School Board leader to hold news conference ahead of bid to oust her

Clark County School Board President Linda Cavazos volition clasp a quality league Wednesday connected the eve of what is expected to beryllium a tumultuous gathering wherever trustees volition see removing her arsenic president arsenic good arsenic terminating Superintendent Jesus Jara’s employment contract.

Cavazos plans to code reporters astatine 4 p.m. astatine Parkdale Recreation & Senior Center successful Las Vegas. Watch the livestream here.

The schoolhouse committee meets astatine 5 p.m. Thursday astatine the schoolhouse district’s Greer Education Center successful Las Vegas. Trustees volition see abstracted docket items connected ousting Cavazos from her presidency and terminating Jara’s contact.

In a missive Trustee Lola Brooks wrote to Cavazos, which Brooks released Saturday to the Review-Journal, she called for an point connected a schoolhouse committee docket astir her performance.

Brooks alleges the committee received reports from “numerous principals” that Cavazos had reached retired to them straight “in an effort to oust Superintendent Jara by publically humiliating him done a ballot of nary confidence.”

“When Superintendent Jara and I attempted to conscionable with you, successful an effort to wide the air, you and your peers called a peculiar gathering to sever his declaration instead,” Brooks said. “During the pandemic, erstwhile I questioned your erratic and micromanaging behavior, which was precise intelligibly extracurricular the scope of your duties successful your role, you told maine that I suck arsenic a person and refused to bespeak connected your ain actions oregon instrumentality work for the choices that you, yourself, made.”

Brooks said their narration turned sour aft Cavazos allegedly leaked confidential accusation from a closed league to an worker union, “which past resulted successful costly lawyer fees and the district’s inability to code a concern successful a timely and due manner.”

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Contact Julie Wootton-Greener astatine jgreener@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-2921. Follow @julieswootton connected Twitter.