Education
Marissa Rasavong isn’t normal and she knows it. It became readily apparent one night at 11 p.m. She was still at work with Lake Elementary School’s other pre-kindergarten teacher when the police showed up. They were checking on a possible break-in that turned out to be the late-working teachers.
Odyssey, the state’s largest and second-oldest charter school, received a six-year contract renewal Thursday from Clark County School Board members, who unanimously agreed without debate to continue sponsoring the K-12 school near Jones Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.
Democratic legislative leaders called Wednesday for expanding the number of public schools with full-day kindergarten, limiting class sizes and increasing preschool learning opportunities for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Allegations of mismanagement at Quest Academy have led to the resignation of charter school President Christina Fuentes and prompted other board members to order Principal Connie Jordan to repay $15,000 in unmerited bonuses awarded to her by Fuentes.
View reviews some of the noteable education stories from last year.
At the Henderson-based Lion Habitat Ranch, 382 E. Bruner Drive, people have a chance to see – or potentially hold and even train – more than 40 lions.
The lions had been at the MGM Grand until January 2012.
Upon graduating high school, students can usually expect to see their classmates again in 10 years. For some Las Vegas Academy graduates, it has become an annual thing.
Move fifth-graders to middle schools, construct elementary schools entirely of portable buildings, or have students attend school in two shifts, from 7 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 6 p.m.
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