A new method of allocating what were once known Senate Bill 178 funds, or weighted funding, has cost some schools hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
The Clark County School District will begin bringing its youngest students back into classrooms March 1, the district said in a memo to employees sent Wednesday.
The Clark County School District is ordering “essential” employees back to campuses this month, according to a memo sent by the district late Friday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At the age most kids are learning to read, 5-year-old Justyn Boumah of Las Vegas wrote his 12th book. Now he’s raising money to help homeless youth and promote literacy in his hometown and beyond.
If Clark County School District students don’t go back to campuses this school year, the district may have to cut nearly 1,500 staff jobs, according to a memo presented at a board meeting Thursday.
The Southern Nevada Health District will support reopening Clark County schools should the school board vote to do so, even if local health data hasn’t met ideal conditions, the acting chief health officer said Thursday night.
A Las Vegas data analytics company has served the Clark County School District with a cease-and-desist letter, charging that the district copied its data visualization platform and barred schools from working with the company.
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.
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The awards ceremony was a highlight of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant week that confirmed the city as a global dining destination.
A pedestrian was found dead Thursday morning south of Harry Reid International Airport in what police are describing as a possible hit-and-run.
Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
Heat records were set from Las Vegas to Arizona and California. Death Valley topped at 122. Highs might be 5 to 8 degrees cooler by weekend.