Parents upset at board meeting

Parents attended a Clark County School District school board meeting last night and they are not happy with how the school district is responding to the novel coronavirus.

Alicia Pattillo reporting.

IT IS FRIGHTENINGFERNANDO VALENZUELA/SUBSTITUTETEACHER 13:53-14:05 "WHAT AREWE SUPPOSED TO DO IF WE GETSICK?ESCALATING TENSIONS BETWEENPARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE CLARKCOUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT....AS QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWEREDABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TOPROTECT STUDENTS FROM THECORONA VIRUS.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER ALICIAPATTILLO IS LIVE FROM THEDISTRICT WITH MORE ON WHAT SETPEOPLE OFF!CONCERNS ARE GROWING RIGHT HEREIN THE VALLEY AND ALL EYES AREON CLARK COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT.WHETHER THEY WILL SHUT DOWNCLASSES OR NOT IS THE QUESTIONON THE MINDS OF PARENTS ANDTEACHERS.SOT: UNNAMED TEACHER9:39-9:53 "YOU NEED TO BEMAKING DECISIONS BASED ONFRIGHTENING AND WHAT I SEE IS ALOT OF FACE SAVING" IT WAS ABATTLE BETWEEN PARENTS TEACHERSAND THE CLARK COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT DURING LAST NIGHT'SBOARD MEETING.TEACHERS TELLING DISTRICTLEADERS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGHCLEANING SUPPLIES TO KEEPSTUDENTS SAFE.PARENTS ALSO WORRIED THATSTUDENTS COULD BE CARRYINGCOVID-19 AND SPREADING THEVIRUS TO CLASSMATES.DESPITE OUTRAGE, CONCERN, ANDDEMANDS THE SCHOOL BESHUTDOWN....SUPERINTE NDENTJESUS JARA SAYS THE DISTRICT ISDOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TOPREPARE AND NOT PANIC.THIS ALL COMING ON THE HEELS OFGOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAKANNOUNCING A STATE OFEMERGENCY.THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY HFORMED A TEAM TO PREPARE ANDRESPOND TO THE COVID -19-THREAT.RIGHT NOW, ALL EXTRA CIRRCULARACTIVITIES, ASSUMBLIES, ANDEVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED....AND THESALAD BARS ON ALL CAMPUSES WILLBE REMOVED.SUPERINTENDENT JESUS JARA SAYSHE WILL ONLY CANCEL SCHOOL AS ALAST RESORT.NATIONWIDE THERE ARE NOW MORETHAN 12 HUNDRED CASES.DURING HIS ADDRESS TO THESTATE, GOVERNOR SISOLAK SAID