Students began moving in Monday in preparation for fall semester, which begins Aug. 24. The university plans to offer about 80 percent of its classes in a remote format.
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.
Nearly 100 in-person classes have quietly been held at Las Vegas Valley campuses since July 1, providing a semblance of educational normalcy. We step inside three of them.
The decision by the Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board on Friday reversed a previous decision to allow schools to create their own reopening plans.
The majority of schools offering in-person classes starting this month are restricting visitor and parent access due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rebecca Feiden, executive director of the State Public Charter School Authority, made the recommendation for schools in Clark, Washoe and Elko counties.
Monday was the first day of school at a handful of local campuses that are offering in-person instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Clark County School District has submitted a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to continue offering free meals to children using a drive-thru format this school year.
Schools are handing out tens of thousands of the basic laptop computers and arranging internet connections for students who would otherwise be left in the lurch.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Friday to change its board policy to comply with new federal sexual misconduct regulations.
The National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research announced the two-year grant Thursday. UNLV professor of surgery Dr. Deborah Kuhls is one of the principal investigators.
The private Catholic high school in Las Vegas will offer two options for families for fall semester: full-time in-person learning or online only.
UNLV is closing its curbside COVID-19 testing site because of intense summertime heat and because the Nevada National Guard will no longer be deployed to assist in the operation.
Nevada State College announced in May that it was tentatively planning an in-person ceremony for August, but it’s now aiming for later this year or spring 2021.
The teachers — along with other new licensed professionals such as school counselors — were asked to report to their school Wednesday for in-person or remote sessions.
The service provided two fixed routes connecting Nevada State College with the College of Southern Nevada’s Charleston, North Las Vegas and Henderson campuses.
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