Nevada State College President Bart Patterson paused during the Henderson school’s spring 2014 commencement of its largest class ever Saturday to allow students to snap a few selfies, but only after taking one himself.
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The Lincy Institute at UNLV has weighed in on Senate Bill 391, a study set in motion by the 2013 Legislature to examine community college governance, funding and responsiveness to workforce demands. On Friday the group unveiled a policy brief recommending a two-tier structure that Nevada’s top three universities from the state’s two- and four-year colleges.
The online system that Clark County families use to track student progress is being replaced this summer with a program that allows access to a broader information. Infinite Campus allows families to see student schedules, assignments, grades, attendance records, learning plans, to-do lists and notices available in real-time.
Foothill High School was briefly on lockdown Friday morning because of an “incident involving a substitute teacher,” according to Clark County School District spokeswoman Melinda Malone.
Jake Pereira, UNR’s student body president, will keep his position after the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate voted Wednesday not to impeach him.
A program boasting one of the highest graduation rates among high school students likely to drop out will continue and grow in the Clark County School District next year, due to a unanimous approval from the School Board on Thursday. Jobs for America’s Graduates helps struggling students catch up through tutoring and other efforts. It grew to nine schools this year and next year will be in 10 high schools.
Settlements paid out by the Clark County School District will have to reach new heights before being brought to the School Board in public meetings, according to a policy change approved on Thursday in reaction to a change in state law. Whereas the district’s previous policy only brought settlements, awards and payments for workers’ compensations claims to the School Board for $75,000 or more, that threshold is now $100,000.
An assistant football coach at Hug High School in Northern Nevada is accused of providing alcohol and marijuana to two female students at his home.
The proposed 2 percent business tax has gone from a reasonable plan to help fund public schools to one lonesome and unloved idea.