EDITORIAL: These are the leaders CCSD needs now

Families are fleeing the Clark County School District. That’s 1 crushed voters should instrumentality Board of Trustee races seriously.

Trustee Brenda Zamora is seeking a 2nd word successful District D. She wants to assistance students hole for adulthood and believes that Superintendent Jhone Ebert is doing a “great job.” Even with territory enrollment shrinking, she isn’t successful “full enactment of closing schoolhouse buildings.” She believes that students who interruption the codification of behaviour “need to beryllium disciplined.”

David Gomez, a begetter of seven, is moving against Ms. Zamora. He would beryllium a almighty advocator for parents. He opposes the district’s dumbed-down grading argumentation and doesn’t presumption charter schools arsenic an force of the district. He believes that children who make superior issues “need to beryllium disciplined and suspended.”

The reforms Mr. Gomez seeks would amended the district. David Gomez is the amended choice.

Board Vice President Irene Bustamante Adams is seeking re-election successful District F. She has a heavy cognition of the territory and calls Ms. Ebert a “great superintendent.” She wants to amended employment opportunities for graduates who don’t spell connected to college. She understands that schools whitethorn request to beryllium consolidated. Instead of letting charters usage closed schools, she would similar the territory to see “building affordable lodging for teachers.”

Robert Hutchinson hopes to depose Ms. Bustamante Adams. He’s worked astatine the territory for astir 3 decades and is presently manager of facilities. He believes determination are “a batch of failures wherever we conscionable propulsion wealth astatine cardinal bureaucracy.” He says that closing schoolhouse buildings is “unavoidable” and wants to repurpose them “with assemblage concern spaces.” He believes that students should beryllium graded connected their enactment and look consequences if they don’t implicit it.

Mr. Hutchinson has immoderate bully ideas, but we urge a ballot for Irene Bustamante Adams based connected her grasp of the details.

After being appointed successful 2017, Trustee Linda Cavazos is seeking a 3rd afloat word successful District G. She believes her organization cognition volition beryllium “really adjuvant arsenic we spell forward.” She argues that backing increases successful 2023 didn’t nutrient important learning gains due to the fact that pupil accomplishment is “not linear.” Ms. Cavazos noted that, due to the fact that of corporate bargaining, astir of the wealth went to educators.

Her opponent, businessman Paul Casey, promotes accountability with spending. He believes the astir important happening is improving students’ “reading skills.” He said he’s neutral connected Ms. Ebert arsenic superintendent. He has a passionateness for helping students with peculiar needs.

Ms. Cavazos has much experience, but that’s lone led to the existent mess. Vote for Paul Casey.