Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Monday that he will create a task force to recommend a series of school safety initiatives for inclusion in the final state budget prepared on his watch.
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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.
Two struggling Clark County public schools have been “partnered” with state-authorized charters in a bid to improve their academic performance, state officials confirmed Monday.
When a lockdown is called in a Clark County school — whether it’s a drill or a real “active assailant situation” — teachers are expected to quickly hustle students out of hallways and into classrooms, lock the doors and turn off lights and get everyone into a hidden position.
The planned elementary school in North Las Vegas was intended to ease overcrowding at existing schools in the area, but the charter school’s unexpected opening relieved the problem before construction began.
A “separate-and-rehabilitate” model, a student tribunal and a dedicated staffer who works with students on behavioral issues all aim to proactively catch bad behavior early and prevent it from escalating.
Dean Lewis II was arrested on suspicion of possession of a dangerous weapon on campus at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas, school Capt. Ken Young said. BB guns are considered as dangerous weapons on school grounds.
About 50 students from Hyde Park Middle School Academy of Science and Mathematics got what is likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR race Sunday.
The students — a male and a female, both 17 — were taken into custody at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas and Desert Rose High School in North Las Vegas. Police say neither of the students had made threats.
The Clark County School District got a $10,000 bump from the Raiders, as part of an NFL grant program encouraging students to be more active.
Professional development for teachers in the Clark County School District will again be daylong affairs next year after the state Department of Education ruled that the program’s current incremental structure violates Nevada law.
Opinion from Nevada attorney general’s office says that provisions of the district’s collective bargaining agreement conflict with the process by which teachers are “surplussed” twice a year to match resources with student population.
Clark County schools had a chance to lead the nation in training employees on appropriate relationships with students but instead issued flawed videos that fail to address a number of concerns, according to experts who reviewed the new recordings at the request of the Review-Journal.
A student was arrested Friday after allegedly issuing a threat aimed at Cadwallader Middle School, Clark County School District officials announced Friday afternoon. It was the second arrest of a Clark County student this week.
Police said the student called one of the district offices and made the threat, after which police were able to track him down and arrest him without incident Wednesday evening in a public place.
After a push last year from Gov. Brian Sandoval, more Nevada high schools began offering an AP computer science principles course and students responded.