Clark County educators look to increase tutoring
Nearly 36,000 students last year were eligible for free tutoring, but only 14 percent signed up.
School district officials are eager for students to take advantage of the opportunity this year.
One service, offered through the Clark County Education Association's Community Foundation, will begin offering tutoring on Oct. 12.
Students can receive as much as 42 hours of tutoring after school or on a Saturday morning.
Applications already should have been mailed to eligible students, but forms are also available in the main offices of participating schools.
To be eligible, a student must qualify for free-and-reduced lunch and attend one of the 82 schools in the Clark County School District that is designated as Title I, meaning it primarily serves low-income students.
They are the following elementary schools:
Beckley, Bowler, Carson, Cozine, Craig, Cunningham, Dearing, Ira J. Earl, Edwards, Elizondo, Fitzgerald, Fong, Goldfarb, Griffith, Hancock, Harris, Herr, Herron, Hollingsworth, Iverson, Kelly, Lake, Long, Manch, Martinez, McCaw, McWilliams, Mendoza, Moore, Paradise, Petersen, Pittman, Priest, Doris Reed, Ronnow, Ronzone, Rundle, Hal Smith, Stanford, Tate, Robert Taylor, Tobler, Vegas Verdes, Virgin Valley, Warren, Wengert, Whitney, Tom Williams, Woolley and Wynn.
They also include the middle schools:
Bailey, Bridger, Brinley, Brown, Cashman, Cortney, Findlay, Fremont, Garside, Gibson, Harney, Hughes, Johnston, Keller, Knudson, Jerome Mack, Martin, Monaco, O'Callaghan, Robison, Sawyer, Sedway, Swainston, Von Tobel, West Prep and Woodbury.
They include the high schools of Canyon Springs, Del Sol, Desert Pines, Mojave, Rancho and Western.
Tutoring is paid with federal funds from No Child Left Behind and the federal stimulus.
