A man who ran from police prompted two Clark County School District schools to be placed on lockdown Monday afternoon near Tropical Parkway and Commerce Street, North Las Vegas police said.
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State officials on Friday delayed a pair of votes affecting the way employees at Nevada’s seven higher education institutions are fired and transferred between schools.
Without leaving their desks, about 1,500 students at Leavitt Middle School this week swam with fish on the Great Barrier Reef, preyed upon a praying mantis in the Galapagos Islands and climbed the peaks of Machu Picchu.
Even as officials begin preparations to split up the mammoth Clark County School District in a few years, Henderson is already creating what amounts to its own mini-school system.
A Rancho High School history teacher was arrested Thursday on numerous charges, including having sex with a pupil, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and kidnapping.
”In Lieu of Therapy” is a collection of journal entries, religious reflections, short stories and poetry written over a lifetime by Las Vegas writer Rena C. Winters. Winters is also the author of “Smurfs: The Inside Story of the Little Blue Characters.”
The Clark County School District saw more than 18,000 students apply for magnet school programs next fall, nearly 2,000 more than applied last year, officials said. The application deadline, which ended Tuesday, had been pushed to February as district officials worked out an evolving transportation plan for those students accepted to magnet programs.
A former Givens Elementary School janitor is accused of videotaping coworkers as they used the bathroom, the Clark County School District said Tuesday.
The president of the University of Nevada, Reno was given a 3-percent raise and a 3-year extension on his contract by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday.
It’s going to cost a buck more to attend events at the Thomas & Mack Center. The $1 facility fee will support the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ ongoing improvements to the aging home to the Runnin’ Rebels. The fee will be added to all tickets for all Thomas & Mack events starting in July.
Leaders of the state’s two largest charter school sponsors met for the first time Wednesday to plan for the coming legislative session that many expect will focus on expanding school choice.
UNR showcased its latest research on drones and robots Friday in an effort to raise awareness about the school’s new program to spur their development.
The Clark County School Board will decide next week whether to build new classrooms for the well-aged Boulder City High School or replace Rex Bell Elementary School.
The state’s public college campuses plan to continue to ban pot even as Nevada is moving toward opening its first medical marijuana dispensaries early next year, the Board of Regents indicated Thursday.
High-ranking Clark County schools official Bramby Tollen was supposed to be on medical leave, unable to work while continuing to draw her $106,560 annual salary.
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