The Clark County School Board of Trustees has appointed Jesus F. Jara as the new superintendent of CCSD.
The school board made the appointment during a meeting Wednesday morning.
Jara is replacing Pat Skorkowsky who is retiring.
Jara is coming to CCSD from Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida where he was the deputy superintendent from 2012 until present.
The school board will now start contract negotiations with Jara. He is expected to start as superintendent in June.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the vote for Jara was the second one during the meeting. The first vote was for the district's chief academic officer Mike Barton. However, Barton failed to get enough votes.
