Teachers told Nevada legislators a law has hindered their ability to immediately deal with disruptive and violent students.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Former Education Reporter
The substitute teacher wrote the n-word on a classroom whiteboard at Silvestri Junior High School STEAM Academy in Las Vegas.
Peterson Academic Center was mentioned during a March 22 joint meeting of the state’s Senate Committee on Education and Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Cassandra Valenti, an 18-year-old senior at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, is among 109 musicians selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.
The school-based health centers are located at the Clark County School District’s Family Support Center and Bailey Middle School in Las Vegas.
Bullying and fight accounts on platforms such as Instagram exist at campuses throughout the Clark County School District. Many posts are disturbing.
The event at Valley High School came the day after Gov. Joe Lombardo testified before the Assembly Committee on Education on a bill that would repeal a restorative justice law.
The Clark County School District is holding four meetings to get feedback about budget priorities for the next school year.
Clark County School Board trustees heard an information-only presentation Thursday about the topic but didn’t take action.
Gov. Joe Lombardo testified Thursday before the Assembly Committee on Education in support of Assembly Bill 330, which would repeal a school restorative justice requirement.
The dashboard will be updated regularly and include information about attendance rates, standardized test scores, enrollment and student behavior, officials said.
The Clark County School Board will consider authorizing a second $9 million settlement agreement in a case related to a former school bus driver who is serving prison time for sexually assaulting preschoolers.
The Assembly Committee on Education held a hearing Thursday on a bill that would lift a 2019 mandate to provide a plan before removing a student from a classroom or school.
The Clark County Education Association complaint says the changes for teachers at 23 elementary schools didn’t go through the collective bargaining process.
The document sent to superintendents questions how districts will use additional money in several areas, including for special education and at-risk students.