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A Silverado High School volleyball coach was arrested in October after authorities accused him of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old student, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Nine bills were moved forward by the Nevada Senate education committee Thursday, heading either to the chamber’s floor or the finance committee for further discussion.
Dakota Routh said he had no idea his then 12-year-old daughter filed a written complaint last year against her teacher, Jeffrey Schultz, until Henderson police called him last week.
High school students from around Nevada descended on the capital Thursday to learn about the legislative process.
Days after being introduced, the bill that would enshrine the regulation governing the Clark County School District reorganization into law earned support from both the state Senate and Education committee members.
Nevada students would be required to take an ethnic and diversity studies program in high school under a measure introduced Tuesday.
Gregory Beasley, 57, was arrested at his home Monday without incident, Clark County School District police said. As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Clark County Detention Center.
Members of Cheyenne High School’s new hip-hop dance team were confident when they attended their first local competition last year.
Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank ” investor Mark Cuban was honored Sunday evening during the Adelson Educational Campus’ 13th annual In Pursuit of Excellence Gala at the Venetian.
Move over guinea pigs, there’s a new class pet in town. They may not be furry or conventionally cute, but they do wiggle.
Melvyn Sprowson, representing himself at trial, faces the possibility of life in prison on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, and one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.
Inspire Nevada is out to ensure youths’ voices are heard in politics. It’s recruiting leaders on high school campuses to speak to seniors and register them to vote.
The Clark County School District will begin classes two weeks earlier next school year, with the first day of school set for Aug. 14.
By the time police arrested Henderson teacher Jeffrey Schultz for alleged indecency toward a student on Tuesday he had already been the subject of two disciplinary investigations — including one at a previous school.
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