School Board incumbent Deanna Wright was on the ropes coming into Tuesday’s election, barely earning the second spot on the ballot despite sitting on the board for four years.
Education
A pair of Henderson high school seniors will be on the Katie Couric show today with their icon, actor Michael J. Fox, airing locally at 2 p.m. on KVVU-TV, Channel 5.
Students in Lisa Gioia-Acres’ Nevada history class at the College of Southern Nevada are learning the subject from the area’s primary sources.
About 20 longtime Las Vegans recently visited and met one-on-one with students to record interviews, which the students will use to write a research paper and make a presentation putting that person’s life in a historical context.
Kids asked adults the tough questions Oct. 16 during public forum at Las Vegas City Hall hosted by Leaders in Training. Ninth- and 10th-graders posed questions directly affecting them to challengers running for seats on the Nevada State Board of Education and the Clark County Board of School Trustees.
Principal Catherine Maggiore’s office at Vanderburg Elementary School is littered with New York Yankees memorabilia and pictures of shortstop Derek Jeter. But it is a recent addition to the room, a large baby blue plaque, that stands out. It reads: “2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools Award.”
Karen Phillips opened Clifford J. Lawrence Junior High School, 4410 S. Juliano Road, in 1999 as its inaugural principal.
The contest to name the mammoth skeleton at the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas drew dozens of votes from an unexpected place: war-torn Syria.
Backers of a Nevada tax initiative that was invalidated by a state judge have filed notice of appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court.
The teachers union stepped out of Clark County School District’s way in the nick of time Friday morning, signing off on the district’s application for $40 million of federal grant money just shy of today’s 1:30 p.m. extended deadline.
Like a parent forcing squabbling siblings to sit down and talk things out, Gov. Brian Sandoval came to Las Vegas on Thursday to broker an agreement between Clark County School District officials and teachers union leaders, who refused the district’s requests to collaborate on a $40 million federal grant and then blocked the district’s application.
Clark County School District officials have teetered on the tightrope separating legal and illegal campaign spending leading up to the Nov. 6 election.
Gov. Brian Sandoval offered Wednesday to meet personally with the Clark County teachers union and school district to help resolve a dispute that has prevented the district from applying for a $40 million federal education grant.