Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Education

LT. Bryan Zink, public information officer for the Clark County School District Police Department explains the necessary steps they will be taking to ensure safety for the upcoming school year in Las Vegas. Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Brian Ramos
Video shows full interaction between CCSD officer, teens in Durango incident
Jan. 18, 2024
The Clark County School District on Thursday released body-worn camera footage depicting a district police officer tackling and kneeling on a Black teen outside a Las Vegas high school nearly a year after eyewitness video of the violent incident went viral. The release of the footage satisfies a Clark County District Court judge’s order in ...
A screenshot from the Clark County Republican Party’s website on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, notes locations for the Feb. 8 caucuses continue to be in flux.
Venue uncertainty continues to loom over GOP caucuses in Clark County
Jan. 17, 2024
The Clark County Republican Party is still without a clear list of venues in the Las Vegas area for its planned presidential nominating caucuses next month. That much was apparent Monday, when the party’s website displayed a graphic saying “Caucus locations are being updated. Check back soon.” Previously, that online page listed about three dozen ...
From left, US District Court Judge Richard Boulware and new Clark County School District board members Romana Esparza-Stoffregan, Adam Johnson, Lisa Satory and Dane Watson wait to be sworn in at Las Vegas City Hall, downtown, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.
CCSD Board faces opposition to limits on appointed members
Jan. 13, 2024
The Clark County School District Board is seeking to expand restrictions on its nonvoting, appointed board members with a policy that does not allow the newly seated members to make or second motions ...
Las Vegas voters line up Feb. 23, 2016, to attend a Republican Party caucus at Western High School in Las Vegas. The Nevada Republican Party is eschewing the state’s Republican presidential preference primary election set for Feb. 6 in favor of conducting its own presidential caucuses, like this one eight years ago. But just weeks before the Feb. 8 caucuses, Clark County School District administrators say state party officials haven’t secured permission to conduct any of the caucuses in district schools.
Nevada’s GOP caucuses, set for Feb. 8, have yet to win approval for use of CCSD schools
Jan. 11, 2024
CCSD uses a third-party booking site to schedule its facility use to outside groups. A Sun review of the online portal showed availability at numerous schools the Republicans ...
LT. Bryan Zink, public information officer for the Clark County School District Police Department explains the necessary steps they will be taking to ensure safety for the upcoming school year in Las Vegas. Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Brian Ramos
CCSD police officer dies after suffering medical emergency while on duty
Jan. 10, 2024
A Clark County School District Police Officer passed away Wednesday after suffering a medical episode while on duty, according to a statement from Superintendent Jesus Jara.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara waits for the start of a school board meeting as teachers protest outside the Clark County School District Education Center Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association, the teachers union, are in contract negotiations.
CCSD hopes for transparent contract negotiations in future
Jan. 5, 2024
The Clark County School District wants the public to have more access to its employee contract negotiations. This comes after a bruising, months-long process that was resolved just before Christmas with 18% across-the-board raises for teachers over the next year and a half ...
Nevada State Superintendent Jhone Ebert announces the states Acing Accountability initiative during a visit to Mater Academy Mountain Vista, Thursday Sept. 21, 2023.
Education notebook: Nevada superintendent gets U.S. appointment
Dec. 25, 2023
Nevada’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert has been appointed to the federal National Assessment Governing Board. The board sets policy for the Nation’s Report Card, also known as ...
The Clark County School District administration building in Las Vegas is seen in 2009. A new CCSD-commissioned study finds many people in and around the district feel that CCSD struggles  or fails in several key areas, including being accountable for results, being transparent in communication, focusing on outcomes for every student and valuing the needs of all staff.
Complaint filed against CCSD in support of autistic, nonverbal teen
Dec. 22, 2023
The due process complaint, filed with the state’s Department of Education, alleged that the Clark County School District did not provide the student, who was a 17-year-old 12th-grader at the time ...
The Clark County School District offices are shown in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Teachers union amends lawsuit on Nevada ban on strikes
Dec. 21, 2023
The Clark County teachers union has tweaked its legal bid to overturn the state law banning strikes by public employees, a group that includes educators. The Clark County Education Association abandoned the lawsuit against Clark County School District ...
The Clark County School District offices are shown in Las Vegas in May 2009.
CCSD finalizes new teachers contract through arbitrator
Dec. 20, 2023
After a brutal and lengthy fight over several months, Clark County School District teachers have a new contract. The district said Wednesday that an arbitrator had accepted a contract that will give teachers a 10% across-the-board raise ...
A graduate celebrates during a UNLV Winter commencement ceremony at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
UNLV graduation ceremony by turns solemn, celebratory
Dec. 19, 2023
Students draped in red robes filed into the Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus Wednesday with Post Malone’s song “Congratulations” playing in the background. Groups of friends chatted excitedly with one another and snapped pictures as they waited to be led into the Thomas & Mack Center for the first UNLV graduation ceremony ...
The Clark County School District offices are shown in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Judge: ACLU may request entire case file on CCSD Police incident
Dec. 19, 2023
The ACLU of Nevada can amend its request to compel the Clark County School District to turn over the greater investigative file, not just the resulting final report, on the school police officer who slammed a Black teen to the ground and knelt on his back last winter ...
The Clark County School District offices are shown in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Judge: CCSD must release video of officer taking down student
Dec. 18, 2023
The Clark County School District must release the body-worn camera footage of a school police officer tackling and kneeling on a Black student outside a Las Vegas high school last winter, a Clark County District Court judge ordered ...
People leave flowers and candles before photographs of three slain UNLV professors during a memorial vigil at UNLV Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Faculty, students won’t feel safe until security is enhanced at UNLV
Dec. 17, 2023
Professor: “It is inconceivable that we will return to campus with blood-stained halls, bashed-in doors, broken glass and triggering memories, but I know we must in January."
Teachers protest outside the Clark County School District Education Center on Flamingo Road before a school board meeting Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. The Clark County School District and the Clark County Education Association, the teachers union, are in contract negotiations.
CCSD support staff planned raises on hold for teachers union negotiations
Dec. 16, 2023
Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, who chairs the Interim Finance Committee, “deferred” CCSD’s request after several district support staffers offered testimony on what the raises would mean ...