Las Vegas Sun

May 14, 2024

Education

The Clark County School District offices are shown in Las Vegas in May 2009.
Raises from SB 231 to take effect in May for many CCSD employees
April 11, 2024
Teachers, support professionals and most police officers in Clark County School District will receive additional raises as soon as May with today’s lawmaker approval of CCSD’s $173.8 million allotment ...
The exterior of Clark High School is pictured in October 2016 in this Sun file photo.
Family of autistic teen, CCSD tentatively agree to settle dispute for $350,000
April 7, 2024
The family of a nonverbal autistic Clark High School student has tentatively settled with the Clark County School District for $350,000 in response to its claims of an inadequate education ...
Students parade in front of the school during a event to mark the “Month of the Military Child” at Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas-Nellis Air Force Base Campus Friday, April 5, 2024.
Parade honors students at Nellis Air Force Base during Month of the Military Child
April 5, 2024
At a northeast Las Vegas school where almost every student has a parent in the military, the children have unique backgrounds and challenges — which gave their school a reason to celebrate them. The Coral Academy of Science on Nellis Air Force Base ...
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, right, watches as Jennie Meadows teaches in a reading skills center during a tour of Dearing Elementary School Thursday, April 4, 2024.
CCSD’s accelerated path to teacher certification draws national attention
April 5, 2024
About 400 education support professionals and long-term substitutes have elevated their careers to become fully certified teachers since a partnership between ...
Clark County School District trustees discuss the hiring of a new superintendent during a school board meeting at the CCSD Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Board’s timeline envisions CCSD’s new superintendent in place by Nov. 1
April 5, 2024
The Clark County School District could have its next permanent superintendent in place by Nov. 1, the school board said Wednesday. The board didn’t say it had any ...
Jonathan Eluterio Martinez Garcia stands during sentencing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Martinez Garcia pled guilty to attempted murder and other charges in April in connection with an attack on his teacher at Eldorado High School in 2022.
Teacher beaten by student in near-fatal attack at Eldorado sues CCSD
April 4, 2024
The former Eldorado High School teacher who was beaten nearly to death and sexually assaulted in her classroom by a student is suing the Clark County School District for failing to keep her safe. The teacher, identified in the lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court on Wednesday as Sade Doe, alleges ...
Clark County School District trustees discuss the hiring of a new superintendent during a school board meeting at the CCSD Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
CCSD’s request for promised Nevada funding to be heard next month
March 28, 2024
The Clark County School District is asking Nevada lawmakers next month for its full $173.8 million allotment under a special state fund for educator salaries ...
Fifth grade students at Fay Herron Elementary School pitch a business idea for a chair to help lift special needs patients during a Shark Tank style panel, Thursday March 21, 2024. This city-wide competition called Swimming with the Big Fish is sponsored by Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada and will award 3 finalists with scholarships during a final round at Fontainebleau.
Innovation takes center stage as Las Vegas' Herron Elementary students pitch inventive products
March 26, 2024
From the fanciful to the practical to the poignant, students at Herron Elementary School in North Las Vegas have a lot of ideas for products that improve everyday life. The “Swimming With the Big Fish” contest brings those ideas out. Taking its name with a nod to the popular business-pitch TV show “Shark Tank,” the contest ...
Clark County School District trustee Lola Brooks, left, listens during a school board meeting at the CCSD Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Ramona Esparza-Stoffregan, left, a non-voting representative on the Clark County School District Board of Trustees, is at right.
CCSD board policy on nonvoting members draws legal challenge
March 26, 2024
The cities of Henderson and North Las Vegas are suing the Clark County School Board over its policy further restricting the powers of appointed nonvoting trustees, saying it violates the state law that put appointees in office in the first place. The cities are seeking a judge’s order to repeal the policy ...
CCSD worker charged with monitoring private conversations at school
March 21, 2024
A Clark County School District computer technician was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges relating to illegal surveillance and monitoring private conversations, according to ...
John Vellardita, right, executive director of the Clark County Education Association, talks with attorney Bradley Schrager following a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. District Court Judge Crystal Eller issued a strike injunction against the teachers union.
Injunction lifted by judge in CCSD teachers union's battle over striking
March 21, 2024
The Clark County Education Association is no longer under the court-issued injunction that halted last fall’s teacher strike. Clark County District Judge Jessica Peterson dissolved the preliminary injunction ...
Athar Haseebullah, executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, speaks during a news conference at the ACLU of Nevada offices Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. The news conference addressed questions relating to the release of CCSD Police body-worn camera footage depicting a CCSD police officer tackling and kneeling on a Black teen outside a Las Vegas high school last year.
Judge rules CCSDPD’s internal files on Durango incident will remain confidential
March 20, 2024
The Clark County School District Police Department’s internal investigative file into events surrounding a call during which an officer tackled and knelt on a Black teenager’s back will remain confidential, a ...
Clark County School Board trustees listen to public comment during a school board meeting at the CCSD Greer Education Center on East Flamingo Road Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Teachers’ health insurance trust reports it will pay off $35M debt to CCSD in June
March 19, 2024
The health insurance trust for local teachers and their families will have little left in reserves after it repays its $35 million loan from the Clark County School District as planned this summer, but it will be clear of the major debt that has dragged down its recent ...
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
Worker accused of sexually assaulting minor at North Las Vegas high school
March 18, 2024
A Clark County School District employee was arrested today on charges of sexually assaulting a minor, according to a North Las Vegas Police news release.
Police: Former CCSD worker arrested on sexual misconduct charges
March 18, 2024
An employee of the Clark County School District is facing charges of sexual misconduct with a minor and was arrested today by school police, officials said.