MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Inc. and Station Casinos are the latest major companies to have gaming floor capacity and social distancing restrictions waived by Nevada regulators. Silverton also got the green light.
Reopening Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s Las Vegas gaming floors have been given the green light to operate at full capacity, effective Monday.
The Consumer Technology Association announced CES 2022 will take place for four days starting Jan. 5.
Capacity and social distancing rules would be completely lifted once 60 percent of eligible residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Two of the shows in the upcoming Broadway Las Vegas series are holdovers from what would have been the 2020-21 season.
Another Las Vegas hotel-casino is getting ready to expand its hotel operating hours.
The school district also presented a proposed reopening plan that would return prekindergarten to 3rd grade students to classrooms first, followed by older students.
The Clark County school board will not take a vote on reopening schools or bringing staff back to classrooms at its Oct. 22 meeting next week.
The Clark County school board will receive another update on COVID-19 and the district’s response at a virtual meeting Thursday beginning at 5 p.m.
Clark County School District unions representing teachers and support staff are making plans for reopening schools in anticipation of a vote on the issue as early as late October.
Clark County School District parents protested at the district’s administration building on Wednesday, saying they feel shut out of the conversation around reopening schools.
Monday was the first day of school at a handful of local campuses that are offering in-person instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clark County School District representatives said a guide will be released in the next couple of weeks to answer families’ questions about distance learning this fall.
Clark County School District students will start the 2020-21 school year remotely following a vote from the School Board on Tuesday night to approve a full-time return to distance learning.
Some Nevada families dissatisfied with the school options available to them this fall are turning instead to microschool options.
Many teachers say CCSD should follow the example of big public school districts in California and adopt an online-only start to the year.
With schools around the country preparing to start remotely in the fall, the possibility of a full-time return to distance learning is looming over Clark County schools.
The Clark County School District has received approval from the Nevada Department of Education to delay the start of the school year for students to Aug. 24, Superintendent Jesus Jara said in a town hall Monday.
Clark County School District trustees continue their discussion of the proposed schools reopening plan at a special board meeting.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara on Friday addressed additional questions about the district’s reopening plans in August.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara on Wednesday answered questions about the plan to reopen schools ahead of a presentation to the School Board.