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You’ve probably seen Dino Derouineau’s artwork around town and never questioned who did it. His paints grace most of the middle and high schools in the Las Vegas Valley, and some elementary schools. Some of his work includes the bear mural at Brinley Middle School and the 40-foot-wide leopard mural at Burkholder Middle School.
When-children-are-present signs are becoming more popular all over the valley in school zones. But the Henderson, Metropolitan and Clark County School District police departments all had different answers for what the phrase actually means.
Clark County School District students had an increase in math proficiency at the middle and high school levels last year, although reading proficiency dropped. Educators say the adoption of Common Core State Standards for curriculum this year will result in tougher standardized tests.
This school year will open with more changes than any other in recent memory, and it has principals excited. There’s a new superintendent, a new measuring stick for student performance and new curriculum. Despite $150 million in budget cuts for education, Southeast Career and Technical Academy will proceed with a $32 million renovation that is being financed as part of a 1998 capital improvement bond.
More than 500 Clark County School District teachers face being laid off next month if the district and teachers union don’t reach a new contract agreement very soon. Among the concessions the district has asked the teachers union to agree to is a new contract that would eliminate pay raises this year and save the district about $56 million.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering low-cost vaccinations for local students to safeguard from mumps, hepatitis A and B, chicken pox, whooping cough and more.
The skate team sponsored by the Winchester Cultural Center has proved a lifesaver for 12 youths who say participation in the sport inspired them to want to graduate.
When Del Sol High School teacher Patty Ellsworth begins teaching her 10th-grade world history class this fall, she’ll draw from personal knowledge of the subject matter. She and two other local teachers traveled across Turkey in July as part of a trip sponsored by the Turkish Cultural Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Las Vegas.
Elementary, middle and high schools in the same neighborhoods are going to get a lot cozier with each other as they are organized into cooperative teams beginning this month. The Clark County School District will be creating 14 “performance zones” based on location and achievement.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Members of the Henderson Fire Department demonstrated how they respond to a 911 call about a child trapped in a hot car.
A fatal shooting at a Walmart parking lot is being investigated as a possible case of self-defense, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.