UNLV medical students and others joined Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday during the opening celebration for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine in Las Vegas.
Education
The Clark County School Board voted Wednesday to extend embattled Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract for another 3½ years.
Current high school seniors and college students are invited to apply until Jan. 31. More than 900 scholarships are available.
The board is set to discuss and possibly vote on a contract extension for Jesus Jara at a work session Wednesday morning, when educators, students and parents likely will be in school or at work.
November’s general election has the potential to flip or maintain the current balance of power on a board where decisions are consistently decided with a 4-3 vote.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and The Rogers Foundation are accepting nominations through Jan. 13.
Clark County School District seniors are invited to apply for scholarships awarded by The Rogers Foundation. The application deadline is Feb. 5.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the students by attorneys with the Thomas More Society, a conservative legal group.
When school bus driver Vicente Linan pulled over for a second time on his way back from a Henderson public school, a girl grabbed the steering wheel and said she would drive.
The Clark County School Board announced that it will discuss and possibly vote on extending Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract next week.
Clark County School District trustees voted 5-2 Thursday night to accept Jara’s final evaluation score of 3.2 and rate him “highly effective.” Trustees Danielle Ford and Linda Cavazos voted against the decision.
The Clark County School District is no longer requiring employees to fill out a COVID-19 daily symptom questionnaire before reporting to work.
On Wednesday afternoon the After School All Stars Las Vegas announced the expansion of their program with a nearly $5 million dollar grant from the Clark County School District.
The review comes four months before Superintendent Jesus Jara’s contract is set to expire in January. The vote was 4-3.
The Legislative Commission on Tuesday approved a regulation with specific steps to be taken if the Clark County School District doesn’t follow a 2017 measure that gives individual schools more control.