Some private schools are allowing deferred payments or offering more financial assistance, but they aren’t refunding tuition for the time when kids were home with parents.
Education
One school planned for the Historic Westside in Las Vegas says it will not open until next year while two others say they are struggling to meet enrollment goals.
Jack Rico earned his degrees from Fullerton College, a community college in Southern California, becoming the youngest graduate in the school’s history.
Under the plan announced Friday, some staff will return to district offices under social distancing guidelines, while much work will continue to be done online or by phone.
UNLV is looking to resume its search for a new president after the process was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNLV will notify students by early July via the MyUNLV online portal which classes will be offered in-person or remotely, the university said Thursday.
The school district is building new schools on existing campuses at Harris, Ferron and Harmon elementary schools in east Las Vegas. Construction will begin in June.
School nurses assisted at places this spring such as testing sites, Las Vegas’ ISO-Q (Isolation and Quarantine) Complex for the homeless, Clark County Fire Department and nonprofits.
The students are Dakyung Lee from Coronado High School in Henderson, Clarence Ndubisi from The Meadows School in Las Vegas and Emhyr Subramanian from Davidson Academy of Nevada in Reno.
The resumption of school in August may vary across Nevada, Gov. Steve Sisolak says, as solutions like social distancing will likely not be possible in Clark County schools.
In court minutes Thursday, Judge Timothy Williams wrote: “For this Court to decide this issue, it is best to have a full and fair evidentiary hearing.”
Several Coronado High School graduates bound for elite universities aren’t sure whether their classes will be online yet, but they aren’t letting that possibility dampen their enthusiasm.
During the Friday night ceremony, graduating seniors received their diplomas in their cars, then took an approximately 1-mile “victory lap” around the speedway.
The Education Support Employees Association says the district’s nine- and 10-month-a-year workers often rely on summer jobs to get by, but opportunities are limited this year.
Cars, balloons and cheers filled Ridgebrook Park as Goolsby Elementary families waved goodbye to Laurie and Gary Grosenick, a husband-wife teaching team who retired this week.