Program aimed at helping schools with lowest-performing students will flow to about 100 county schools, but some that received money through the program won’t receive any this year.
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Meghin Delaney covers immigration for the Review-Journal. She joined the staff in December 2016 after working for the Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Florida, and The Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, New York. A graduate of Syracuse University, Meghin was born and raised in Massachusetts.
The struggling Argent Preparatory Academy in Northern Nevada could be the first charter school to be shut by the state after officials voted Friday to pull the plug on its turnaround effort.
After hours of public comment, the Clark County School Board voted 4-3 late Thursday night to move forward with a plan to craft a policy relating to students with “gender diverse identities.”
Trustee Kevin Child vowed to sue after the Clark County School Board on Thursday night narrowly approved a settlement over a harassment complaint against the district.
Clark County School District trustee Kevin Child said Wednesday that it’s a shame the district intends to settle a workplace harassment complaint against him, reiterating his contention that he’s never done anything “to make anyone feel uncomfortable in my life.”
A new bylaw expected to be adopted by the Nevada teacher’s union would allow it to put local affiliates under a “trusteeship,” a move that leaders of the local see as a direct attack on them in response to an ongoing legal battle.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s final State of the Schools address on Wednesday was a two-hour celebration of the district’s recent successes. But it was overshadowed by his impending departure.
District officials, school police will decide on any requests pending development of a policy implementing 1989 state law authorizing the practice, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky says in a memo.
Spring Valley High School’s former cheer coach was arrested Monday on felony charges that involve sexual misconduct.
Embattled Clark County School Board Trustee Kevin Child will sue if the school board approves a settlement of a workplace harassment complaint against him, his attorney said Tuesday.
The joint effort, spearheaded by Foothill High School Principal Lisa Burkhead, will focus on some of the “softer” aspects of education to ensure students are learning the values that will create well-rounded, responsive citizens.
Teachers and other staff are allowed to bring firearms to school with permission from school officials under a Nevada law passed decades ago but never implemented by the district.
The Clark County School Board is expected to approve a settlement for the school district’s second-in-command arising from a complaint over inappropriate actions by Trustee Kevin Child, according to sources familiar with the matter.
A proposed elementary school in Henderson will probably shrink in size to serve 130 fewer students to please city officials.
Students in Clark County joined young Americans around the country Wednesday by walking out of class to honor victims of last month’s mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.