The state’s charter school authority board voted Friday to appoint GEMS Assistant Principal Michael Taack as the school’s trustee during the closing process.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
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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.
The Clark County School Board heard a presentation Thursday on results of the study about minority-owned and women-owned businesses.
The Clark County Education Association’s representative council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night seeking for Superintendent Jesus Jara to leave his job.
The Clark County School Board will decide Thursday whether to authorize four law firms to conduct litigation against various social media platforms.
Assembly Bill 175 would change the makeup of Clark County’s board to have elected and appointed members.
The Clark County School District campus serves students ages 3 to 22 who are medically fragile and have disabilities. The school recognized graduates on Friday.
The Clark County School Board voted 5-0 on Thursday to approve an agreement between the school district and Education Support Employees Association.
Those who receive a parking ticket between May 1 and June 16 in the city of Las Vegas can bring in new, unwrapped school supplies to pay the fine.
Demeasa Heard from Sedway Middle School was named the Clark County School District’s “Teacher of the Year” during an awards ceremony Wednesday at the South Point.
Despite enrollment in the Clark County School District dropping for five consecutive years, demand remains high for seats in its magnet programs.
School Board President Evelyn Garcia Morales said the community cannot accept violence any longer.
The announcement to end The Smith Center’s awards ceremony came last month after concerns about competition from a new Clark County School District awards program.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Tuesday that Jara asked to be considered for a superintendent job in Fort Lauderdale’s Broward County Public Schools.
The Clark County School Board will consider an agreement Thursday between the district and Education Support Employees Association.
Administrators at Derfelt Elementary School confiscated a firearm Thursday that a student brought to campus.
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