A lottery will be conducted to select students by May 31 if there are more applicants than available seats. Parents will be notified in early June.
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The College of Southern Nevada’s Mariachi Plata earned first place for a third consecutive year at the 2023 Mariachi Extravaganza last week in San Antonio, Texas.
Andrea Moore, the former executive director of the Las Vegas public charter school, resigned in early October. She said a series of events happened after an employee quit and wanted his job back.
The Nevada State Board of Education approved another update Wednesday to draft language for a new regulation that would require high schools to start no earlier than 8 a.m.
Gibson Elementary School in Henderson canceled classes Tuesday due to an “unexpected number” of teachers who were absent following the Labor Day weekend.
Six local teenagers discussed their mental health strategies and concerns as part of the Hope Means Nevada anti-suicide campaign.
Administrators at Derfelt Elementary School confiscated a firearm Thursday that a student brought to campus.
Cassandra Valenti, an 18-year-old senior at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, is among 109 musicians selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.
The Clark County School District has entered into a $4.9 million contract for emergency sewer and plumbing repairs at Chaparral High School.
Desert Pines High School geoscience teacher Jeremy Lawson was recognized during a surprise ceremony last month by the Clark County School District.
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.
The Clark County School District is exercising its right under a collective bargaining agreement to suspend a program that allows teachers to retire a year early.
Irene Cepeda, who was elected to the board in November 2018 and previously served as vice president, was approved for a one-year term on a 4-3 vote Wednesday.
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.
Teachers union head John Vellardita said that the status of the vaccine mandate approved more than three months ago is a key concern with COVID-19 cases soaring.
Nevada’s charter school authority voted unanimously Friday to reject the city of Las Vegas’ proposed new school, saying the application didn’t meet state requirements.
Before his contract was terminated, Superintendent Jesus Jara alleged Linda Cavazos contacted his chief of staff via “confidential” text to encourage him to stay in the school district.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Nov. 12 to choose two new board officers.
The Las Vegas Fire Department responded to 427 calls for service on Sunday and of those, 118 were fires. It’s a slightly lower number than last year.
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.
The private university in Henderson announced the requirement Tuesday in a campuswide email as it plans to resume full on-campus operations this summer.