The Clark County School District’s Attendance Zone Advisory Commission heard an enrollment report Tuesday but took no action. The district had 303,061 students, as of Sept. 1.
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.
Longtime P.E. teacher Melissa Wolfbrandt filed a lawsuit that accuses the private Las Vegas school of age and sex discrimination.
Education nonprofit Opportunity 180 held a “Flip the Script” student-led discussion Thursday, which was streamed live online, ahead of the November general election.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted unanimously Friday to approve the expansion. The new campus will serve up to 645 students.
Heather Brown and Jeanine Dakduk are seeking a six-year term on the 13-member Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.
Former elected official Susan Brager and David “Coach” Crete are seeking a six-year term in the District 7 seat on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
Las Vegas elementary school principal Michelee “Shelly” Crawford and Elko community college professor John Patrick Rice want to serve on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents.
John Moran, an attorney, faces off against advertising executive Stephanie Goodman for the District 13 seat on the state’s higher education board.
Current high school seniors and college students are invited to apply until Jan. 31. More than 900 scholarships are available.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and The Rogers Foundation are accepting nominations through Jan. 13.
Clark County School District seniors are invited to apply for scholarships awarded by The Rogers Foundation. The application deadline is Feb. 5.
The Clark County School District is no longer requiring employees to fill out a COVID-19 daily symptom questionnaire before reporting to work.
The Legislative Commission on Tuesday approved a regulation with specific steps to be taken if the Clark County School District doesn’t follow a 2017 measure that gives individual schools more control.
A ribbon cutting and opening event was held Tuesday at the West Henderson Library on Bicentennial Parkway. It included western-themed activities.
Borrowers who meet income requirements can get up to $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness, and Pell Grant recipients can get up to $20,000.
