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Clark County School District to pay $1.2M for reorganization work

The Clark County School District will pay nearly $1.2 million for a strategic firm that will work with a new volunteer group of outside community experts assigned to assist in the reorganization of the nation’s fifth-largest school system.

Nevada Connections Academy fighting back against threat of closure

The online Nevada Connections Academy charter school is staging a legal fight against the threat of closure, pushing back after the State Public Charter School Authority flagged it for a low graduation rate.

Sandoval reverses course, special session won’t address budget shortfall

Gov. Brian Sandoval abruptly abandoned plans Thursday to seek an even larger tax increase in an upcoming special session of the Legislature to plug a projected budget hole as conservative Republicans dug in their heels for a school choice program.

Police address creepy clown threats at Las Vegas Valley schools

Calls regarding creepy clowns making threats to visit schools across Las Vegas Valley reached such a point this week that the Clark County School District held a press conference Thursday to quell fears that have spread among students and via social media.