The Clark County School Board took two steps toward reopening school buildings, giving principals the ability to bring small groups of students back to campuses on a voluntary basis as well as approving an agreement with its teachers union aimed at a broader future reopening.
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The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
Clark County School District students received more failing grades during the fall semester of distance learning than in previous school years, according to district data.
The School Board on Thursday will consider opening schools to small groups of kindergartners through third graders for “voluntary academic and socio-emotional intervention.”
Policy requiring schools to maintain effective libraries has the potential to improve lagging literacy rates, but critics say it runs afoul of the 2017 reorganization of the district.
Some Clark County School District parents wonder if it’s worth transitioning to in-person classes late in the school year. Others want students in class as soon as possible.
The problem with Google Meet, the service used for live classes throughout the district, marked the third time this week that online classes have experienced technical issues.
A CCSD teacher is a semifinalist for the Grammys Music Educator of the Year award, the only candidate from Nevada among 25 teachers nationwide in the running for a $20,000 prize.
High school junior’s passion project designed to share her love of reading and ballet with younger kids led her to create an online class that marries the two.
The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
The app-based program known as TIES allows employees to screen themselves for symptoms, participate in contact tracing and schedule free COVID-19 tests.
New air purification systems that neutralize the coronavirus are coming to CCSD nurses’ offices and isolation rooms as part of the district’s efforts to ready campuses for reopening.
The Clark County school board will not take a vote on reopening schools or bringing staff back to classrooms at its Oct. 22 meeting next week.
A recent lawsuit filed by the Clark County School District principals’ union charges that the district has violated the reorganization law that put that power in the hands of schools.
The Clark County school board will hear a plan next week to transition the district to a hybrid instructional model over the coming months, according to a district statement.