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District wins teacher arbitration, raises awarded this school year rescinded

Pay raises given to about half of Clark County’s 17,000 teachers and licensed personnel at the beginning of the school year will be rescinded today , sending teachers back to their 2011-12 salary levels, according to an arbitrator who ruled Thursday in favor of the Clark County School District.

Adelsons donate $50 million to school

The Adelson Educational Campus, a Jewish private school in Summerlin, received a $50 million gift Wednesday from its founders, Miriam and Sheldon Adelson.

Shakespeare Festival’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ tour to visit CSN

The Utah Shakespeare Festival has performances of “Romeo and Juliet” scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre at the College of Southern Nevada’s Cheyenne campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.

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Ex-Miss America contestant, singer thrives as math teacher

Teaching wasn’t part of Dana Martin’s original life plan, but she says breaking through to students at Cannon Junior High School has been a rewarding experience all the same.

Schofield Middle teacher hasn’t stopped caring for students

Silverado High School senior Angelo DeSantis has changed a lot since the sixth grade, as does any teenager.
But he’s been able to stay on course due in part to one teacher whose lessons never have left him: Jake Murray, his physical education teacher and basket­ball coach from Schofield Middle School in southeast Las Vegas.

School breakfast bill adds up in Clark County

The freezer the size of a football field is packed full of food. It’s everything needed to daily serve 200,000 meals, most of which are prepared from scratch and trucked to the Clark County School District’s 357 public schools.

Passers-by gape as 600-pound heart sculpture goes down Strip

Brian Cirricione was part of a unique caravan Friday morning: Four Medic West ambulances, with lights flashing, escorted a giant, anatomically correct heart to Luxor.

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