Cheryl wrote on February 04, 2009 08:55 AM: "Good luck Las Vegas - you arent a four horse western gambling and whorehouse anymore: Do yourself and the rest of America proud and join the 20th Century."

You are correct. The "Wild West" needs to "wise up and join the rest of us in 2009." I used to live in Ocean City, MD years ago. We; my family and locals, would say about people who moved to the beach, "These people are crazy who move to the beach. We used to call them "beach bums" because the only thing they wanted was no responsibility or even a desire to become someone with substance or even earn a decent college degree." I suppose the next thing would be for them to just go ahead and jump into the ocean and drown themselves since their lives did not seem that meaningful to improve in the first place. Well, let's just say that Las Vegas, NV is like the beach except it's in the rocky desert. However, one think it does have in common with the beach is that it's basically a resort town, for the most part. But, it's the old west attitude with gambling and whorehouses, etc.. You won't find "News Week" or even "USA Today" on most street sidewalk news stands on the strip. All you will find is hundreds of coupon and paperback books filled with call girls and hookers. Furthermore, folks who work on the strip in the casinos (tourism) don't make very much money, either.

Why be surprised if the 3rd largest school district in this country is warehousing kids in this kind of job market and the drop out rate is the highest in the nation? Go figure folks.

Chris wrote on September 03, 2008 08:28 PM: Will you be covering the walkout by the teachings at Brinley?

Re: There is going to be a huge walkout at Brinley
Posted by ahhhh on 9/03/08

ahhh good times here at Brinley!!

On 9/03/08, Stan wrote:

Just got off the phone with a friend who works for ABC here in LV. Word on the street is NBC and CBS (local
affilitate stations) including ABC will be there at Brinley around 7 a.m. See you then and make it work!!!

Unless she (Sharon the principal) has a double-digit IQ and complete dolt, she must know. I am
sure the usual rats have informed her. Life isn't a popularity contest.
Confession is good for the soul except in this instance.

See you all on Friday. CNN has been called. I know, I work for the LV
affiliate.

=( wrote on July 17, 2008 10:12 PM: It's a very frustrating situation. I moved here because I knew there was such a huge demand for teachers, I had an interview and the principal told me he put my name in at HR to be placed at his school but then the hiring freeze happened. This is a terrible situation. I'm very interested to see what happens. I really hope for the students' sake that they hire teachers instead of letting substitutes run classes.

Ruined Teacher wrote on July 13, 2008 08:12 AM: I was hired last year, before the new school year, at full contract, with my masters in education and teaching experience back east, and then was forced by the Nevada Education dept. down to full time substitute after a month in my position because they didnt like the was student teaching was worded on my diploma. I lost 25K and my sanity. There were no more jobs back east for me to come back to. This district is so screwed up I cannot begin to say. Good luck with your 5 classes of 35 plus kids!

Professor Gibson wrote on July 13, 2008 08:04 AM: I was hired last June by Clark County Central Office after a sit down interview (where my masters in education degree, New York State teachers certification, glowing referrence letters, etc..., were photocopied and reviewed) interviewed and was asked to work for the first Veags school that interviewed me, began my assignment on time, two weeks before the beginning of the school year; and low and behold, a month into my assignment the tudent teaching hours were called into question by the Nevada State Ed. department, and a month after that I was kicked down to substitute status, lost 25K salary, my benefits and had no job to return to back east. Even my Clark County principal couldnt believe that one! Get ready to be steered by Clark County into expensive and useless professional development classes at UNLV - where they will regularly misplace your information, and not help you with your coursework, confuse and you make your life miserable. Good luck Las Vegas - you arent a four horse western gambling and whorehouse anymore: Do yourself and the rest of America proud and join the 20th Century. Stop bum rushing new teachers to the curb to shake them down for money {this is the short and sweet factual retelling of my story, the longer version would be front page news on the New York Times}.

Sincerely, Busted Broke by Clark County Folk

MONEY wrote on July 09, 2008 12:16 AM: Paul: Survival of the Fittest! Let me keep my $ mulla $, especially when I don't have 4 tacos!!!

Take More (from society), Pay More is my common-sense view.

joe wrote on July 08, 2008 11:39 PM: Prospective teachers--do not come to Clark County. This is just one of many to come problems you will experience with the CCSD Human Resources Office. They are so rude there it makes your life impossible [ie Stephanie Landeros--run fast away from this rude hag].
Do yourselves a favor and work anywhere else. It's just not worth it.

Unfair wrote on July 08, 2008 11:32 PM: I was hired by a principal the week before the hiring freeze. When I called contracting the Friday before the freeze, I was told that my contract would probably be ready by Monday. I have been running a daycare out of my home for the last few years but when I was hired I told my parents that I was returning to teaching and they began to look for other daycare options. Now I am left with the possibility of not having a teaching job and I will not have an income until I can rebuild my daycare. I am a newly single mom of 4 kids and was returning to teaching to provide a better life for my kids. I think it is terrible that the district can treat people like this. How do you think they would react if their daughters, sister or mothers were treated this way. The district needs to see teachers as people instead of a number.

Teacher wrote on July 08, 2008 11:21 PM: We are in the bottom of the nation in education because parents consider teachers as babysitters instead of partners in raising their children. How are children suppose to learn when they hear their parents talking badly about their teachers and know that there are no consequences to their bad behavior. I find that most parents are just too self absorbed to take the effort to raise their kids properly. They want to take the easy way out and practically let the kids raise themselves.

Paul wrote on July 08, 2008 10:05 PM: Our students are dropping out, scoring at the bottom of category when compared with the rest of the nation, and we want to take more money away! We're proven we get the worst when we fund at the worst level in the nation. When does the time come where we demand better students and decide to pay the bill? The Chinese, Irish, Germans & French are stepping with their committment to funding...and they're kicking our butts! We are on course to becoming a third world nation in 50 years and Nevada is leading the way!

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