Judge: Share Child files by Wednesday
RJ seeks results of inquiry into trustee up for election
A District Court judge on Monday ordered the Clark County School District to release investigative records on Trustee Kevin Child to the Las Vegas Review-journal by 3 p.m. Wednesday, a ruling that should put the documents before voters just ahead of Election Day.
Responding to an emergency motion filed by the newspaper earlier in the day, Judge Timothy Williams also set a hearing in the case for Thursday.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled last week that the school district must produce the records the newspaper requested on Child, who was the subject of a school district investigation that concluded he created a hostile working environment. The probe found that Child held impromptu “suicide counseling sessions” with students, caused anxiety among female employees and violated the district’s harassment policy. Former Superintendent Pat Skorkowsy previously restricted Child’s access to schools and district offices.
But the justices also urged the District Court to consider redacting the names of teachers or other witnesses who spoke to investigators, in addition to the names of students, support staff and victims of alleged sexual harassment whose names already had been withheld.
Child is running for re-election to his District D seat and is on the Nov. 6 ballot against political newcomer Irene Cepeda, who was the top vote-getter in the primary election.
The Review-journal argued in the court filing that the district’s failure to produce records deprived the newspaper of its ability to report the news in a timely fashion.
“The school district has withheld these records
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website that 100 percent of its graduates have been accepted into fouryear colleges and universities since its first graduating class in 1991.
The scholarship — funded by the Windsong Trust, which was created to aid K-12 education — began six years ago and has generated over $1.6 million in aid. The Meadows currently has 32 scholars in the program in grades K-6.
Families must have a combined income that does not exceed $110,000 and must be able to afford incidental costs of enrollment, such as uniforms and lunch. Applicants must be incoming kindergartners who pass the school’s kindergarten testing for admission.
Recipients still make a monthly tuition payment, ranging from $100 to $750, based on their income and ability to pay.
For Aleissya’s parents, Alina and Daniel, it’s an opportunity to escape the crowded classrooms in public school and provide their daughters with an education that focuses on the whole child.
“I really love the program here because … they have small classrooms and they really take the time to focus on the child and really get to know them,” Alina Ruiz said.
Daniel Ruiz works as a chef at a preschool, the Watch Me Grow Child Development Center, where his wife also works as an assistant director.
After qualifying for the scholarships, the family was committed to a long commute from their North Las Vegas home to the school in Summerlin, with after-school pick-up help from the girls’ grandparents.
While both parents graduated from the Clark County School District, Daniel Ruiz said it has changed a lot since when he went to school.
“It’s very important for me that my kids have the best education,” he said. “(Aleissya) has high standards on where she wants to be when she becomes an adult. So if it’s going to help her succeed in life, then I’m grateful that she’s here.”