First day of school at Chaparral High School

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Junior Chaparral High School cheerleader Dawnesha Brinkley, 16, welcomes fellow students with the rest of the cheerleading squad on the first morning of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

Chaparral High School students hurry between classes on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011. Chaparral is one of the five high schools being cleaned in the wake of last week’s ...

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JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School principal Dave Wilson waits in the courtyard to assist students on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School teacher Linda Hinze watches over students in class on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School students hurry between classes on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School sophomores Alessia Taybron, 16, left, and Kerrisha Clark, 15, look over their schedules during a break on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL New pencils wait to be used in a classroom at Chaparral High School on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School senior Luis Rivera, 17, walks to class on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL From left, Angel Milian, 18, Selena Cervantes, 15, Carlos Pabon, 15, Unique Hill, 16, and Edgar Garcia, 15, attend class at Chaparral High School in class on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School junior Jennifer Arellano, center, 17, listens during a pep rally on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School principal Dave Wilson throws a piece of trash away in the courtyard on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011. When walking around the school, WIlson picks up any stray trash he sees.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral High School student Francis Moore listens in class on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A poster is seen at Chaparral High School on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

JESSICA EBELHAR/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A Chaparral High School student, toting his schedule, walks to class on the first day of school in Las Vegas on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Chaparral High School is one the turnaround schools in the Clark County School District. The school was reorganized this year after only having a 48 percent graduation rate in 2010, the second worst in the district.