Authorities are investigating an incident on Friday morning in which two adult men attempted to abduct a Tarkanian Middle School student on the way to a bus stop, the school said in two messages to parents on Friday.
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.
Taking issue with a Clark County School District spokesman’s suggestion that last week’s storm damaged the air conditioner at J.D. Smith Middle School, teachers say the balky system has been a problem for years.
Students at Adcock Elementary School in Las Vegas were without air conditioning on Thursday after an early morning power outage.
A man who reportedly tried to lure students into his car on their way to Richard Bryan Elementary School on Tuesday was offering them a ride after dropping his own child off at school, Las Vegas police say.
Students at J.D. Smith Middle School spent their third day of school on Wednesday with a faulty air conditioning system, a problem that may have resulted from the storm that blasted the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.
The president of the Clark County School Board is requesting that the new superintendent examine policies on travel expenses following a Review-Journal analysis showing she left a bullying conference last year in Orlando early to go to Disney World.
Officer James Lescinsky, who was acquitted in a federal excessive force case in 2016, alleges that a tainted investigation left him branded as a liar and leaves him with no prospect of finding new employment.
Longstanding animosities hang over the Clark County School District, but there are also signs of a new sense of hope as a new superintendent seeks to harness energy, support and excitement “for CCSD and for the children.”
Clark County School Board trustees once again cast a split vote to push through a policy addressing the needs of transgender students, after a final meeting of lengthy public comment that featured both support and opposition from parents.
High healthcare costs. Frozen salaries. Low morale. Those were the issues that dozens of Clark County School District employees highlighted at a packed School Board meeting on Thursday evening, just four days before the start of school.
Complaint against health insurer administered by Clark County teachers union and the company hired to manage its provider network says the duo violated its contacts by presenting it with a four-year claims backlog.
The new leader of the Clark County School District continues to restructure the duties of senior staff before the first day of school next week.
Superintendent Jesus Jara says district cannot afford to pay teachers the $51.5 million awarded in arbitration and fund the 3 percent one-time payment to all employees. The district is deciding whether to again appeal the arbitration award.
Budget cuts, a raise that was withheld and rising health care rates leave many of those who support the Clark County School District’s educators saying, “Enough. I just can’t take this anymore.”
Melody Carter, 58, was accused of hitting a 5-year-old student with a stick in May at Harmon Elementary, according to a police report.