The Clark County School District hosted a virtual town hall with Superintendent Jesus Jara and School Board Trustee Deanna Wright on Tuesday afternoon.
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When Clark County students go back to their classrooms, it may be on a staggered bell schedule or through alternate programming, according to new plans presented to the school board Thursday.
The Clark County School District board will hear an update on the district’s plan to conduct distance learning following an order by Gov. Steve Sisolak to keep schools closed.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said Tuesday that Nevada’s schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Clark County School District was unable to reach nearly a third of its 325,000 students during the second week of distance learning and counted attempts as a contact.
Nevada’s school districts will refund unused grant money to the state to limit the impact of budget reductions ordered by Gov. Steve Sisolak amid the COVID-19 crisis.
The move came after the Review-Journal reported that the district was unable to contact about 21 percent of students in the first week of classes after the schools shut down.
Furloughs, elimination of teaching positions, new student fees all envisioned as Nevada System of Higher Education sketches out potential cuts over next two years.
More than 67,000 Clark County School District students were unreachable during the first week of school closures, according to data provided Wednesday by the district.
Nevada’s public universities and colleges are easing grading and financial requirements because of systemwide school closures over COVID-19.