All employees of the Clark County School District’s Human Resources department are quarantining for 10 days after a third case of COVID-19 was reported in the office.
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Nevada’s education support staff would be eligible for unemployment benefits for the upcoming summer under a new proposal, state officials said Friday.
Testing has begun at two Northern Nevada schools, but Las Vegas-area campuses are awaiting test kits. Each school is deciding which employees or students to test.
Two bills have been proposed in the Legislature that would allow municipalities to appoint some members of the school boards of Nevada’s largest school districts.
Thousands of middle and high school students at the Clark County School District are expected to return to classrooms Monday after more than a year of all-virtual learning.
The live two-hour discussion, which was streamed on the Clark County School District’s website and Facebook page, delved into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students.
Student emergency funds existed before the pandemic, but Las Vegas-area colleges and universities are seeing a greater demand from students seeking help paying their bills.
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.
The university paid fines last month after a professor who ran the maternal HIV program allegedly submitted improper claims to grant awards.
Vassiliadis Elementary School in northwest Las Vegas apologized to parents Monday after the political cartoon video was shown to students on International Women’s Day.
The University of Nevada, Reno, says its aiming to have mainly in-person classes and student services for fall semester. Southern Nevada colleges have not yet announced plans.
District representatives say “more than half” the requests were from licensed employees such as speech and language therapists, physical therapists and school psychologists.
Anticipating increasing demand for in-person instruction, Clark County schools will use priority lists to determine which students can return to campuses, officials said Friday.
Justices say the Clark County Education Association “validly terminated” a contract requiring it to pay dues to the Nevada State Education Association.
Forty-six percent of respondents to The Nevada Poll, a phone and online survey, said they disapproved of actions taken by both the trustees and the superintendent.