Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Education newsletter. I’m Rocio Hernandez, The Nevada Independent’s K-12 education reporter.
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News briefs
Clark County School Board reviews tentative timeline for superintendent search — The school board reaffirmed its intention to have a new superintendent in place by November. According to a proposed timeline discussed at a Wednesday work session, the board expects to select a firm that will help it with the search at a May 29 special board meeting, and have an initial meeting with the chosen firm at a June 20 special meeting. The rest of the timeline is still to be determined.
Clark County schools turning to Southern California for teachers — The Clark County School District is looking to draw in Southern California teachers as part of a new recruitment campaign launched last week. Interim Superintendent Brenda Larsen-Mitchell said during a legislative subcommittee meeting last week that the district has about 1,400 teacher vacancies out of its approximately 18,000 licensed educator positions. She said the district is targeting Southern California, where there have recently been teacher layoffs . The district said in a press release the campaign will showcase the benefits of living in Southern Nevada. The district is also touting its starting salary of $54,000, the second highest among the 17 school districts in the state behind only rural Eureka County.