School Board to consider ending Superintendent Jara’s contract

The Clark County School Board is slated to perchance ballot adjacent week connected whether to terminate Superintendent Jesus Jara’s employment contract.

A gathering docket posted Friday for an Oct. 28 gathering includes an point brought by “written petition of 3 trustees.” The names of the trustees aren’t listed.

The point says the committee volition sermon and perchance instrumentality enactment connected “termination for convenience” of Jara’s employment agreement.

An email sent to schoolhouse territory unit astir the point connected Friday included this connection from Jara: “The superintendent serves astatine the pleasance of the committee and the committee tin workout its rights nether the superintendent’s employment declaration astatine immoderate time.

“In the meantime, Superintendent Jara remains focused connected improving pupil outcomes by steadfastly serving the students and families of the Clark County School District.”

In May, the schoolhouse committee voted 4-3 to o.k. an hold of Jara’s contract, with trustees Danielle Ford, Lisa Guzman and Linda Cavazos voting against the motion.

The enactment followed a quality astir whether Jara’s declaration had automatically renewed for the past 2 years, with Jara’s representatives arguing it ended successful 2023 and trustees saying it ended connected June 30 this year.

The ballot defined the declaration word arsenic opening June 19, 2018 and ending Jan. 15, 2023.

Jara has been connected the occupation since 2018 and his yearly wage is $320,000.

Jara has faced disapproval implicit his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the determination to run with 100 percent region learning for astir a twelvemonth opening successful March 2020, arsenic good arsenic the schoolhouse reopening process.

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