The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board conducted interviews Friday and voted to submit three names to Gov. Joe Lombardo.
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 Clark County School Board heard a presentation Thursday night on the state’s latest accountability data, including school star ratings and standardized test scores.
The campus will offer doctoral programs in occupational and physical therapy beginning in August 2024.
In a message to parents, the school’s principal said police “were made aware of the possibility that a student was in possession of a weapon and located a firearm.”
Last week, the school’s executive director resigned, and police were called to the campus on North Rancho Drive to respond to two disturbances.
Parents can apply online and applications will be accepted until Jan. 9. The Clark County School District is also hosting a school choice fair Saturday.
The Clark County Education Association filed a complaint Monday. The state law that prohibits public employee strikes has been in effect since 1969.
Classes were canceled the same day Las Vegas police responded to a pair of disturbances at the school during the morning pickup period.
The crowd of teenagers gathered starting Friday afternoon in front of Las Vegas Academy’s main entrance.
The Nevada State Board of Education approved another update Wednesday to draft language for a new regulation that would require high schools to start no earlier than 8 a.m.
The City Council voted Wednesday to select former charter school leader Adam Johnson as its non-voting member of the Clark County School Board.
The Public Education Foundation is accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors and college students now through Jan. 31.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted to invite five candidates to be interviewed during a public meeting Oct. 13.
The Nevada Board of Regents voted Thursday to review chancellor search policies before looking for a new top leader.
The Clark County School District plans to use the funding to implement a literacy and language skills program.
