At least four Las Vegas Valley schools that appealed to parents and donors to help them avoid a new round of staff cuts have raised enough money to save teaching jobs.
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.
About 45 to 50 people were pepper sprayed Thursday when school police used the agent to break up a large racially motivated fight at a central Las Vegas Valley high school. Four students were arrested, police said.
A post on social media that was reported to staff led to the arrest Tuesday of a student at Sunrise Mountain High School, according to Clark County School District police. Officers found an unloaded .38-caliber handgun in his backpack.
Both are political newcomers vying for the Clark County School Board District F seat, which encompasses the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley.
The Clark County School District and the state board that oversees charter schools have taken few measures to improve academic performance at struggling charters. Are they being held to a different standard that traditional public schools?
Fifteen Clark County School District teachers who were terminated in 2013 will receive back pay and benefits after a federal judge ruled in their favor. The victory quickly became a bone of contention between two rival teachers unions.
Clark County School District support staff, administrators and police administrators would receive a one-time 3 percent payment under an “unprecedented” agreement to finalize contracts through the end of the current school year.
The Department of Justice funds will be used primarily to train school personnel and students on school safety and develop school assessment systems, crisis intervention teams and technology for anonymous reporting tools.
Candidates for the Clark County School Board and Nevada Board of Regents tackled teacher retention, funding and accountability in a forum at the Public Education Foundation on Monday.
Goolsby Elementary School in Las Vegas is among the 349 schools nationwide to receive the ‘Blue Ribbon’ honor bestowed on schools that demonstrate academic excellence or significant progress in closing achievement gaps.
At the height of Rancho High School’s academic success, Principal James Kuzma had to cut over $1 million from the school’s budget. Nearly half of that was deleted because the school performed too well.
The online Nevada Virtual Academy charter school will close its elementary program at the end of this school year following its failure to meet academic goals spelled out in an performance-improvement agreement with the State Public Charter School Authority.
A Shadow Ridge High School student was arrested last week for bringing BB guns on school property, according to school police.
Bryan William Kline faces a charge of child abuse, neglect or endangerment — a category B felony that carries a possible sentence of one to six years in prison, according to the Clark County district attorney’s office.
Pawtastic Friends, founded in 2016 by Melissa and Michael Novelli, was born from a desire to socialize rescue dogs waiting for permanent homes.