemic and was paid for using federal relief money. Individual schools can still offer summer programming.
The Clark County Education Association and its president, Marie Neisess, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus Thursday in District Court against the Clark County School District.
The Clark County School Board is considering prohibiting its four appointed members from making motions or asking for a previous decision to be reconsidered.
