Arbor View High School student Alyssa Otremba, 15, was killed Sept. 2 walking home from school, and 16-year-old Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School student Christina Portaro died Sept. 3 in an ATV accident in Brian Head, Utah. The schools and their administrators prepare for these tragedies so they are able to respond to their students’ needs in the most effective way possible.
The busiest time at Fern Adair Conservatory is just after school when young performers converge. For a few hours it becomes “Fame” and “Glee” all rolled into one.
“This is their home away from home,” said Victoria Hetey, who handles public relations and marketing for the conservatory. “It’s a big family here. We know how they’re doing in school. We know when they’re testing. They dance, they take a break and work on homework, they dance some more.”
Clark County School District administrators, counselors and teachers visited about 300 homes across the Las Vegas Valley on a recent Saturday morning as part of the Reclaim Your Future initiative to encourage students who have not enrolled this year to come back to class.
Children with disabilities face an uphill battle in school as it is. For those without parents or guardians to look out for their best interests, it’s even tougher.
The Educational Surrogate Parent Program provides these children with an advocate whose sole purpose is to ensure their academic needs are being met.
Over the decades, fields of grass at Buena Vista Springs became fields of glass. Broken bottles now litter the grounds of the once parklike apartment complex, where mothers are hesitant to let their children play.
