The 5-2 vote came with opposition from Trustees Danielle Ford and Linda Young, who protested that his employment was not handled properly.
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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.
The teachers union is still standing by its threat of one if the Clark County School District does not meet its demands.
Law enforcement agencies say they have strengthened partnerships to ensure the roughly 321,000 students returning to public schools next week are secure in their classrooms.
The married owners of a now-shuttered boarding school in Amargosa Valley were formally charged Tuesday with 45 counts each of child abuse or neglect.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara has selected Maria Marinch as the district’s new chief communications and government relations officer.
Parents of Clark County School District students are reminded that they will need to have proof of a variety of immunizations before kids return to school next Monday.
The Clark County School Board will vote Thursday on a $100,000 settlement with the mother of Dalvin Brown, who was shot and killed at Canyon Springs High School last year.
The state’s two largest school district announced a security breach this week that affected more than 600,000 students currently or previously enrolled in the school systems.
The complaint filed this week alleges that the school district and Maysen Melton’s parents failed to protect his fellow students despite his record as a sexual predator.
School police arrested a Mojave High School teacher and coach on Monday who is faced with charges of kidnapping, child abuse and sale of a controlled substance.
Gov. Steve Sisolak is donating his second-quarter salary to Nevada’s public schools, the second time this year he has signed over his paycheck to help the state’s schools.
The Clark County School District started the random searches in November. The year ended with a record number of weapons confiscations, but none were a result of the searches.
The temporary injunction issued in District Court prevents the state charter authority from taking any action to shut the online charter school until its lawsuit is decided.
The Clark County School District will not eliminate the jobs of roughly 170 middle and high school deans as previously announced, Superintendent Jesus Jara said Wednesday.
Gov. Steve Sisolak says state school districts will receive money promised by extending a state payroll tax despite a lawsuit by Senate Republicans challenging its legality.