“In the past, we’ve had a backward way of testing for lead,” said Shawn Gerstenberger, the interim dean of the school of community health sciences at UNLV. “We test children, and if they test positive for lead, then we test the house.” Now thanks to a a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, UNLV is teaming with the city of Henderson to test for and remove lead from older homes.
Clark County public schools will be changing the way staff reports child abuse and neglect if extensive policy changes are adopted by the School Board. The decision was postponed so that the revisions could be run by the Clark County Department of Family Services, district spokeswoman Kirsten Searer said.
Education briefs from across the Las Vegas Valley
Students at 10 Clark County public schools will be forced into year-round schedules starting this fall as a result of crowding at those campuses, according to an announcement Thursday by Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky.
Thirteen more courses will earn dual credit for Clark County public high school students, meaning these courses will count toward high school graduation and earn college credit.
The Nevada Commission on Ethics unanimously reached a settlement Wednesday with four Clark County School Board members and two former School Board members agreeing that each board member broke state law by spending taxpayer resources on campaigning. But they will receive no punishment.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky issued local business leaders a plea for help in reshaping the state’s school funding formula on Tuesday.
The Southern Nevada Health District said a total of 14 people from Coronado High School tested positive for tuberculosis after an exposure at the Henderson campus in November.
Hospitality Hall, a 95,000-square-foot hotel college building at UNLV, is one step closer to reality.
CARSON CITY — Teachers looking to use a Nov. 4 ballot question to pass the biggest education tax increase in Nevada history face opposition from a new business group determined to derail their efforts.
When Andre Agassi announced last week his financing of buildings for three charter schools in Southern Nevada, he described the projects as the potential “start of a pipeline” of new, local charters. Well, there’s already another deal to announce.
A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover $465 in delinquent meal accounts so all the kids can get the same full lunch tray.
Gun-shy about asking voters for another property tax increase after hearing a resounding 2-to-1 “No” 15 months ago, the Clark County School Board on Thursday balked at deciding whether to repeat the request on November’s ballot.
A $50 million academic building for UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration took an initial step Tuesday with the approval of a $2.8 million contract for architectural services.
The school campus at 9625 W. Saddle Ave. just got sent back a few grades.
