The Clark County School District has a $2 billion budget — and no chief financial officer to manage it. With a reorganization looming, the next head honcho of finances faces a gigantic task overseeing the nation’s fifth-largest district.
Aleksandra Appleton
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Emmanuel Berrelleza is one of two Nevada students selected for the national youth Senate program, and will travel next month to Washington, D.C., where he’ll meet President Donald Trump.
An FBI raid and news that the Celerity Educational Group was under federal investigation added to the controversy around the Nevada’s Achievement School District.
There are many terms used to describe Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Education.
The school district and fellow trustees face an odd dilemma in addressing behavioral issues with Trustee Kevin Child, one of the district’s top seven bosses.
Watching Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky confront the school board last week was like tuning into a soap opera.
Combine educational issues with Nevada’s upcoming legislative session and you’ve got a scene straight from the movie “Jerry Maguire”: Show me the money.
The charter takeover issue has turned into a finger-pointing battle between the Clark County School District and the newly-formed Achievement School District.
An Advisory Committee’s decision to hire a consultant for $1.2 million blindsided the Clark County School District, done in a harried manner that left many officials scratching their heads.
As high school students across the country examine this year’s unusual election in their civics classes, a group of teenagers in Las Vegas hope to do more than just observe the political process.
Depending on which candidate you ask, Southern Nevada voters are terrified of the approved plan to reorganize the Clark County School District. Or they love it. Or they have no idea what you’re talking about.
The College of Southern Nevada unveiled a new women’s softball field last week, the school’s latest move in an ambitious expansion to its athletic department.
Schools in only three states — Nevada, Mississippi and Utah — still operate under an opt-in mandate for sex education courses. And when the Clark County School Board debated whether it should lobby lawmakers to remove the Silver State from that short list, some members of the public weren’t terribly happy.
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