The Las Vegas campus was recognized Friday by the U.S. Department of Education as an “exemplary high performing school.”
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A 16-year-old student was arrested Thursday after allegedly bringing a gun to campus, school police said.
Roy Goodell has been employed with the school district since 2002, and he is currently working from home, the school district said.
The mother of a teenager who was stabbed in December at Cimarron-Memorial High School has filed a lawsuit against the Clark County School District.
The Washoe County School District and University of Nevada, Reno, canceled in-person classes Wednesday because of hazardous air quality.
An east Las Vegas elementary school stopped allowing students to use tap water this week because of a leaking water main on campus, but the issue was resolved Wednesday.
Argenta Hall welcomed back students in mid-August at the University of Nevada, Reno. Blasts in July 2019 injured eight people and led to significant building damage.
The Nevada Supreme Court has once again blocked a ballot initiative that proposed a voucher-style measure that would allow parents to use state funds to pay for private education.
The “Community Schools Initiative” aims to revamp Nevada’s “outdated and underperforming K-12 education system” and could appear on the 2024 ballot.
The nonprofit Bloom Academy opened in August 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It serves homeschooled children and is part of a microschooling movement.
Across the district, suspensions last year were down 10 percent from the 2018-2019 school year, according to student discipline data presented by the district Thursday.
The Board of Regents voted Friday to postpone considering Nevada State College’s proposed name change until December.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents approved a “critical labor shortage” status for University Police Services during a Thursday meeting at Great Basin College in Elko.
The tally doesn’t include those that experienced air conditioning outages affecting just some classrooms or a portion of a building.
After a contentious year with certain members of the school board, Jara’s contract will expire in January 2023.