Nevada’s public charter schools will decide independently whether to require young students to wear face masks, but must comply with state rules.
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Democracy Prep and the state’s charter school system are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a student’s rights were violated during assignments about privilege and oppression.
In a memo released Tuesday night, Chancellor Melody Rose wrote the requirement will apply to “all unvaccinated and vaccinated NSHE students, employees, and members of the public.”
The Clark County School District is facing widespread teaching and staff vacancies with less than two weeks before a new school year begins, district officials said Wednesday.
The district sent emails and made robocalls to parents on Tuesday morning advising that all staff and students will be required to wear masks indoors and on district buses.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
UNLV officials provided an update on the project Wednesday during a construction site tour on Shadow Lane. The facility is scheduled for completion in summer 2022.
The district is standing behind its face mask policy for the new school year — at least for now — despite calls from local and national health officials for stricter rules.
Five new Las Vegas charter schools were supposed to open in August. Now, only two will.
The university is considering a new policy that would prohibit smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, and tobacco products in all spaces on campus.
The Southern Nevada Health District is holding a series immunization clinics for incoming kindergartners throughseventh-graders before school starts next month.
The City Council voted Wednesday to approve a services agreement with Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy to operate Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy.
It is the first known lawsuit filed over the devastating July 5, 2019, explosion, which badly damaged two campus dormitories and injured eight, including six students.
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A Henderson man accused of firing 112 bullets in his condo on Friday night told police he was protecting himself from robbers. Investigators found no such evidence.
Celine Dion told her documentary audience, “This is by far the biggest crowd I’ve had in years. I hope to see you all again very, very soon.”
NSHE acknowledged concerns from the Jewish community about comments made by a regent who serves as vice chair of the board’s diversity committee.