A large crowd of people showed up at the Clark County School Board meeting, calling for the repeal of a gender identity policy.
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.
Several students in the immediate area were “possibly affected” and provided with treatment by medical staff as an additional precaution, according to a message sent to parents Tuesday.
Justin Smith, the student in the yearbook photo, in April 2019 filed a complaint in Clark County District Court alleging negligence by the Clark County School District, which has appealed the case.
One Clark County School District teacher said her job was more difficult than the year she spent in Afghanistan with the Army Reserve.
Lundy Elementary School was damaged in an August rainstorm. About a dozen students are attending classes in Indian Springs and will likely continue for the rest of this school year.
The Clark County School Board meets Thursday to hear options for complying with a proposed new state regulation requiring schools to begin no earlier than 8 a.m.
Gov. Joe Lombardo announced the “Acing Accountability” initiative during a news conference at Mater Academy Mountain Vista, a public charter school in Las Vegas.
The move comes amid a teacher shortage that has led to some students not having a regular licensed teacher in their classroom.
A surprise ceremony was held Tuesday in Las Vegas to recognize a high school English teacher as “Nevada Teacher of the Year.”
About 20 people attended a rally Tuesday outside the Clark County School District’s administrative center on West Sahara Avenue to push for teacher raises.
The Nevada Department of Education released results Friday from the Smarter Balanced assessments. Third through eighth graders took the standardized tests this spring.
A judge declared Wednesday that a teacher strike had occurred and ordered a preliminary injunction. The Clark County Education Association asked the Nevada Supreme Court for an emergency stay.
Two people were asked by police to leave the school board meeting after yelling at trustees while they considered an item about a Sex Education Advisory Committee.
The Clark County Education Association filed an emergency motion Thursday with the Nevada Supreme Court seeking to halt a preliminary injunction.
A judge granted a preliminary injunction requested by the Clark County School District to end teacher sickouts.
