The College of Southern Nevada didn’t meet eligibility requirements for the federal designation this year, but college officials say the school’s status is still active.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
An unknown number of Clark County School District educators received the payment last week. Superintendent Jara apologized in a message for the “payroll mistake.”
A mother’s lawsuit claims a Sunrise Acres Elementary School teacher put tape around her daughter’s mouth during class.
CCSD said “various factors” must be considered when evaluating significant changes to school schedules.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering immunization clinics so students can get vaccinated before the new school year begins Aug. 7.
The Clark County School District’s three-week “Summer Acceleration” program, which is free for families, concludes Friday.
A mother said she was disappointed students in the “Program Approach to Career Employment” class did not have their pictures included in the yearbook.
Sarina Ali, a seventh grader at the private Omar Haikal Islamic Academy, misspelled “toluene” during round four of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday.
Of the 176 licensed employees listed as leaving the district in the May report, more than 60 are special education teachers.
Sarina Ali, sponsored by the Public Education Foundation, participated in the preliminaries Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland.
Gov. Joe Lombardo held a signing ceremony for Assembly Bill 73. The changes go into effect immediately amid high school graduation season.
Danielle Ford, who was elected to the Clark County School Board in 2018 and lost the general election in November, hopes to launch a podcast by the beginning of June.
The Clark County School District filed a complaint May 17 against the Clark County Education Association.
Amid a teacher shortage, the nation’s fifth-largest district relies on educators from the Philippines to help cover hard-to-fill positions in elementary school, special education, and math and science.
The Nevada Senate passed Assembly Bill 282, which would require school districts to provide long-term substitute teachers with a subsidy to buy health insurance.
