School Board to consider rescinding Jara’s contract termination

A profoundly divided Clark County School Board volition conscionable Thursday evening to perchance reconsider terminating Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract.

The gathering volition commencement astatine 5 p.m. astatine the schoolhouse district’s Greer Education Center successful Las Vegas. The docket items dealing with Jara’s declaration oregon a imaginable hunt for a successor are scheduled to beryllium considered adjacent the extremity of the session, suggesting a agelong league is successful store for the trustees.

The committee voted 4-3 connected Oct. 28 to end Jara’s declaration “for convenience,” meaning they didn’t request to supply a reason. The committee antecedently decided successful May to widen his declaration until Jan. 15, 2023.

Jara, who has been connected the occupation since 2018, is presently acceptable to permission his station connected Dec. 1.

Two of the docket items for Thursday’s gathering — reconsidering Jara’s declaration and investigating hostile enactment situation allegations raised by the superintendent — were requested by committee Vice President Irene Cepeda, and Trustees Lola Brooks and Evelyn Garcia Morales.

Cepeda was the plaything ballot past period successful deciding to terminate Jara’s contract, portion Brooks and Garcia Morales opposed the motion.

In a connection earlier this month, Cepeda said she voted to terminate the declaration owed to the “toxic environment” connected the School Board and noted “more and much troubling information” had travel retired since the vote. She did not supply details connected the quality of the caller information.

If the bulk of the committee votes successful favour Thursday of reconsidering Jara’s declaration termination, a caller ballot connected the substance volition beryllium taken.

An point astir an interim superintendent enactment process and imaginable assignment could beryllium considered if the committee decides to uphold Jara’s declaration termination.

During their meeting, trustees are besides scheduled to see approving a tentative corporate bargaining statement with the Education Support Employees Association and perchance springiness last support to the district’s revamped anti-racism policy.

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