The Clark County School District has decided not to send its maintenance and custodial employees back to work at school sites after workers expressed concerns that they’ll be exposed to the novel coronavirus without adequate protection.
Aleksandra Appleton
Aleksandra joined the Review-Journal in June 2019 to cover higher education. She was previously the education reporter at the Fresno Bee in California, and prior to starting at the Bee, she got her master's in journalism from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
A Clark County School District food service employee has died after contracting coronavirus, district sources told the Review-Journal Thursday.
Superintendent Jesus Jara said the district and principals are working to find a way for seniors to graduate but added, “I don’t know what it’s going to look like.”
A second College of Southern Nevada student has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a notice posted on the college’s website Thursday.
A member of the Clark County School District transportation department has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to an email sent to district transportation staff Wednesday.
A member of the Mojave High School “family” has tested positive for coronavirus, the school said on Tuesday.
Medical students in Southern Nevada have taken on the work of screening potential cases of COVID-19 at the Cashman Field temporary homeless shelter in order to free up doctors and nurses to work with patients.
A College of Southern Nevada student has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case at the college.
Social distancing and distance education didn’t stop the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts wind symphony from putting on a performance over the weekend.
A plan for distance learning in the Clark County School District has been approved by Nevada’s state superintendent of public instruction.
Spring Valley High became the first Clark County School District school to hand out Chromebooks to students who need them to keep up academically during school closures.
Parents will be asked to provide either the student’s ID card, or the student’s name, identification number, school site and grade level, the district said Thursday.
The lessons are posted online, but to reach students who don’t have a computer or an internet connection, the district is printing packets and then distributing them via school buses.
Nevada’s public colleges and universities will postpone in-person graduation ceremonies this spring and remain on online-only instruction through the end of the year.
Two UNLV employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the university said Wednesday.