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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...

WCSD Awards $10M To Controversial Equity Consultant

September 29, 2023 3:27 pmOctober 2, 2023 12:12 pm

As reported by The Globe, the Washoe County Superintendent of Education Dr. Susan Enfield entered into a consulting contract with Performance Fact Inc. worth $105,000 The Board approved the initial contract in December 2022. Consultant Mutiu O. Fagbayi is the CEO of Performance Fact and recently made national headlines for his...

CCSD Superintendent Signs Pledge Drafted By Nonprofit That Refers to Parent Group As ‘Terrorists’

September 28, 2023 11:47 amOctober 9, 2023 1:57 pm

In his latest move to “protect” the 5th largest (and worst) school district in the country, Clark County Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara signed a non-binding pledge drafted by Defense of Democracy (DofD), a group who openly labels certain patriot and parent groups as extremist organizations, terrorists, Christo-facscists, and Klansmen, with...

Governor Lombardo, State Superintendent Ebert Announce ‘Acing Accountability’

September 21, 2023 1:49 pmSeptember 22, 2023 7:19 pm

Today, Gov. Joe Lombardo and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert announced the “Acing Accountability” initiative during a press conference at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, a public charter school in Las Vegas. The initiative would establish accountability metrics related to the $2.6 billion investment in K-12 education secured in...

Douglas County School Board Trustees Delegated Powers to Unelected Superintendent

September 19, 2023 2:13 pmSeptember 27, 2023 9:45 am

Bloviating boss of the Nevada Independent, Jon Ralston, took to Twitter to accuse the Douglas County School Board of corruption in order to amplify an article highlighting invoices sent to the board from their newly retained Reno Attorney Joey Gilbert. Ultimately, the board voted 5-2 to approve payment of Gilbert’s...

CCSD Trustee Labels Parental Rights Group A ‘Cancer’

September 15, 2023 3:31 pmSeptember 18, 2023 10:29 am

Following the Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees meeting last night, CCSD District G Trustee Linda Cavazos took to Twitter to target Moms for Liberty, referring to the parental rights group as a “cancer” and tried to substantiate her claims by citing the widely discredited Southern Poverty Law...

Judge Rules Clark County Teachers Union Coordinated A Sickout Strike

September 13, 2023 4:06 pmSeptember 20, 2023 8:51 am

Today, Judge Crystal Eller ruled in favor of the Clark County School District (CCSD) who sought an injunction against the Clark County Education Association’s (CCEA) role in coordinating a sickout strike which disrupted school and district operations affecting nearly a dozen schools throughout the Las Vegas valley this past week....