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Cheerleaders, band, and a guy carrying a gun kicked off the 2012-2013 school year Monday. Clark County School District 357 principals, forced to make tough decisions after already having lost 1,015 teaching positions through attrition and mass layoffs at the end of last school year to cover the cost of mandatory teacher pay raises.

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