Outgoing Superintendent Jesus Jara gave his top officials millions of dollars in additional benefits while keeping the information from elected school board trustees.
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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.
A Clark County School District substitute teacher has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful contact with a minor.
Twenty-three students from Goldfarb Elementary School got to meet Mojave Max, the tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, at the Springs Preserve.
When the new school year starts, some CCSD students won’t have access to the internet on their cellphones during classes and must wear ID badges.
The Clark County School Board has recommended closing Lundy Elementary School because of damage attributed to Tropical Storm Hilary.
The program permits students who did not meet the requirements to graduate in four years to have an additional year to get their degree, district officials said.
