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CCSD court motion blames bullied 13-year-old for her own death

The day before the first anniversary of Hailee Lamberth’s suicide, the family of the 13-year-old who is suing the Clark County School District over the bullying she experienced was shocked by a court filing that equated Hailee’s act with “murder.”

Parent advocacy group brainstorms education funding options

The statistics are staggering: Nevada ranks last in education funding, and the state’s graduation rate – 63 percent – ranked 48th, nationally. To combat numbers such as these, a grass-roots parent advocacy group, HOPE (Honoring Our Public Education), has sprung up in Southern Nevada in the past couple years.