Irene Cepeda Archives - Nevada Globe

66 sexual assaults reported in CCSD this school year, thousands of violent incidents

February 28, 2022 3:13 pmMarch 1, 2022 2:17 pm

In August 2018, the Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees voted for a new juvenile justice partnership, which was supposed to address student behavioral problems in a more equitable manner by not turning in minority students to the criminal justice system when they commit offenses on campus. CCSD...

Erica Neely, Tutor and Mother of Six, Running for CCSD School Board

January 6, 2022 4:19 pmJanuary 6, 2022 5:33 pm

After attending many Clark County School Board meetings, where disfunction, drama and in-fighting have replaced the needs and education of students, mother of six, tutor, soccer coach, and small business owner Erica Neely has announced her candidacy for school board. She will be running against Trustee Danielle Ford in District...

Homeschooling in Nevada Surges Following Shutdowns and Mandates

December 10, 2021 1:47 pmDecember 13, 2021 3:23 pm

Prior to the Government-imposed school shut downs in 2020, a mere 2.5 percent of Nevada households were homeschooling their children. As of this fall semester, it’s reported that number has soared to 13.1 percent. Parents witnessed, first hand, the radical race and sex ed agendas their kids were being exposed...

Clark County School Board Votes to Reinstate Superintendent Jara

November 19, 2021 12:01 pmNovember 22, 2021 4:34 am

At last night’s meeting—which went into early Friday morning—the Clark County School Board (CCSB) rearranged the deck chairs on the Titanic. The proverbial iceberg on the horizon are the abysmal test scores which were, once again, not addressed. Testing scores of 3rd to 8th grade students, taken and published by...

CCSD Board of Trustees Fail to Reach Agreement on Process to Select Interim Superintendent

November 5, 2021 2:42 pmNovember 10, 2021 5:23 am

Demonstrating the division of the Board of Trustees for the largest school district in the state, the Board failed to reach an agreement outlining the process by which an interim superintendent would be selected. In a 3-3 vote with one member abstaining, the meeting was abruptly adjourned. Trustees Linda Cavazos,...

Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara is Removed by CCSD Board of Trustees

October 29, 2021 11:13 amNovember 1, 2021 3:01 pm

Attending and observing the Clark County School District’s (CCSD) board meeting last night reminded me of an episode of The Office, “Dwight’s Fire Drill.” Upset that people didn’t pay attention to his power point on fire safety, Dwight purposefully starts a fire in order to test his coworkers on their...