The Clark County School District’s new guidance on teachers recording their live lectures during distance learning has caused a flurry online.
Dr. Brian Labus, Epidemiologist with the UNLV School of Public Health and the governor’s medical advisory team, and RJ Health reporter Mary Hynes cover the latest topics surrounding COVID-19 in Nevada.
Topics this week:
1. COVID-19 NOW A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN NEVADA, MORE THAN FLU.
2. CURRENT COVID-19 RATES: DEATHS, TESTING, HOSPITALIZATIONS
3. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: COVID-19 TRANSMISSION AT HOME
4. CCSD BACK TO SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING: IMMUNIZATIONS, FLU SHOT
Emails show the Clark County School District began planning in April to ask the Nevada Legislature to allow it to use unspent school funds.
The special meeting next week is to evaluate the “character, misconduct or competence” of Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara and possibly vote on whether to terminate his contract. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The CCSD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on July 21 to approve a full-time return to distance learning. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The district is recommending a distance learning start to the 2020-21 school year ahead of a School Board meeting Tuesday.
The school district announced Wednesday a plan to convert the grass fields to turf, with construction staggered in three groups to be complete by the end of the 2020-21 school year.
Kenneth Retzl discusses how comfortable parents and teachers are with returning to school during the coronavirus pandemic.
This comes after a disavowal of a bill to transfer unspent money from schools to the district.
Interview with RJ education reporter Aleks Appleton about Clark County School District’s reopening plan and distance learning preparation for the upcoming school year. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
CCSD Superintendent Jesus Jara denied Monday that a funding proposal originated with the district. But emails show the district asked for it to be included in the Nevada Legislature’s special session.
Three mothers discuss their concerns with CCSD’s reopening plan, and how they are adapting to COVID-19 with their children. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The district’s plan seeks to divide students into two cohorts to attend school in person for two days a week and learn from home for three days a week.
Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara talks about reopening schools during the pandemic.
Students and school counselors gathered Wednesday afternoon to call for defunding the Clark County School District Police Department.
A plan to reopen schools in the Clark County School District emerged ahead of schedule Tuesday morning. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Clark County School District rolls out school buses equipped with Wi-Fi hot spots on 13 routes throughout the Las Vegas Valley to help students access online learning materials during school closures. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Individuals pick up packaged meals from Clark County School District food distribution sites on Tuesday morning, April 28, 2020: Basic Academy of International Studies in Henderson and Kelly Elementary School in Las Vegas. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The YMCA of Southern Nevada in conjunction with with the Clark County School District is furnishing a drive-thru for a free lunch program at the Bill & Lillie Heinrich YMCA, Durango Hills YMCA and SkyView YMCA in Las Vegas. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County School District is distributing food for students, Monday through Friday mornings at 22 locations across the Valley.
Renee Summerour sits down with RJ reporter Aleksandra Appleton to discuss the challenges the Clark County School District is facing with Distance Learning, a program that was slated to begin Monday, March 23. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Clark County School Board held an emergency meeting on Monday morning, the day that distance learning was supposed to begin at all schools in Nevada. (Clark County School District)
A member of a North Las Vegas elementary school has tested presumptively positive for coronavirus.
Heard Elementary School reported the Clark County School District’s first case of COVID-19 on Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lines formed early Tuesday morning at the One Stop Career Center after school closures and layoffs in the Las Vegas tourism industry. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Due to schools closing down because of the coronavirus parents and students are picking up free meals at 15 schools across the valley. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Due to schools closing down because of the coronavirus parents and students are picking up free meals at 15 schools across the valley.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak opened his press conference on Sunday with a few remarks on Nevada’s current situation regarding COVID-19
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday ordered the closure of all public schools in Nevada to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on K-12 schools, beginning Monday..
The CCEA is expected to file a voter initiative Wednesday afternoon that the teachers union says will raise over $1 billion for education in Nevada.