LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Dozens of parents, teachers, and students attended Thursday night’s Clark County School District board meeting to express concern over a looming $51 million budget reduction that threatens positions across more than 370 schools.
District officials cite a drop in enrollment of approximately 10,400 students as the driving factor behind the cuts. However, attendees voiced deep concerns over the fallout inside classrooms, with staff members learning their jobs are on the line just weeks into the school year.
“My little brother, who is in sixth grade, his teacher will have to be let go,” one student, Noah, told attendees at the meeting.
Longtime educators are among those affected. Bonnie Brockner, an educator of 22 years who returned following partial retirement under a critical labor shortage, said the district stripped her seniority.
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“My position was not surplused. I was surplused,” Brockner said. “They’ve taken away my seniority. There are no positions available right now.”
At Sandy Searles Miller Elementary School, physical education teacher Krystina Levine said three teachers have been surplused, creating widespread unease among staff.
“I don’t go into work every day feeling secure,” Levine said.
Support staff member Jason Wright, whose role was also surplused, says he worries about the disruptive impact on early learners.
“I think it’s going to be challenging for the students,” Wright said. “A couple months into the school year, they’ll lose their teacher.”
Parents also demanded accountability from trustees, questioning how the district ended up in this financial position and how it plans to prevent future mid-year cuts.
“I want to see accountability from the school district. I want to see what they are going to do in order for us to not be in the same situation next year,” said Rudy Zamora, whose sixth-grade son is losing a school counselor along with two other positions at his school. “Fall furloughs are something that normally don’t happen.”
While some staff have already received surplus notices, school principals only recently submitted their finalized budgets to the district. The situation remains developing, as some affected educators may be reassigned to other schools rather than laid off entirely.
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