Today is Giving Tuesday, it is the day to unleash the power of giving. CCSW wants it to be a…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 11/30/2020
BREAKING: Shut up policy is shut down CCSW learned late today that Regulation 4392, the proposed “Employee Freedom of Speech”…
SUNDAY NEWS for 11/29/2020
Brooks blames Board dysfunction on the public She did it during the campaign, and now that she has won a…
BREAKING NEWS: District forges ahead on speech policy
CCSDers have been sounding the alarm this Thanksgiving weekend on a troubling policy change District officials are wanting to enact.…
E.C.’s Thanksgiving message for 2020
I don’t have to tell you how absolutely stupid things have been this year. We all have lived it every…
An open letter to the CURRENT Board of Trustees (COMMENTARY)
Madam President, members of the Board, Dr. Jara: I don’t envy your position right now. You have been put into…
DAYSIDE for 11/23/2020
District wants to hear from you…again Despite the fact that CCSW has still been unable to snag a one-on-one with…
FRIDAY FILES for 11/20/2020
Why does the word “coverup” come to mind regarding possible layoffs? Slim Shady could not even make up the shady…
BREAKING NEWS: Ground being laid for eventual recall of Williams
Recall efforts, in general, can be a real crap shoot, but some folks in CCSD’s trustee District B are willing…
Distance learning continues through Christmas break
On the heels of last week’s board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara wasted little time pulling the plug in light…
SUNDAY NEWS for 11/15/2020
Jesus spoke Educators across Clark County have been chiming in on Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara’s op-ed this morning in the…
Chief health nurse passes away
Clark County School Watch has learned of the sudden passing of the District’s chief nurse, Yvette Wintermute. Wintermute reportedly passed…
Trainwreck of a board meeting (with COMMENTARY)
I’ve seen the term “trainwreck” come across my desk multiple times today to describe last night’s meeting. And they’re right.…
Katie Watch: trustee-elect threatens teachers for the second time this week
I’ll give her six months. Your new Trustee-elect for District B, Katie Williams, took to Twitter this evening to publicly…
Board tables vote
The CCSD Board of Trustees tabled any vote and possible action Thursday night during a scheduled board meeting on a…
Letter to Trustees: This will not make us #1 for kids
By Vicki Kreidel Tonight, will be one of the most pivotal decisions the CCSD School board has ever made. To…
Letter to Trustees: A guest teacher’s viewpoint
I’m a retired teacher with 25 years in a classroom. After I retired, I’ve worked as a CCSD guest teacher…
Letter to Trustees: Be more considerate (an alternative viewpoint)
First of all, sending yesterday’s letter on our day off was a strategic decision to keep teachers from publicly being…
Letter to Trustees: Where is the ❤ of education?
By Jamie Tadrzynski To The Board of Trustees: I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes my sophomore year of high…
Letter to Trustees: if you can’t answer these questions, keep schools closed
By Doug Shain Trustees, As you prepare for your VIRTUAL meeting to discuss the fate of myself, my colleagues, and…
Letter to Trustees: Is death worth the risk? You can’t undo death
By Courtney Taylor I am an educator here in the Clark County School District and I am extremely concerned with…
Letter to Trustees: Teachers will leave in droves
By Ryan Fromoltz Good Evening Superintendent Jara, Madame President, and members of the board of Trustees, My name is Ryan…
Letter to Trustees: How do you explain this to a second grader?
By Lisa Livingston-Brown Ms. Cepeda, Clark County has a current test positivity rate of 13% two days ago according to…
Letter to Trustees: Hybrid does nothing for our students
By Silvina Jover Dear Trustee Ford and Trustee Cepeda, Trustee Ford represents my District in my capacity as a parent,…
Letter to Trustees: How many dead is an acceptable number?
By Robert Cowles I am once again asking that my testimony be read into the record rather than being included…
NV Current: Digging deeper into the plan
In a commentary that ran today in the Nevada Current (https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2020/11/12/ccsds-back-to-school-plan-lots-of-detail-but-no-particulars/), local education journalist Carrie Kaufman digs deeper into the…
Administrators Union shares concerns about reopening plan
Clark County School Watch has received a list of concerns from the Clark County Association of School Administrators and Professional-Technical…
Vellardita sends Cease and Desist letter to Trustees
[I’m just waiting for the ‘squad’ to send me hate mail and messages–please don’t, because this is news] CCEA’s John…
Jara: Closing buildings tomorrow…but…
The mixed messages coming from W. Sahara are confusing, according to many CCSDers chiming in this afternoon. 1. See this…
Teacher accused of racially-tinged statements during live lesson
A middle school teacher is in the hot seat following a rash of allegations involving using racially-tinged language during a…
Letter to Trustees: The Lunch Lady Speaks
Dear School Board and Superintendent, I have read the reopening plan and I am concerned about a few things regarding…
Three hundred thousand!
Like a mic drop, Clark County School Watch just hit 300,000 unique visitors. This is a very big deal. To…
Kerry Larnerd opines on reopening
By Kerry Larnerd I try not to air work/political thoughts and I understand being a good soldier. But I’m charged…
Letterwriter: Our lives depend on your vote
Editor’s Note: We are busy collecting and reprinting letters destined to the Board of Trustees in advance of Thursday’s big…
District lays out plans for return to buildings
The agenda is set for this coming Thursday’s Board meeting and the prime agenda item: It’s item 5.02, the official…
New Trustee-elect charged with bullying, intimidation of District employee
It didn’t take long before presumptive District B Trustee-elect Katie Williams ran into trouble. And now, Clark County School Watch…
Letter to the Editor: Lessons Learned
By Elizabeth Campbell, NBCT Responding to Keenan Korth’s post on Support CCSD Teachers: “Where is “Erik Huey?” I still haven’t…
SUNDAY SPECIAL: An open letter to Katie Williams
Dear Katie Williams: It’s hard to wish congratulations to someone who has so much hate and bigotry in their heart,…
Katie Williams, Arbor View moms duke it out again on social media
Presumed District B Trustee Katie Williams is not really off to a good start. After a series of nonsensical Tweets…
ELECTION 2020: Preliminary General Election results paint a picture
Months and months of campaigning came to a head yesterday, and preliminary results posted overnight began to shape the potential…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 11/2/2020
Lola taken off her stride by Data Insight Partners District E Trustee and Board president Lola Brooks had a chance…
DAYSIDE ☀️ for 11/2/2020
One more day before showtime With less than 24 hours to go before Tuesday’s polls open, at this point, we…
BREAKING NEWS: Subs get a raise
Just into the CCSW NewsCenter: We’d be interested in hearing from subs to gauge your thoughts and opinions. Seemingly, this…
Admin meeting dives into the abyss
Periodically, principals get together with their bosses, in this case, the region superintendents. Pretty routine in nature.But yesterday’s admin meeting…
The SUNDAY NEWS for 10/25/2020
Nine days to go 🗳 We shouldn’t have to remind you by now but just in case, please go and…
Letter: It’s not time yet
I am an educator. I earned a degree in Elementary Education so I could teach kids how to read, write,…
FRIDAY FILES for 10/23/2020
The Big “Mack” needs your help CCSW spent some time today communicating with the wellness team at Jerome Mack MS,…
Tonight’s meeting a precursor to future vote
Tonight’s CCSD Board of Trustees meeting will NOT include a vote on a plan to return to buildings. That vote…
District served with Cease & Desist order
Yesterday, District officials were served with a formal Cease and Desist order over allegations of possible copyright infringement among some…
Why Katie Williams is wrong for District B
By Tawanna K. Crabb On July 18, 2019, I met Katie Williams. I gave her the RED TRUMP hat. It…
I received an op-ed to print…here’s why I cannot publish it
I took a few days off last week from publishing CCSW. And not just because I celebrated my 49th birthday…
John Vellardita’s wake-up call backfired
As a follow-up from a breaking story earlier this morning (see https://clarkcountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/ccea-goes-after-ford-in-a-highly-charged-email-on-surplus/), John Vellardita discovered his error that Sunrise Mountain…
CCEA goes after Ford in a highly charged email on Surplus
We’re not really sure what JV’s strategy is here but CCEA sent out a targeted email at 6am this morning…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 10/7/2020
Katie-gate steamrolled into something worse Jeff Proffitt’s opponent’s troubles went from bad to worse today as both state and national…
Reports: Katie Williams tied up with mastermind in fake endorsement scheme
This picture came into the CCSW NewsCenter late this evening after this story (see https://clarkcountyschoolwatch.wordpress.com/2020/10/06/it-had-people-fooled/) went out. The decrowned beauty…
Williams tone deaf at tonight’s forum (COMMENTARY)
I’ll give it to the decrowned beauty pageant contestant Jeff Proffitt’s opponent, this was the most we’ve heard her speak…
It had people fooled
What if a fake organization was created to give out fake endorsements to make it look like bipartisan support existed?…
The SUNDAY NEWS for 10/4/2020
Survey says… Did you take the survey? An employee survey was dispatched this past Friday simply asking if you’re ready…
DAYSIDE ☀️ for 10/1/2020
District caught up in phishing expedition This is what the District did not need right now: CCSD has received reports…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 9/30/2020
CCSW has a YouTube channel We’ve finally got our brand-new YouTube channel up and running, and we’ll be adding archived…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 9/28/2020
District issues statement on data breach In response to this morning’s news that hackers began releasing and publishing personal information…
DEVELOPING STORY: Hackers release personal information
The CCSW NewsCenter is going nuts this morning over a report that hackers have released personal and potentially sensitive student…
The SUNDAY NEWS for 9/27/2020
Schools remain closed Despite parents clamoring and a certain school board candidate begging for school buildings to reopen, the county’s…
CCSW is the big 2
Today is the second anniversary of Clark County School Watch. And what an amazing two years it’s been. “Let’s get…
DAYSIDE ☀️ for 9/22/2020
CCEA gives stern warning to surplussed teachers In a sharply worded letter sent out yesterday, CCEA warned teachers who are…
The SUNDAY NEWS for 9/20/2020
Pandemic doesn’t stop illegal firearms on campuses From KLAS-TV Channel 8: CCSD FIREARMS: The Clark County School District Police Department…
NIGHTSIDE 🌙 for 9/17/2020
District enrollment down Count Day numbers are in and they are dismal. Whats more sad is that this was predicted,…
Halopoff out as tech chief
Breaking news this morning…Dr. Greg Halopoff is out as chief technology officer. He reportedly worked his last day this past…
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Ty’s Place begins to come together
(UPPER NORTH LAS VEGAS)–A group of students from the Class of 2021 gathered at the new Ty’s Place to decorate…
THE SUNDAY NEWS for 9/13/2020
Kit Carson namesake goes away After a contentious 90 minute discussion thus past Thursday evening, the Board of Trustees voted…
Keeping Them Honest (with COMMENTARY) for 9/13/2020
In another edition of Keeping Them Honest, where the objective is to unearth the spin of political attack ads so…
FOLLOW UP: Another website denounces Katie Williams
In response to our fiery story last week regarding Katie Williams losing her crown and being disqualified from pageant contention…
DAYSIDE for 9/10/2020
District gets food waiver District officials have secured a waiver from the USDA allowing the free distribution of food to…
DAYSIDE for 9/9/2020
Positive distance learning stories I am an elementary music specialist, starting my 5th full year of teaching. When people ask…
THE BIG STORY: Williams’ pageant disqualification calls ethics into question
The definition of ethics means moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. Ethics goes…
NIGHTSIDE for 9/3/2020
Election 2020 briefs District B Trustee candidate Jeff Proffitt walked away today with a big endorsement from former 4th district…
NIGHTSIDE for 9/1/2020
Board work session tomorrow Your Board of Trustees will meeting for a work session tomorrow morning to talk governance. Considering…
NIGHTSIDE for 8/31/2020
Lee denies helping Brooks In response to a report over the weekend, officials with the Susie Lee campaign denied helping…
SUNDAY NEWS for 8/30/2020
Brooks receptive to Garvey’s idea (except it was Ford’s idea first) As usual, the fireworks happen at the end of…
More on the Susie Lee/Lola Brooks partnership
There’s more to the story. On the heels of a report earlier today surrounding a newfound coalition between Rep. Susie…
Reports: Susie Lee campaign helping Lola Brooks
School board trustee races are nonpartisan. I’ll say it again for Katie Williams…school board trustee races are nonpartisan. So is…
District data breach
Color me shocked… This, along with reports of major systems down again, including Infinite Campus and it’s been a BAD…
This parent thanks every damn teacher in this District (COMMENTARY)
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Because last night’s NightSide went out late last night, CCSW had a few requests to reprint this Commentary.…
NIGHTSIDE for 8/26/2020
Zoom Zoom. Now. Dammit. It’s not working. Google Meets is not working. We need to dump it now. Aside from…
NIGHTSIDE for 8/25/2020
Classrooms get hacked, parents get caught doing bad things Kids are getting caught doing bad things online and the parents…
NIGHTSIDE for 8/24/2020
By most accounts, it could have been a routine first day of school. And at many sites, it was. It…
Special EVENING REPORT for 8/23/2020
Some briefs that made it in too late for the Sunday News… District Guidance on recording lessons It came in…
SUNDAY NEWS for 8/23/2020
They lost everything As a result of the Canvas Chaos this past Friday, we’ve heard from several teachers who lost…
Friday Night Funnies for 8/21/2020
Just received this right after the Evening Report went out the door just minutes ago: It just caps off an…
EVENING REPORT for 8/21/2020
Canvas chaos With just three days to go before showtime, today has been the ultimate day from hell for most…
Canvas is broken (with UPDATES)
(Includes updates below) We’re getting multiple messages at this hour into the CCSW News Center that all teacher-created content on…
EVENING REPORT FOR 8/20/2020
Ch-ch-ch-changes With just four days to go before showtime, teachers, principals and parents are seething over a myriad of last-minute…
EVENING REPORT for 8/19/2020
CCSW endorses Proffitt for District B race We come to you tonight with a bit of breaking news. Earlier this…
EVENING REPORT for 8/18/2020
District gets in hot water for using racist reference in Canvas training This has caused a shitstorm all day, and…
EVENING REPORT FOR 8/17/2020
Major leadership changes on tap With just days to go before the start of school, District brass today announced several…
SUNDAY NEWS for 8/16/2020
Katie Williams accuses opponent Jeff Proffitt of…having endorsements? Yep, pretty much.Because over the past week, the District B trustee candidate…
Board president suppressed organic discussion on homeschooling
You’d think this Board of Trustees would start playing offense instead of defense. Especially after this week. Yeah, no. Instead,…
BOARD BRIEFS for 8/13/2020
From this evening’s Board of Trustees meeting, via the District: Trustees approve technology support for CCSD families Agenda Item 3.17…
The BIG Story: New NLV academy leaves many unanswered questions
Twenty-four hours after this story has had a chance to simmer, the bottom line is this: Folks meant well. But…
NLV, county officials create a school (with COMMENTARY)
City of North Las Vegas and Clark County officials joined forces today to unveil a new microschool. The all-new Southern…
