Two teachers, each facing misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace, appeared before judges and had their trial dates set.
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.
The Nevada System of Higher Education announced Wednesday that it has hired Chris Viton as a vice chancellor and chief financial officer.
The family of Rex Patchett, a 13-year-old boy who died last year after being struck by a reckless driver near Mannion Middle School in Henderson, filed a complaint Nov. 7 in District Court.
The Clark County School District reported a better high school graduation rate than the state of Nevada as a whole.
Rancho High School history teacher and State Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva, D-Las Vegas, said fights happen frequently in the area surrounding the school.
The latest changes — which took effect Tuesday — are related to Infinite Campus, a system that teachers use for tasks such as logging attendance and grades.
District Judge Jessica Peterson ruled last week to deny the Clark County Education Association’s anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss. The union filed a notice of appeal Friday.
Substitute teachers in the Clark County School District say they haven’t received a pay increase announced two months ago for taking assignments at high-needs schools.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro called Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara’s administration a “failure”
Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to name Lisa Satory as a non-voting member to the Clark County School Board.
TEACH Las Vegas appointed an interim executive director during a school board meeting in which the chairwoman appeared to be the only person voting.
Andrea Moore, the former executive director of the Las Vegas public charter school, resigned in early October. She said a series of events happened after an employee quit and wanted his job back.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board approved notices of concern and heard a presentation from each affected school about action steps to address issues.
Joshua and Britten Wahrer filed a lawsuit in 2019 against the Clark County School District and their son’s former teacher.
Nevada State University is accepting applications for a new graduate program designed to help address the need for school psychologists.
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