Clark County education unions at odds on Supt. Jesus Jara

Two education unions in Clark County are at odds after one called on the school district's leader to resign amid Nevada's budget crisis.

BLUNT AND SAY THISTHIS IS A WHITE MALE DOMINATEDADMINISTRATORS' UNION THAT ISGOING AFTER A LATINOSUPERINTENDENTTONIGHT THE HEAD OF THETEACHERS' UNION IS ARGUINGSOME OF THE ATTACKSON C-C-S-D SUPERINTENDENT JESUSJARA ARE RACIALLY MOTIVATED.THE COMMENTS MADE BY JOHNVELLARDITA ARE DIRECTED AT THEUNION THAT REPRESENTS SCHOOLADMINISTRATORS....AFTER IT CALLED ON JARA TORESIGN.3:15 THEY WANTED A WHITECANDIDATE, A WHITE MALECANDIDATE TO BE THEJOHN VELLARDITA STUCK UP FORJESUS JARA..DESPITE THE TWO HAVING BEEN ATODDS IN THE PAST OVER TEACHERS'CONTRACTS...VELLARDITA SAYING THE ATTACKSAGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT BYTHE UNION THAT REPRESENTSSCHOOL ADMINSTRATORS WERE ADISTRACTION AT A TIME WHENLEADERS NEED TO FOCUS ONRE-OPENING SCHOOLS SAFELY ANDOVERCOMING A MASSIVE BUDGETSHORTFALL THAT WILL LIKLELYLEAD TO DRASTIC CUTS AT THEDISTRICT.3:04 THEY NEVER SUPPORTED THISGUY BEING HIRED ASSUPERINTENDENT.BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ON THE JOBTHEY OPPOSED HIS PRESENCEHERE.EARLIER THIS WEEK THE CLARKCOUNTY ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLADMINISTRATORS SAID JARA HAD"LOST THE TRUST" OF HISEMPLOYEES....EVENCALLING JARA UNFIT.THE DISPUTE PARTLY CENTERSAROUND A PIECE OF LEGISLATIONTHAT WOULD'VE ALLOWED THEDISTRICT TO TAKE BACK UNSPENTDOLLARS FROM SCHOOLS...TO HELP OFFSET THE BUDGETDEFICIT...GOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK ACCUSEDJARA OF BEING MISLEADING...BY INDICATING THE UNPOPULARIDEA CAME FROM THE STATE...AND NOT THE DISTRICT.AS FOR THE RACIALLY CHARGEDALLEGATIONS COMING FROM THETEACHERS' UNION...THE ADMINISTATORS UNION CALLINGIT "UNFORTUNATE" AND "RACEBAITING RHETORIC." AND WENT ONTO SAY JARA HAS "LIED" ANDQUOTE "DEMONSTRATED OVER ANDOVER AGAIN THAT HE IS NOTCOMPETENT."WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICTTO SEE IF THE SUPERINTENDENTHAD ANY REACTION TO THE RACIALALLEGATIONS...BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARDBACK.EARLIER THIS WEEK JARA DIDSAY...HE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITHPRINCIPALS, TEACHERS ANDPARENTS TO FIND FINANCIALSOLUTIONS..PARENTS..YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY TO FILL