Teachers Arrested at Nevada School Board Meeting

Two teachers were handcuffed and escorted out of a Clark County, Nev., school board meeting last week after the meeting was disrupted by teachers shouting, asking for better pay, and calling for the superintendent to be removed from leadership.

Two teachers involved in protesting were arrested and escorted out of the meeting by officers from the Clark County School District Police Department and another man was also escorted out.

School board President Evelyn Garcia-Morales attempted to restore order to the meeting after the disruption.

"We cannot conduct business," Garcia-Morales said. "CCEA is clearly interrupting the business of our organization. It is very clear that CCEA has intentions to ensure that we do not conduct this meeting."

After the arrests, other teachers were seen exiting the meeting.

The Clark County School District (CCSD) and Clark County Education Association (CCEA) are currently in the middle of tough negotiations over teacher contracts where the CCEA was hoping to use money for new legislations to increase teacher salaries by 10% in the first year and 8% in the second year.

The school district offered a counter proposal of 8.5% in the first year and 2% in the second.

Contract negotiations began in March after the CCEA began running television ads calling for Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara’s removal.

"Negotiations with the CCEA will only be resolved at the bargaining table, not by disrupting the business operations of the school district," CCSD said in a statement following the Monday meeting. "As stated at Thursday’s board meeting, violating the law by disrupting a public meeting results in consequences. CCSD is charged with educating Clark County’s children, and those who seek to disrupt the District’s business operations will not deter us from fulfilling our mission."

"Once the most unruly agitators were removed from the meeting, the Board of Trustees were able to continue the meeting and complete their business," CCSD's statement continued.