The honor for Booker Elementary School teacher Juliana Urtubey included a surprise visit to the school from first lady Jill Biden, a fellow educator.
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Mackey iLead Academy for the Digital Sciences in North Las Vegas this year became the only kindergarten through eighth-grade campus in the Clark County School District.
In Clark County, no one would say whether the child of a man who tested positive for the virus was a public or charter school student. In Northern Nevada, things were different.
The Clark County School District and the State Public Charter School Authority declined to say if the patient’s child attends a district school.
The education funding debate is not unique to the Silver State; nearby states have an array of approaches, with no one having found the right balance.
Last week, advocates held a live Q&A with the Clark County School District budget chief and challenged legislators at a public meeting to step up to the plate. Other behind-the-scenes organizing efforts also are quietly building momentum.
Forty-two Clark County schools have solar panel installations that save the district roughly $514,000 per year in energy costs. But proponents of an all-solar solution say it could save many millions more over the long haul.
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.
State Superintendent Steve Canavero said Wednesday he plans to leverage funds from three different nonprofits to hire a consultant from a district that has undergone a similar process to the one Clark County is going through.
More than 50 speakers commented Tuesday about the proposed regulation outlining how school districts should treat gender diverse students, with many saying it would go against their Christian values.