Teachers reported long lines at district testing sites on Tuesday, including more than 100 people at Mojave High School in North Las Vegas at the height of the rush.
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.
Michael Kagan was supposed to have surgery Aug. 4 at MountainView Hospital to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his neck, but it was delayed due to capacity issues.
A new school year began Monday for more than 300,000 students in the Clark County School District with full-time in-person classes and distance learning options.
The Clark County School District began a new school year Monday with in-person classes for all grade levels and distance learning options available to those who want them.
More than 300,000 students head back to Clark County School District classrooms Monday. The new school year begins with full-time in-person classes and distance learning options.
Testing for employees will happen “outside of their contractual workday” at designated school district sites starting Monday, according to a memo.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara delivered a speech Tuesday from Wynn Las Vegas to school administrators. It was also livestreamed online.
Ronnow Elementary School Principal Michelee Cruz-Crawford enlisted in November 2020 and will be in training Tuesday through Sept. 30 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Nevada’s public charter schools will decide independently whether to require young students to wear face masks, but must comply with state rules.
Democracy Prep and the state’s charter school system are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges a student’s rights were violated during assignments about privilege and oppression.
In a memo released Tuesday night, Chancellor Melody Rose wrote the requirement will apply to “all unvaccinated and vaccinated NSHE students, employees, and members of the public.”
The Clark County School District is facing widespread teaching and staff vacancies with less than two weeks before a new school year begins, district officials said Wednesday.
The district sent emails and made robocalls to parents on Tuesday morning advising that all staff and students will be required to wear masks indoors and on district buses.
Proponents of face masks on college campuses this fall on Friday urged the Nevada Board of Regents to go beyond a mandate for employees OK’d by the Clark County Commission.
UNLV officials provided an update on the project Wednesday during a construction site tour on Shadow Lane. The facility is scheduled for completion in summer 2022.
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