51°F
weather icon Mostly Cloudy

Zoning switch will help expand North Las Vegas school’s campus

Squires Elementary School moved a step closer to expanding the campus with a new 27,658-square-foot building.

The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted 4-0 to approve a zone change for 8 acres of residential property to a semipublic area, which will allow construction to start in March. Mayor John Lee was absent from the meeting because he was traveling in Washington, D.C.

Plans call for building a two-story building with 18 classrooms, 28 parking spaces and a new kindergarten playground for the school at Tonopah Avenue and McDaniel Street near the city’s downtown.

The new building is expected to be completed in July , replacing portable classrooms that were added about 15 years ago, a city report said.

Contact Art Marroquin at amarroquin@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0336. Follow @AMarroquin_LV on Twitter.

THE LATEST
Weapons violations, vandalism up at Southern Nevada universities

Weapons violations and vandalism doubled on university campuses in Southern Nevada in the past year, according to Arnold Vasquez, the director of University Police Services in the Southern command.