Trustees voted Monday to approve attendance zone changes in Henderson, northwest Las Vegas and Indian Springs that will take effect next school year.
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The Clark County School Board heard an update Thursday from THT Health, which insures about 34,000 people — licensed professionals and their family members.
The outcry comes after an altercation between a school police officer and a Black student at Durango High School earlier this month.
Superintendents and the state’s charter authority must appear at a meeting within 30 days to detail how they’d use the proposed funding, officials say.
The land deal is up for approval at the March 9 Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting.
Dozens of community members protested outside the Clark County School District office Friday night following a week of outcry from local organizations in response to video of a school police officer’s altercation with a Black student.
“A teacher doesn’t lose their free speech rights just because they work at a public school,” Brett Gilman’s attorney Maggie McLetchie told the Review-Journal.
The ACLU of Nevada is representing Durango High School students involved in an altercation with a school police officer on Feb. 9.
Superintendent Jesus Jara said Monday that he is directing school police to conduct a “complete review” of their use-of-force policy and protocols.
The Clark County School District project includes work on 9 million square feet of fields — primarily, soccer, baseball and softball — over the next six years.
Changes announced by the district will mean that 17 percent of schools currently qualifying for Title 1 federal funding will lose the funding next school year.
In a written statement, the department said the recorded incident stemmed from an investigation into a report of a firearm near a school.
The outbreak at Wayne Tanaka Elementary School in the southwest valley began around Jan. 27, according to the health district.
The Clark County School Board approved a $1.4 million purchasing award for a company to provide primary care services for support professionals and police.
The Clark County Education Association laid out its plan to create a homegrown teacher pipeline and improve school safety as Nevada’s 82nd regular legislative session kicked off on Monday.