Henderson and North Las Vegas soon will be able to sponsor and oversee charter schools, after the Nevada Department of Education gave its blessing this week.
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The order reverses a CCSD policy that blocked members appointed by Clark County, Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas from filing motions at board meetings.
Lisa Guzman, who has been on the board since January 2021, plans to step down after her four-year term concludes at the end of this year.
The latest revision to the Clark County School District’s 2015 capital improvement program includes new and replacement schools, and changes to existing campuses.
The Clark County School District next week will consider creating a policy that would require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“We’ve got to be really careful protecting individual cases,” Clark County schools superintendent says of the decision to withhold the figures.
Lamping Elementary School will operate under distance education from Tuesday through Aug. 27 due to “multiple individuals” testing positive, Principal Robert Solomon said.
A public charter school and a Clark County School District high school notified parents Wednesday of possible COVID-19 exposures on their Henderson campuses.
Documents show the health insurance trust that covers Clark County teachers was $43 million in debt as of February — the first indication of the scope of the deficit.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Thursday to hire DeRionne Pollard under a four-year contract. She was among four finalists interviewed Wednesday.
The issue arose during the period of time that the board met virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic and took comments by email only.
A search committee will interview Hubert Benitez, Susan Borrego, Shari McMahan and DeRionne Pollard next week.
The money will be used to expand the College of Southern Nevada’s manufacturing program in an effort to help local employers gain a skilled workforce.
Graduation plans for the Class of 2021 were rolled out Thursday, with the Clark County School District announcing that schools can hold in-person ceremonies.
If School Board’s interpretation of an “auto-renewal clause” in the superintendent’s contract is upheld, it could lead to his departure from his post as early as this summer.