About 300,000 students return to classes Monday in the Clark County School District. Here are seven things to know about the new school year in the nation’s fifth-largest district.
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Las Vegas officials cited dozens of people for illegal fireworks over the holiday weekend in a sharp increase compared to last year.
Both employee and student absences were higher than normal as the district resumed in-person teaching in the midst of a rapid surge of coronavirus around the Las Vegas Valley.
As students prepare to head to back to school next week, officials held a press conference on Thursday to discuss school safety.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority has received 44 letters of intent this year from proposed schools. That’s up from 27 in 2020.
Anticipating increasing demand for in-person instruction, Clark County schools will use priority lists to determine which students can return to campuses, officials said Friday.
UNLV knocked $50 off a facilities fee to compensate for limited access to some services because of COVID-19, but some students say the discount isn’t enough.
Clark County is offering 13 facilities across the Las Vegas Valley where young children will have access to distance learning.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect public bus ridership in Las Vegas, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is considering systemwide service changes.
The Clark County School District and the State Public Charter School Authority declined to say if the patient’s child attends a district school.
David McKinnis, who joined the district in April 2019, announced Monday that he is leaving the district effective Friday due to personal family reasons.
Police are reporting a spike in thefts of large pickup trucks in the Las Vegas Valley.
School leaders acknowledged the need for improvement and spelled out the efforts to address their problem areas to authority members.
It’s been nine weeks since the start of the 2019 legislative session and we’ve heard many bright ideas for improving public education. But we haven’t addressed the elephant in the room — money.
Though his tempestuous time on the School Board ends Monday, Kevin Child will continue to do battle with the Clark County School District through his ongoing lawsuit.
