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Education

Redrawing school lines to ease crowding wins tepid support

Despite a zoning commission unanimously recommending new attendance boundaries Tuesday that would shuffle 2,400 students among 20 southwest Las Vegas elementary schools, some members preferred no zoning changes at all to alleviate crowding.

Concerts expose 13,000 elementary students to classical music

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts hosted the 14th annual Youth Concert Series Jan. 11, providing free symphony orchestra performances to more than 13,000 fourth- and fifth-graders from about 115 local schools.

School district posts budget on website to boost communication

Clark County School District Superintendent Dwight Jones unveiled a website designed to make the district “one of the most transparent large school districts in the nation.” A breakdown of the district’s $2 billion budget is at ccsd.net/district/open-book.