A West Prep Academy eighth-grade teacher whose behavior alarmed colleagues is accused of inappropriately touching a student who wrote him a love letter, according to his arrest report.
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The district is currently short about 18 mental health care providers for the district’s students, in large part because the salaries aren’t commensurate with their level of education.
School officials were tipped off to the threats by the 14-year-olds on Jan. 22 and immediately contacted school police, according to a message sent to parents Monday by West Career and Technical Academy’s principal.
After over an hour of impassioned public comments that intensified an already highly emotional discussion, the Clark County School Board delayed a decision on whether to craft a controversial gender-diverse policy until Feb. 8.
The College of Southern Nevada is in “such a good place” compared to 10 years ago, and many of the thanks should go to President Michael Richards, those who worked with him closely say.
The training is designed to spell out what the district considers appropriate interactions with students and help cut down the number of district employees arrested on sexual misconduct charges.
A math teacher at West Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas has been arrested on child sex charges.
“The blacktop is not safe. Kids slip, fall and get hurt badly,” the students wrote in a letter to Clark County school trustees, urging the district to fix the crumbling blacktop field blamed for 150 abrasions so far this school year.
Elections that end next month will select the president, vice president and six representatives on the local teacher union’s executive board, as well as six seats representing the local on the Nevada State Education Association board of directors.
State Public Charter Authority approves two new campuses and adjusts a start date for another school, as Nevada’s independent schools remain “one of the fastest-growing sectors in the country.”
The Clark County School Board heard strong community support for a proposal to switch to solar power for the potential of millions in savings throughout the next two decades.
Clark County residents want a new school superintendent who will raise student achievement, commit to the Clark County School District’s reorganization and stick around long-term.
Becerra was one of 11 women who attended the year’s first Girls on Guard class at UNLV police headquarters. It’s the first class Sgt. Denise Lutey has held since the student government approved nearly $50,000 to expand programming.
Nevada’s largest school district — the fifth biggest in the nation — could become the first major public entity to leave NV Energy under a proposal headed to school board trustees this week.
More than 1,800 students, teachers and families gathered at Artemus Ham Hall on the UNLV campus to celebrate National School Choice Week
