Joey Gilbert Archives - Nevada Globe

Exclusive: DCSD Terminates Employment Contract With School Superintendent

October 3, 2023 8:17 amOctober 3, 2023 4:03 pm

The Globe has learned that the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Trustees and Superintendent Keith Lewis have mutually agreed to terminate Lewis’s employment agreement “without cause.” Superintendent Lewis and his attorney will be present at a special meeting of the board this Friday at 10 am. An interim...

Douglas County School Board Fires Legal Counsel, Hires Joey Gilbert

July 20, 2023 11:58 amJuly 27, 2023 3:01 pm

*This article has been updated with Attorney Joey Gilbert’s comment to The Globe After 6 1/2 hour meeting yesterday morning, dominated by public comment, the Douglas County School Board voted 4-2 to hire former GOP candidate for Governor, Attorney Joey Gilbert as their new counsel, replacing Maupin, Cox & Legoy...

Douglas County School Board Expected to Fire Legal Counsel, Retain Joey Gilbert

July 13, 2023 12:36 pmJuly 13, 2023 12:37 pm

The Globe has been chronicling the tea brewing in Douglas County which includes the newly elected school Board of Trustees, the Nevada ACLU, and the parents and students of a rural county school district. As we reported, fireworks came early in Douglas County when the appointed Superintendent Keith Lewis published...

Lombardo Instructs DHHS To Remove Politicized Language Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers

June 28, 2023 11:11 amJune 29, 2023 1:47 pm

In response to a petition circulated by Nevada Right for Life and in reversal of former Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak’s rhetoric, Governor Joe Lombardo instructed the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to remove politicized language targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) from the State’s abortion website. The Nevada Current...

Douglas County Teacher Arrested For Stalking, Has History of Stalking And Multiple Disciplinary Investigations in WCSD

June 13, 2023 3:52 pmJune 21, 2023 1:07 pm

The Globe has learned that a Douglas County school teacher, Michael Ismari, with an extensive and disciplinary record in the Washoe County School District (WCSD)–a record that resulted in a civil lawsuit against WCSD–obtained a teaching position in the Douglas County School district and was recently arrested and detained on...

Lawsuit Reveals Disturbing Allegations Against Galena High Baseball Team

June 12, 2023 2:13 pmJune 12, 2023 4:40 pm

A lawsuit (see below) filed by Attorneys Sigal Chattah and Joe Gilbert against Washoe County School District (WCSD) and unnamed and named defendants, including Beau Walker, the Galena High School varsity baseball coach and the school’s Dean of Students, reveals disturbing allegations of libel, harassment, sexual and physical assault, stalking, bullying, racism,...

WCSD Sued For Violating Parental Constitutional Rights

May 12, 2023 10:52 amMay 12, 2023 1:51 pm

Attorneys Sigal Chattah and Joey Gilbert have filed a lawsuit (see below) against Washoe County School District (WCSD) for violating parental constitutional rights. The District adopted Regulation 5161 which prohibits school staff from notifying parents of their child’s change in gender identity, sexual orientation, pronouns, and transgender status. Part of...