Many are feeling the strain of classrooms being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Education
The buses began rolling Friday on 13 routes throughout the Las Vegas Valley to help students access online learning materials during school closures.
As of Monday, the school district has served nearly 1.8 million meals since the governor closed schools in mid-March, it says.
Parents will be asked to provide either the student’s ID card, or the student’s name, identification number, school site and grade level, the district said Thursday.
CCSD has offered curriculum options for teachers and students who want to try online education, but all schoolwork remains voluntary as it is not an option for some students.
A sixth grader at a North Las Vegas charter school tested positive for coronavirus the same weekend Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered Nevada schools to close.
An email sent to parents just before 8 a.m. said a member of the John Tartan Elementary School had tested positive for coronavirus.
The Clark County School District began handing out free meals at more than a dozen sites around the Las Vegas Valley on Monday to preserve a vital lifeline for needy students.
North Las Vegas police and hundreds of students at Raul P. Elizondo Elementary School spent Wednesday honoring the school’s namesake, who was slain in the line of duty in 1995.
The crosswalk on Lone Mountain Road where a boy, 12, and his sister, 9, were hit on Friday is inadequately lit, students say.