The North Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to put an additional $143,800 into an in-person education program.
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The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
In a letter to Superintendent Jesus Jara, Mayor John Lee asked to rent schools if the Clark County School District does not reopen them next month.
Despite rising COVID-19 case rates, the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority will continue allowing some in-person classes in counties with elevated virus transmission.
The app-based program known as TIES allows employees to screen themselves for symptoms, participate in contact tracing and schedule free COVID-19 tests.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the emergency regulation relaxing hiring restrictions for public school districts and charter schools last week.
The Clark County school board will not take a vote on reopening schools or bringing staff back to classrooms at its Oct. 22 meeting next week.
The Clark County school board will hear a plan next week to transition the district to a hybrid instructional model over the coming months, according to a district statement.
A drop in enrollment tied to families leaving the district during the COVID-19 pandemic has left CCSD nearly 10,000 students and $61 million short of projections.
With one month of virtual school in the books, Clark County School District students, families and teachers report widely varying experiences with distance learning.
The official count of students impacts the district’s per-pupil funding allocation, and will be translated to the school level as the budgeting process begins this week.
The donor is multiplying donations five times on the DonorsChoose platform used by teachers to solicit donations to purchase classroom supplies.
The Clark County School District will again offer free meals to all children after receiving a long-sought waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the program.
The Clark County School District recently announced subsidized internet for qualifying families. It does not pay for teachers’ internet at home, including any overages.
The protest, organized by Nevada nonprofit Power2Parent, took place outside the Clark County School District’s Administrative Center on West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas.
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