Parents filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the CCSD and CCEA, alleging they jeopardize student safety by protecting teachers accused of sexual misconduct and allowing them to transfer to other schools.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
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 Clark County Education Association said it’s beginning an effort to gather 102,362 signatures in order to put the proposal on the ballot for a 2026 election.
In his first interview since the agreement was announced, Superintendent Jesus Jara told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his reaction to reaching it was “relief that it was over.”
A middle school teacher had been charged with disturbing the peace after he was removed by police from a Clark County School Board meeting.
Ann Lynch, a hospital vice president who co-founded a few local nonprofit organizations and served a tenure as the National PTA president, died on Dec. 23.
The Clark County School Board unanimously approved a five-year agreement Dec. 14 with First Person Care Clinic to operate a school-based health center at Cunningham Elementary School.
Evelyn Garcia Morales was unanimously selected for another year in her leadership role during a work session Wednesday.
District Court Judge Richard Boulware administered the oath of office Tuesday at the Las Vegas City Council Chambers to Dane Watson, Lisa Satory, Adam Johnson and Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan.
Aramis Bacallao, a teacher at Becker Middle School, faces a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace after being removed by police from a school board meeting.
At least one parent did not want to wait for tuberculosis testing by health officials, who are investigating potential exposures at over two dozens schools.
Horse Powered Reading was created in 2012 with the aim of helping children who are struggling with reading. The Las Vegas Valley has a handful of trained facilitators.
Some experienced Clark County School District teachers are frustrated that their placement on a salary schedule won’t be reevaluated under a new contract.
It was an action-packed year for Clark County’s kindergarten through 12th grade schools, from contentious teacher contract negotiations to a cyberattack.
The university held two graduation ceremonies Tuesday for undergraduates at the Thomas & Mack Center. It will recognize graduate degree recipients on Wednesday.
The North Las Vegas City Council voted last week to appoint Dane Watson, an employee of the Clark County Education Association, to the role for six months.
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