Not even an air horn could squelch the angry chant of “no” that spread among hundreds of Clark County School District support staff members who were asked to consider cutting ties to their parent unions Thursday.
Education
Las Vegas student Amna Raza’s run in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee came to an end Wednesday despite a perfect onstage performance.
Stowe Shoemaker will be the next dean of UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, university officials announced Wednesday.
Alan Filoteo believes he has the responsibility to excel as a leader in the Hispanic community.
It’s early one Thursday morning at Jay W. Jeffers Elementary School in Las Vegas, and Lisa Cabrera-Terry’s voice is spilling from the first-grade classroom where she’s reading about an illiterate grandma who surprises her family by learning to read.
It took “a lot of courage” for the Clark County School Board to hire Pat Skorkowsky as permanent superintendent, said board member and past president Linda Young, noting that her colleagues were “being hammered to do a national search.”
Military veterans who are students in the College of Southern Nevada’s air conditioning technology program will soon benefit from funds that were donated to the college.
The vote to make Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky permanent will be recast, but not because Clark County School Board members feel they violated the open meeting law Tuesday with their spontaneous interview and hire, said board President Carolyn Edwards on Friday.
The Nevada attorney general’s office will investigate the potential violation and issue an opinion. If the state finds that the School Board acted illegally, not only could the appointment be voided, Skorkowsky’s contract – to be negotiated June 3 by the School Board – would also be null.
Questions about the validity of the Clark County School Board’s late-night, whirlwind decision to permanently hire Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky on Tuesday are already swirling among those taken aback by the action.
A story that appeared in Tuesday’s Review-Journal about the Clark County School Board’s discussion on how to select a permanent superintendent should have said that board members Linda Young and Chris Garvey voiced support for appointing Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to the job and not conducting a national search.
As outside temperatures rise, the indoor adventures heat up at the Springs Preserve.
Some of the most vulnerable children — children in the foster care system with disabilities — need someone to make sure they get necessary services to excel in school. A 6-year-old program is providing that support but needs more volunteers to meet the growing demand for children who have no one else to help them in local schools. Sponsored by the nonprofit Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, the Educational Surrogate Parent Program trains volunteers to serve as student advocates during school meetings and for special education issues.
Look no further than your local library for a summertime activity that’s free and fun for children. Club Read is an activity that will keep kids entertained and give them a chance to win prizes that will really get them into reading.
While the current school year wraps up, Cox Communications is planning its 2013 back-to-school fairs. Event dates are Aug. 10 at Meadows mall, 4300 Meadows Lane; Aug. 17 at the Boulevard mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway; and Aug. 24 at The Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.