Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara heralded the meeting as one that moved parties in the right direction to find a solution for adequate funding.
Amelia Pak-Harvey
Reporter: Education
Phone: 702-383-4630
Amelia covers K-12 education for the Review-Journal, where she came after covering education for two years at the Lowell Sun in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is a Boston University graduate with degrees in political science and journalism, and her awards include first place in education reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. She’s a proud North Carolina native.
17 Nevada students received $2,500 scholarships among the roughly 15,000 finalists in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program competition.
Such a strike would be illegal under Nevada law, and the Clark County Education Association could face fines up to $50,000 per day if educators walked off the job.
Washoe and Clark County school districts say that even with the extra money the governor has added to the budget, they’d be running a deficit for next school year if they paid it. Here’s why.
A 16-year-old student has been charged with battery following a fight at Centennial High School on Wednesday that sent a classmate to the hospital, according to school police.
A staff member at Green Valley High School observed the gun in the car Friday and alerted police, who were able to identify the driver and take him into custody.
Stopping new charter schools in Nevada until 2021 is no longer on the table following the substantial modification of the bill that first proposed a moratorium, but now requires the State Public Charter School Authority to establish a plan for charter school growth.
A bill that would tweak the 2015 mandated reorganization of the Clark County School District would reclassify certain funds used for schools, a move the district said would decrease the burden on principals.
A former Clark County School District teacher participated in sex acts with a teenage student multiple times in 2012 before fleeing Nevada, according to records from his recent arrest in East Texas.
School police on Thursday arrested a 38-year-old man accused of bringing a gun onto the campus of Culley Elementary School.
Gov. Steve Sisolak will donate his salary to high-poverty schools across the state, a move intended to fulfill his campaign promise of giving his earnings to charity until public education improves in Nevada.
Attendance in the Clark County School District dropped on Monday — the designated make-up day for the Feb. 22 snow day— compared with the comparable day last year.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s commitment to his mother was enough to get 78-year-old Minnette Griffin’s vote on Saturday at the True Love Missionary Baptist Church in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside.
If the Clark County School District gets more money from the Legislature, can it spend responsibly? That’s the age-old question that crops up whenever Nevada talks about funding education.
Staff and parents at Decker Elementary say Principal Alice Roybal-Benson has created a hostile work environment that has led to low morale and high turnover among the staff. But they’re concerned the district won’t take action.