Reporter for @LasVegasSun. I write about schools. I like ed policy, cats and big hoop earrings.
Sep 13 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Last night was the first meeting after former Trustee Katie Williams' official resignation. I'm compiling public comments on the matter. 🧵 1/x
Here's Fernando Romero, saying he will ask the DA to investigate when President EGM became aware of Williams moving and let her keep voting "on certain issues that otherwise would have had different results. I'm sure the students of Lundy will also be glad of this."
Feb 7 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
The head of the teachers union in CCSD said he didn’t support a revised pay scale that would have better recognized veteran teachers’ education and experience because those teachers were likely to be white and in the suburbs. lasvegassun.com/news/2024/feb/…
I encourage you to read these filings (start at pg 98) to see both sides. Here is an excerpt from CCSD’s account. (Elsewhere, CCSD notes that it is illegal for a union to discriminate based on race (NRS 288.270(2)(b)) emrb.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/…
Jan 23 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
As of Feb. 1, teachers who are new to CCSD will be walking on at wages that may be tens of thousands of dollars more per year than teachers who have been in CCSD for years, even if the established local teachers have comparable education and experience. lasvegassun.com/news/2024/jan/…
Teachers of #ccsdtwitter, feel free to DM or respond to be on my list of vet/new hire pay comparisons. Anonymous ok. EG-
Sped, HS; 13 yrs; MA+16
Currently: ~$56,000
yr 1: $61,600
yr 2: $71,528 ($66,528 base +$5k for sped)
IF HIRED YR 2: $99,189 (incl sped pay)
🔺$27,661
Oct 4, 2022 • 20 tweets • 9 min read
The mtg for #CCSD Supt Jara’s extension+raise is happening tomorrow a.m. at a work session. Contract amendments have happened at work sessions before, but practice and policy suggest that voting on a major contract amendment at a Wed a.m. work session is not the usual. 🧵1/20
.@lindacavazos13 says they would normally be voted on at a regular or special meeting 2/20
Aug 15, 2022 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
I cleaned up my running list of licensed separations (of duplicates and misspellings) and can now say that CCSD lost at least 2,156 teachers (and other licensed employees, like nurses, social workers, therapists) during the 21-22 school year. 1/16 🧵
I expect this number isn’t settled – I use the separation lists attached to each trustee meeting agenda, and it can take a while for separations to end up on a list. On the list for the 8/11 meeting, there were dozens with an effective date of May. So with that in mind… 2/16
Jun 30, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
On 7/6 @CCSD_Trustees plan to discuss major proposed amendments to policy on public comment at board mtgs. Suggested changes incl emphasis on civility/decorum, consequences for disorderly conduct, limiting length of comments, and going from 2 general comment periods to 1. 🧵1/5
@CCSD_Trustees Here is the new section on decorum and general guidelines 2/5
Jun 29, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
After timeline presentation, @SuptJaraCCSD says it shows CCSD’s commitment to compliance, despite accusations that they’ve had no interest in state ordered compliance with a “complete overhaul” of the 5th largest district in the US, also in midst of a pandemic. 1/
CCSD is “working diligently to comply with the letter of the law,” Jara says. Adds that it was an unfunded mandate. 2/
