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Clark County school trustees delay vote on gender policy

The Clark County School Board once again delays a vote on whether to craft a policy on how to address the needs of gender-diverse students, sparking backlash at individual trustees from people on both sides of the controversial debate.

 
Las Vegas teen arrested after threatening shooting at Rancho High

Police said the student called one of the district offices and made the threat, after which police were able to track him down and arrest him without incident Wednesday evening in a public place.

Student traumatized by Las Vegas shooting loses scholarship

But regaining a sense of normalcy has been made even more difficult recently after the College of Southern Nevada student learned that she lost her Millennium Scholarship.

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North Las Vegas student defies homelessness, earns scholarship

Sebastian Crawford, 17, a senior at Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, recently became the only student in Nevada and one of just 106 nationally to earn a $25,000 Horatio Alger scholarship.

Clark County School Board members Child, Cavazos run for new terms

Two current Clark County School Board trustees — Kevin Child and Linda Cavazos — are hoping to keep their seats in November, while at least one newcomer will seek to join the board in a third race.

Las Vegas middle school teacher arrested on child sex charges

Kweku Turkson, 37, an English teacher at West Prep Academy, was arrested Friday by Metropolitan Police Department officers and is jailed on counts of lewdness and attempted lewdness with a minor.

UNLV politics professor Ted Jelen dies after long illness

Ted Jelen, a professor credited with helping raise the profile of the UNLV politics science department over the last two decades, died Tuesday after a lengthy illness. He was 65.

Clark County’s recovery high school helps at-risk pupils

Mission High School, the district’s new program for students struggling with alcohol or drugs, has grown from six students to 21 in its first two months of operation.

New committee digs into big Clark County school budget deficit

The Clark County School District’s new Community Budget Advisory Committee met for the first time Friday in Las Vegas to begin looking into ways to avoid future budget holes.