Raiders Serve Lunch at Jack Dailey Elementary – VIDEO
 
Raiders Serve Lunch at Jack Dailey Elementary – VIDEO

On Tuesday, Raiders fullback Alec Ingold and tight end Darren Waller visited Jack Dailey Elementary to serve lunch and interact with the students (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Basic assistant principal seen pushing student
 
Basic assistant principal seen pushing student

In a video posted to Instagram in October, former Basic Academy of International Studies Assistant Principal Melanie Snively is seen pushing and grabbing a student in an attempt to redirect the minor to another part of the school. She says she ultimately regrets how she handled the situation (Instagram)

CCSD phone outage message
 
CCSD phone outage message

A voicemail from Clark County School District about a systemwide phone outage on Dec, 19, 2019.

Longtime CCSD principal talks about evaluating principals – VIDEO
 
Longtime CCSD principal talks about evaluating principals – VIDEO

Rancho High School Principal James Kuzma, a CCSD principal for nearly two decades, on evaluating principals. “I don’t know how you define good or bad” in evaluating principals, he said. “…The only thing we can go by is if our school achieves or doesn’t achieve.” (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Teachers union head talks about evaluating principals – VIDEO
 
Teachers union head talks about evaluating principals – VIDEO

John Vellardita, executive director of the Clark County Education Association, talks about the union’s new “Decker policy” in reference to previous reporting by the Review-Journal about the principal at Decker Elementary School’s continuing run-ins with staff and parents. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Protest at Spring Valley High School to support teachers – VIDEO
 
Protest at Spring Valley High School to support teachers – VIDEO

Teachers, students, parents and administrators at Spring Valley High School staged a protest on Monday, Aug. 26, in support of Clark County School District educators who are threatening to strike over more pay under a new contact. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Govenor Sisolak makes a statement on possible school strikes
 
Govenor Sisolak makes a statement on possible school strikes

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak held a press conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building to discuss the on-going negotiations between the Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association.

Clark County Teachers Union Plans To Announce Strike – Video
 
Clark County Teachers Union Plans To Announce Strike – Video

The Clark County Teacher’s Union plans on announcing a strike if its demands are not met in contract talks with the Clark County School District. The Clark County Education Association, which has threatened to strike for months, has given the district until Thursday to propose an acceptable contract for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.

Retzl discusses CCSD, funding formula and charter schools – VIDEO
 
Retzl discusses CCSD, funding formula and charter schools – VIDEO

The reorganization of the Clark County School District is contributing to the district’s budget pinch. At this point, it’s impossible to predict know how the new education funding formula will work. Also, Nevada charter schools need to serve more high-need students before it’s possible to tell if they’re successful. That’s according to Kenneth Retzl, director of education policy with the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities.

Administrator union chief calls for Jara to resign or be fired – VIDEO
 
Administrator union chief calls for Jara to resign or be fired – VIDEO

Superintendent Jesus Jara should resign or be fired. That’s the belief of Stephen Augspurger, the executive director of the Clark County Association of School Administrators and Profession-technical Employees. Augspurger said Jara has lost the confidence of the district’s principals by not seeking their input on a number of issues, including firing all the deans in the district.

CCSD Budget Reductions
 
CCSD Budget Reductions

Clark County School District Superintendent Dr. Jesus F. Jara has outlined proposed 2019-20 school year budget reductions in a video message. (Clark County School District)

Despite additional funding school district still faces $17 million deficit
 
Despite additional funding school district still faces $17 million deficit

The Clark County School District revealed for the first time Tuesday that it is facing a budget deficit of between $17 million and $18 million next year despite winning additional funding in the just concluded legislative session. That means the possibility of a teachers strike in the fall remains on the table.

CCSD police on the arrest of Deamonte Warren – VIDEO
 
CCSD police on the arrest of Deamonte Warren – VIDEO

CCSD police arrested Chaparral High School custodian Deamonte Warren on Friday on three counts of a school employee having sex with a student and an additional count of providing alcohol to a minor. (Courtesy CCSD Police)

Danielle Ford’s remarks at School Board Meeting April 11, 2019
 
Danielle Ford’s remarks at School Board Meeting April 11, 2019

Trustee Danielle Ford used the term “colored students” rather than “students of color” during a heated meeting Thursday night. Trustee Linda Cavazos leaned across the dais to correct her as a few people in the crowd grew angry and eventually stormed out. (Clark County School District)

Parents of autistic student battle Clark County School District
 
Parents of autistic student battle Clark County School District

Joshua and Britten Wahrer, parents of a special education student, are battling the Clark County School District for the right to equip their son with a monitoring device. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Newly elected trustees join Clark County School Board
 
Newly elected trustees join Clark County School Board

District D Trustee Irene Cepeda, District F Trustee Danielle Ford and District G Trustee Linda Cavazos were sworn in at the Edward Greer Education Center on Monday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

CCSD Covering Up Conduct From Top Officials
 
CCSD Covering Up Conduct From Top Officials

CCSD announced in May that it would hire attorney Robert Freeman to conduct an independent investigation into the hiring of Jason Wright. Wright is the husband of school board president Deanna Wright. He stands accused of physically assaulting children and the district has admitted that former superintendent personally intervened to help him get a job. Six months later, you’re paying Freeman’s bills but can’t see his findings.

Denis details his plans, goals for Nevada education – Nevada Politics Today
 
Denis details his plans, goals for Nevada education – Nevada Politics Today

The top priority for Nevada education is overhauling the Nevada Plan. There isn’t going to be a tax hike to fully implement weighted funding, and Read by 3 needs to be modified. That’s all according to Sen. Mo Denis, who will chair the Senate Education Committee. Denis also said he doesn’t now support extending $20 million in tax credits for the Opportunity Scholarship program.

Clark County Schools announce random searches
 
Clark County Schools announce random searches

Clark County School District middle and high school students will be subject to random searches for weapons under a new initiative to combat the wave of guns found on campus. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)