The Clark County School District’s superintendent has banned Trustee Kevin Child from directly contacting school employees or visiting district property because of ongoing complaints about his behavior, according to a memo sent to administrators Tuesday.

Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said Child has not made changes to improve his behavior following repeated complaints that he has made staff members feel “uncomfortable.” Earlier this year, Child was instructed not to visit schools or central officers without an invitation from a principal or department head but did so anyway, he said.

“Over the past few years, I have worked with the Board of School Trustees officers to ask Trustee Kevin Child multiple times to modify his behavior because of repeated complaints that he has made staff members feel uncomfortable,” Skorkowsky said in a statement. “He has also received guidance from CCSD's Affirmative Action officer and legal counsel.  Unfortunately, Trustee Child has not followed the advice.”

Going forward, Child will only be allowed to “carry out the specific duties of his position,” which include pre-scheduled meetings with the superintendent and two employees designated as his liaisons as well as attend school board meetings and monthly parent meetings, Skorkowsky said. Staff should contact their supervisor if Child makes any attempts at contact and are not allowed to answer or respond to him in any way.

“Otherwise, he is not allowed on district property,” Skorkowsky said. “I have directed staff to call School Police if he shows up at their school or district office building and does not comply with their request to leave.

Child characterized the decision as a retaliatory act for his “good faith questioning” about Skorkowsky’s performance in recent months. The embattled trustee, however, vowed to not let the new restrictions get in the way of his elected duties.

“Regardless, I will continue to represent my constituents by asking those hard questions and looking for (a) better solution,” Child wrote in a text message.

But in a subsequent phone interview he didn’t deny continuing to make unannounced visits to schools.

Child said he stopped by two buildings  — J.D. Smith Middle School and C.P. Squires Elementary School — uninvited recently to check on children he met at the Family Assistance Center, which helped the Las Vegas shooting victims and their families. Child had been at the center wearing his other hat as a chaplain. He promised the children he’d come say hello at their schools.

“I went over there to help kids out — not hurt kids,” he said. “Again, why should I even have to worry about that? I’m not disrupting anything.”

The trustee has previously called the allegations unfounded and in a statement denied making “inappropriate” statements or gestures toward students or district employees — instead suggesting the complaints were “politically driven.” He’s also landed in hot water for posts made on social media, including one asking if protestors blocking the road should be run over.

Child stands by those statements, saying there was never an investigation to prove the allegations were true. He’s says they’re not.

“If you don’t prove anything, then there’s nothing there,” he said. “I wasn’t going to bow down. I’m his boss.”

Skorkowsky said that many employees who have lodged complaints about Child are “fearful of retaliation” and have stated that Child threatened their jobs. The superintendent noted he is the only school district employee whom the trustees have authority to discipline and that any threats made by Child are “highly inappropriate and not the position of the District or my office.”

Additionally, Skorkowsky said the decision also stemmed from his responsibility to protect the district “from possible litigation that could arise due to Trustee Child’s actions.”

“I did not make this decision lightly,” the superintendent said.

Child was barred from entering schools without a specific invitation from administrators in December 2016, following additional complaints about the school board member’s behavior. He told a class of second-graders in 2014 that “snitches get stitches” and that one of them would end up imprisoned, according to a complaint obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The working relationship between Skorkowsky and Child has been strained for months. Child has been a vocal critic of Skorkowsky’s handling of the district’s finances and has advocated for a forensic audit. The district has made several rounds of budget cuts as it attempts to overcome an estimated $60 million deficit.

Child was first elected to the school board in 2014, knocking off incumbent trustee Stavan Corbett on a close 52 to 48 percent margin.

This story has been updated to include comment from Trustee Kevin Child.