The Clark County School Board has faced criticism for allowing comments on non-action items only at the end of meetings.
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Trustees voted Monday to approve attendance zone changes in Henderson, northwest Las Vegas and Indian Springs that will take effect next school year.
The Clark County School Board heard an update Thursday from THT Health, which insures about 34,000 people — licensed professionals and their family members.
The outcry comes after an altercation between a school police officer and a Black student at Durango High School earlier this month.
Students brought guns to Clark County public schools at least six times in the span of one week, according to district police.
Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
The land deal is up for approval at the March 9 Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting.
The higher education institutions refused to provide documents that should be available for public inspection under state law.
School police said minors were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, and having a dangerous weapon on school property.
Dozens of community members protested outside the Clark County School District office Friday night following a week of outcry from local organizations in response to video of a school police officer’s altercation with a Black student.
The ninth-grade boy was arrested Friday morning after Clark County School District police say they found a loaded handgun in his backpack.
“A teacher doesn’t lose their free speech rights just because they work at a public school,” Brett Gilman’s attorney Maggie McLetchie told the Review-Journal.
The ACLU of Nevada is representing Durango High School students involved in an altercation with a school police officer on Feb. 9.
Superintendent Jesus Jara said Monday that he is directing school police to conduct a “complete review” of their use-of-force policy and protocols.
The Clark County School District project includes work on 9 million square feet of fields — primarily, soccer, baseball and softball — over the next six years.