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The Clark County School District has toughened its bullying policy, including ordering principals to inform parents within one school day that a student is either a victim of bullying or accused of bullying.
Thousands of Clark County School District support staff backed Teamsters Local 14 over their current union in a Tuesday election, but whether the workers will get new representation at the bargaining table remains in question.
Richard Steele has experienced it all in the world of boxing.
”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 College of Southern Nevada has been designated as a Hispanic-serving institution by federal education authorities, opening the door to hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant opportunities for the school, president Michael Richards said Monday.
A west Las Vegas Valley elementary school was evacuated after an oven in the cafeteria caught fire Monday morning.
Centennial High School math teacher Carminda Ranches, a stalwart figure at the northwest valley campus, was recently named Clark County’s Educator of the Month for December.
It seems Sandoval is prepared to gamble much of his political capital on a plan to drag Nevada into the future after 150 years of modest goals, tight spending and reliance on gaming and tourism to provide the basic needs of hardy Nevadans and a school system whose graduation rate is one of the worst in the nation.
Gov. Brian Sandoval warned Friday that if Nevada lawmakers don’t extend sun-setting taxes and approve new tax revenue the state could face across-the-board budget cuts as deep as 20 percent, damaging an already dismal education system.
In a Friday ceremony Building D at the College of Southern Nevada’s West Charleston campus was named for Paul Meacham.
When the Civil War breaks out, 17-year-old Roy Fox is asked to use his knowledge of the area’s terrain to carry messages to Confederate leaders. His elusiveness in evading Union capture earns him the title The Gray Fox.