The Clark County School Board unanimously approved several changes on Thursday evening to its abstinence-based sex education curriculum for the upcoming school year.
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A former Rancho High School teacher was sentenced Tuesday to between six and 15 years in prison after he was convicted in March of kidnapping and sexual conduct with a student.
The Clark County School District cautiously reserved comment on a new directive the Obama administration issued Friday requiring all public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.
Reactions to Friday’s White House directive that transgender students should be able to choose the school restrooms and locker rooms they use based on their gender identity ran the gamut, but most of the people randomly surveyed in Las Vegas felt strongly one way or the other.
Public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, according to an Obama administration directive issued amid a court fight between the federal government and North Carolina.
Chancellor Dan Klaich resigned Thursday. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents accepted his resignation at a special meeting that was called in response to demands from legislators and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce following a Las Vegas Review-Journal article published Sunday.
James Hensley has filed a lawsuit that accuses the Clark County School District and employees at Desert Oasis High School of covering up a January 2014 attack on his 15-year-old son to avoid scrutiny from central administrators.
U.S. Rep. Joe Heck said he hopes to see hearings and possibly action before year’s end on a bill that would change career and technical education funding.
A coalition of about 40 religious and social service organizations said Wednesday that the Clark County School District needs to fix its teacher shortage problem and needs to fix it now.
Holocaust survivor Stephen “Pista” Nasser of Las Vegas told his story of death and horror to students at Henderson State College on Thursday. It was his 1,000th such presentation.