The Clark County School Board has faced criticism for allowing comments on non-action items only at the end of meetings.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Trustees voted Monday to approve attendance zone changes in Henderson, northwest Las Vegas and Indian Springs that will take effect next school year.
The Clark County School Board heard an update Thursday from THT Health, which insures about 34,000 people — licensed professionals and their family members.
Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
“A teacher doesn’t lose their free speech rights just because they work at a public school,” Brett Gilman’s attorney Maggie McLetchie told the Review-Journal.
Nearly three-quarters of Nevada children ages 5 and younger don’t have access to a licensed child care provider, according to the report.
Superintendent Jesus Jara said Monday that he is directing school police to conduct a “complete review” of their use-of-force policy and protocols.
The Clark County School District project includes work on 9 million square feet of fields — primarily, soccer, baseball and softball — over the next six years.
In a written statement, the department said the recorded incident stemmed from an investigation into a report of a firearm near a school.
The Clark County School Board approved a $1.4 million purchasing award for a company to provide primary care services for support professionals and police.
The Clark County School District Police Department is teaching a Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence (L.E.A.D.) program to sixth-graders. It will add high schools next school year.
The Southern Nevada Health District announced Monday that norovirus may be the cause of an outbreak in late January at a Las Vegas elementary school.
Amid a civil war in Ethiopia, soil scientist Desta Woldetsadik Demissie applied for the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program and was selected. His host professor is in Las Vegas.
The Clark County School Board approved a $274,310 purchasing award to Public Consulting Group last week for the study. A final report is expected in early June.