Signs of excess are everywhere on the Strip, but the Clark County School District struggles to fill even basic needs. Why are our schools starving?
Education
The elimination of a program for at-risk high school students and a first round of job reductions are occurring even as schools wait for final figures on how much they must carve out.
A district official said that because of an accounting error, schools were mistakenly asked to cut their budgets too deeply.
Nevada State College President Bart Patterson will highlight recent achievements and future campus plans Tuesday during his annual State of the College address.
Clark County School District Police Captain Ken Young said Monday his team is still gathering information about the use of pepper spray Friday to break up a melee after the Canyon Springs and Basic High School football game.
Data released Friday on the state Education Department’s website include more detailed information on how individual schools scored than a preliminary release earlier this week.
Student at Coronado High School lit a paper sign on fire, leading staff to call 911 and pull fire alarms on Thursday afternoon.
Clark County School District police are investigating the apparent hacking of Henderson’s Foothill High School Twitter account.
Webb Middle School is relying heavily on grants and parent donations, to help offset cuts of up to $90,000, said principal Paula Naegle. The school already had proposed nearly $54,000 in cuts before the latest round of expected reductions was announced.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky announced Thursday that he will step down when his current contract concludes at the end of June 2018.
Less than 60 percent of applicants are admitted to magnet and career-tech schools, despite growth in number of available slots in recent years. The schools’ performance tells why they exert such a strong pull.
In school district survey, school administrators say they would like control over more areas, everything from hours the custodians work to whether they use district tech support to fix computers.
Trustee Kevin Child’s call for an in-depth independent examination of the district’s books gains additional support as budget shortfall widens.
