LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Rarely do state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agree on an issue, but they are in agreement that Clark County School District’s embattled superintendent had to go.
Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager and State Sen. Carrie Buck told 8 News Now it’s time for CCSD to be taken in a new direction.
“I think we’re all ready to close this chapter and start anew,” Sen. Buck, R-Clark County, said.
Yeager, D-Clark County, agreed with that sentiment.
“I was encouraged to see Dr. [Jesus] Jara finally see the light that we need a change in leadership,” the assembly speaker said.
Jara sent his resignation letter to the school board on Tuesday, ending an embattled tenure where the board of trustees fired and then rehired him in 2021.
Yeager said he was the first lawmaker to call for Jara’s ouster.
“The state wants to be more involved in what’s happening here in the school district, particularly in Clark County. Our constituents talk to us about it all the time. It’s the number one complaint we hear, why aren’t our schools better,” Yeager said.