Charges in case involving dead woman’s house
Shalena Earnheart, who claimed ownership of a dead woman’s house and tried to take control of her estate, was charged with several felonies in connection with the attempted takeover.
A Clark County grand jury last week indicted Earnheart, 27, on nine counts of theft, forgery, burglary and other charges. Court records indicate she was arrested Monday morning at Las Vegas Mobile Park in the northeast valley.
It appears she was at the mobile home park on house arrest, according to officer Laura Meltzer, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Department.
Earnheart is scheduled for an arraignment May 14.
The indictment comes five months after Earnheart filed a deed with the
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Two weeks ago, however, trustees raiseddoubtsabouttheprogram, saying that Teach for America teachers often leave after two years, are undertrained and have no ties to the community and that the district would be better served by bolstering its own recruiting program. They then rejected the measure to renew the contract by a 4-3 vote.
But Trustee Linda Cavazos, who voted against the measure, asked for the item to be brought back for Thursday’s meeting, saying she didn’t feel prepared for the last vote.
“We had not received a briefing on this, and normally with expenditures of this type, it would be brought before the board, or we would have a briefing to explain to us,” she said.
Since the vote, Cavazos said she has talked to principals, teachers and others in the district and feels better about the partnership. She admitted that she is still a little conflicted.
“I see it as a Band-aid, not a very good one, but I have to look at the needs of the kids in the schools,” she said, adding that the Teach for America teachers are better than long-term substitutes who otherwise would be required in many classrooms.
The new contract, which trustees I see it as a Band-aid, not a very good one, but I have to look at the needs of the kids in the schools. will consider Thursday, changes the reimbursement formula for Teach for America slightly, with the district paying $1,500 for the a teacher’s first year of service and $2,500 for the second, which CCSD’S human resources director Andre Long thinks might be more palatable to board members.
The fee is the only item in the contract that changed. In the contract, Teach for America agrees to bring up to 125 teachers to the district in each of the next three years, which helps meet a critical need for the district, Long said.
“It’d be difficult to match the national reputation and the amount of professional development that’s offered,” he said of the program.
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