Superintendent i look forward to what will be a game changer in the future for education of our students in Clark County School district. but not every teacher thinks this new contract goes far enough. Chuck Scorpiniti teacher i am one of the teachers who consider leaving. chuck scorpinetti has been teaching for a few years and is also working on his masters degree. He says even with the pay raise he will only be making about the same as a newly hired educator. Chris Garvey Ccsd trustee i hear your message its not perfect i know that. for now, aside from pay raise, teachers will also see a small bump in their cost of living pay and health care contributions. And new recruits willing to teach in at risk schools will still receive a 5 thousand dollar bonus. linda young ccsd trustee we know we want to do more. But again this is just a starting point. brian loftus ccsd will have to make budget cuts in other areas to better the contract. So expect to see millions of School Maintenance over the next several years. Hr and payroll departments will also be affected. But layoffs are not expected. Kirsten Joyce the city of las vegas hosted a town hall. Discussing the funding of the Clark County School district. A Technical Advisory Committee is developing a plan to reorganize the school district. And how to distribute funding for students to local schools. Lawmakers passed a measure last year to create a plan to divide ccsd into smaller precincts. One parent says insufficient funding is not only hurting students. But business in Southern Nevada as well parent silicon valley, San Francisco bay area, Tech Companies in boulder, colorado, theyre all having the same problem. Theyre afraid of doing business in Southern Nevada because of what their children will be exposed to by not having the tools and technologies in schools. Kirsten Joyce those tasked with the decision are weighing input at these meetings. The plan could be in place as soon as this summer. Next year. lets get to sherry with a look at todays weather. Some cloudy skies keeping temps a little milder overnight. Its cool but not as cold as its been lately. Mostly sunny today and highs in the upper 50s. Sherry Swensk with Demetria Demetria obilor accident on boulder highway, south of twain. Of twain. Accident on sunset by las vegas boulevard, near town square. No delays on the south beltway. Weve got some big closures impacting you this weekend and monday. Well talk about those up next. < Brian Loftus Metro police are investigating a deadly shooting. Where one person was killed and another wounded. It happened last night near washington and rancho. Police found a hispanic man with multiple gunshot wounds in a driveway. A second hispanic man was taken to umc. With a single gunshot wound to the head. That man is currently in critical condition. Police say both victims arrived at home in the area. To sort out a dispute. And later ended up being shot by someone at the home. Police say the victims and shooter do know each other. If you have any information, call crime stoppers. Kirsten Joyce theres been an outpouring of support for rene angelil. The man who discovered, married, and brought celine dion to las vegas. Angelil passed away yesterday after a long battle with throat cancer. Caesars palace has setup a marquee tribute, saying we will miss you friend. Celine came back to the colosseum in august. After taking a year off to care for her husband. Celines shows have been canceled for this weekend. In february. But its unclear at this time if shell keep those shows. Angelil was 73 yearsold. Kirsten Joyce students are learning several technical skills. When it comes to creating their own robot. theyre proud to walk in and say. Thats my bot. brian loftus what theyre taking away from the experience. In this weeks whats cool at school. Republican president ial candidates are back on the campaign trail. One day after squaring off in year. brian loftus as don champion reports. Seven of the leading candidates took the stage in last nights primetime debate. One of Donald Trumps strongest political moments came when defended his hometown. ted cruz everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal are proabortion are pro game marriage donald trump when the are pro game marriage donald trump when the World Trade Center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully than new york his clash with ted cruz was one of the most talked about moments of last nights debate. Steve Chaggaris you had this really heartfelt response from trump, and you dont get a lot of heartfelt responses from trump ted cruz since september the constitution hasnt changed, but the poll numbers have. Cruz is running neck and neck with trump in iowa. Points for going toe to toe with the billionaire candidate. Specific ally on the birther issue Nancy Cordes Ted Cruz has a very loyal following when you go after cruz in a personal way, and you damage someone who they think would make a fine nominee than trump is really on thin ice. The debate also produced fireworks between marco rubio and Chris Christie marco rubio unfortunately, governor christie has endorsed many of the ideas that barack obama supports Chris Christie two years ago he called me a conservative reformer that new jersey needed that was before he was running against me rick davis everyone wrote him off seven months ago and now hes got a little bit of a pulse in New Hampshire its going to be very hard for one to take votes from the other. Other candidates like jeb bush and ben carson struggled to gain the spotlight. ben carson as far as im concerned its in the hands of the good lord the republican contenders have just one more debate. Before the iowa caucus. brian loftus only three republican president ial candidates participated in the undercard debate carly fiorina, mike huckabee, and rick santorum. Rand paul was also supposed to be there, but he boycotted the event. Kirsten Joyce back here at home. The Republican Caucus is scheduled for february 23rd. Kirsten Joyce on the democratic side of the race. The nevada caucus will be for february 20th. Hillary clintons edge over Bernie Sanders has shrunk to just two Percentage Points in iowa. According to a new bloomberg poll. Clinton tops sanders 42 to 40percent. Kirsten Joyce vegas is still waiting to see if we will officially get a professional hockey team. brian loftus when talks are expected to pick up again on the brian loftus Elementary School students designing and developing robots, for competition, in todays whats cool at school brian loftus fourthand fifth graders at twitchell elementary are beyond busy in full preparation mode for a robotics competition. They need to make sure their robots, or bots, are ready to perform on the big day stacy carpenter cochair of Robotics Club they started with miniscule pieces and parts, and now they have this robot, and it does things, and theyve coded it and it works. So i think theyve really felt like they accomplished a lot together already. brian loftus the competition is weeks away, and the goal for the bot is to be able to complete various tasks like rolling up and down ramps, and using its claw to pick up a Collin Moxley 5th grade you have to have the right sensitivity, so you can still make precise adjustments so youre not way off on on one side of the ball or the other. brian loftus these are student ideas and designs strategy is utilized as they iron out details, and,the excitement for their bot to maybe stand out, builds with each day. Demi lira 5th grade excited, and nervous. Cause i dont know if the robot is going to fall, or if its gonna work properly. brian loftus those feelings all a part of the preparation process, and its that process. The collaborative teamwork to achieve a goal, that has impressed their teachers stacy carpenter cochair of Robotics Club theyre proud to walk in and say. Thats my bot, it may break down today, but boy we had an amazing time trying to get here. Demi lira 5th grade we get to work with different people and we get to cooperate and the robots are really fun to work with. Samuel chen 4th grade we all try to make it the best it can be, so when we actually figure it out, we try to make it even better than that. brian one bot briefly malfunctioned. brian loftus we witnessed students interacting with teachers, and volunteer highschoolers from coronado, to work through the problem together. They quickly found a fix. Collin moxley 5th grade learning how to program it with the software can effect you to understand actual programming. Stacy carpenter cochair of Robotics Club its a huge learning curve for all of us the teachers and the students, and theyve really run with it, and ive just been proud of them for persevering and working through the failures and attempts that havent worked. Theyre coming along brian loftus this is another example of kids so engaged with the material, so excited about a project. That school becomes fun Collin Moxley 5th grade where else in school do you get to play with legos demi lira 5th grade brian what is the thing the robot is doing that youre most proud of . Demi ugh. That its actually working laughing brian loftus and thats whats cool at school brian loftus to vote for this program or if you know something thats cool at school. Go to las vegas now dot com. And click on sections in the upper left corner. Cool at school will be under the community tab. Or send us an email. Cool at school at las vegas now dot com. The winner will receive 250 bucks for their program. at todays weather. Sherry swensk keeping temps a little milder this morning and now we have some clearing, but more clouds coming in today. We hit the mid 50s yesterday and we should make it there and a maybe a little warmer this afternoon. More clouds for the weekend with storms rolling out of the pacific and into the west this weekend. you can expect delays this weekend if youre headed to mount charleston. This is the Holiday Weekend for Martin Luther king junior day. And more visitors are expected at lee canyon for skiing and snowboarding. Thousands of cars will be on the mountain and the commute will be slow. Nhp is increasing patrols to make sure people arent parking their cars on the highways. And if you do, you can expect a citation or a tow. brian loftus Kirsten Joyce centennial bowl interchange. Thats why youre also dealing with reduced speeds in the area. Starting monday, the stephanie street bridge will shut down for 90 days as part of the stephanie street improvement project. Professional hockey team will come to las vegas. Our chris matthius spoke with businessman bill foley. Who is waiting to hear back from the nhl on the expansion. Foley says the leagues executive committee will meet either tuesday or wednesday to talk about it. He also says we could soon get the ball rolling by the end of march or early april. And have everything official by june. brian loftus Baseball Players bryce harper and kris bryant were here in Southern Nevada. Associated with major league baseball. The two players were hosting a day two event. At the cascata golf course in boulder city. Harper says its great to be in a position to give back. And he also cant wait for the season to start again. Harper says hes reporting back to Training Camp on february 19 th. well be right back. being poured into faraday futures new facility. But theres also big money going into Southern Nevadas roads. Ndot shows us how that money is being used to improve our highways. brian loftus plus. Youll soon be able to hit the green somewhere else on the strip. The new golf complex thats setting up shop. Kirsten Joyce and were getting a sneak peak at what cars we can expect on the market. In this years north American International auto show. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce thanks for joining us, im Kirsten Joyce. brian loftus and im Kirsten Joyce. Any day now. Faraday future is preparing to break ground on its billion apex industrial park