The federally mandated but not fully funded programs strain state and school district budgets.
Aleksandra Appleton
Education reporter
Email: aappleton@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara began his annual State of the Schools speech on Friday by focusing on the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures have had on the mental health of students and staff.
The Clark County School Board will allow spoken public comments at its meeting Thursday for the first time since the pandemic shuttered the boardroom’s doors in March.
The Clark County School District will begin bringing its youngest students back into classrooms March 1, the district said in a memo to employees sent Wednesday.
It’s the first in-person test of a spring testing season that will pose a particular challenge to a district still in full-time distance learning.
While some Clark County educators received their first doses of the vaccine last week, many others met with disappointment during a confusing rollout.
The Clark County School District is ordering “essential” employees back to campuses this month, according to a memo sent by the district late Friday.
Small groups of Clark County School District students could be back on campuses as soon as late February, Superintendent Jesus Jara said Friday.
The Clark County School Board took two steps toward reopening school buildings, giving principals the ability to bring small groups of students back to campuses on a voluntary basis as well as approving an agreement with its teachers union aimed at a broader future reopening.
With matches, seasons and championships, the improv league in the Clark County School District is modeled after traditional sports programs, says its founder.
The board is expected to decide Thursday whether to allow small groups of students to return to the classroom after 10 months of distance learning.
Clark County School District students received more failing grades during the fall semester of distance learning than in previous school years, according to district data.
The School Board on Thursday will consider opening schools to small groups of kindergartners through third graders for “voluntary academic and socio-emotional intervention.”
Policy requiring schools to maintain effective libraries has the potential to improve lagging literacy rates, but critics say it runs afoul of the 2017 reorganization of the district.
Some Clark County School District parents wonder if it’s worth transitioning to in-person classes late in the school year. Others want students in class as soon as possible.
