Friday, May 17 2013 12:08 PM EDT2013-05-17 16:08:14 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- Budget issues, an interim superintendent, and troubling graduation rates are some of the major issues the Clark County School District must tackle.The theme of the second Southern Nevada LeadershipMore>>
Budget issues, an interim superintendent, and troubling graduation rates are some of the major issues the Clark County School District must tackle.More>>
Friday, May 17 2013 12:05 PM EDT2013-05-17 16:05:57 GMT
LAS VEGAS - At Bishop Gorman High School, some budding journalists are learning the tricks of the news trade. It's What's Cool at School. Every Friday morning, students at Bishop Gorman High School broadcastMore>>
At Bishop Gorman High School, some budding journalists are learning the tricks of the news trade. It's What's Cool at School.More>>
Monday, May 6 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-06 23:24:35 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- Class sizes in some Clark County schools are bursting at the seams. The district and the teachers union have a proposal how to reduce class sizes, but it comes with a hefty price tag, accordingMore>>
Class sizes in some Clark County schools are bursting at the seams. The district and the teachers union have a proposal how to reduce class sizes, but it comes with a hefty price tag, according to figures released by the Clark County School District.More>>
Monday, April 22 2013 1:43 PM EDT2013-04-22 17:43:43 GMT
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas high school senior is a finalist for a prestigious award. All she had to do was paint a life-size model cow. When Northwest Career and Technical Academy senior Hagen Anderson drewMore>>
A Las Vegas high school senior is a finalist for a prestigious award. All she had to do was paint a life-size model cow.More>>
Tuesday, April 16 2013 2:23 PM EDT2013-04-16 18:23:51 GMT
LAS VEGAS - Parents need to act now to get their children's education started on the right foot. Only a few days remain to sign up for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Schools are doing anything theyMore>>
Parents need to act now to get their children's education started on the right foot. Only a few days remain to sign up for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.More>>
Tuesday, April 16 2013 1:42 PM EDT2013-04-16 17:42:48 GMT
LAS VEGAS --The Clark County School District Board of Trustees is seeking input from the public about the direction the district is taking, the superintendent selection process, and educational reforms.More>>
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees is seeking input from the public about the direction the district is taking, the superintendent selection process, and educational reforms. Inside, find a list of town hall meetings.More>>
Monday, April 8 2013 7:27 PM EDT2013-04-08 23:27:19 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- Some Las Vegas high school students are showing they have what it takes to be at the head of the class. This group of students Attend Clark High School, a magnet school that offers: The AcademyMore>>
Some Las Vegas high school students are showing they have what it takes to be at the head of the class.More>>
Friday, April 5 2013 9:30 AM EDT2013-04-05 13:30:11 GMT
HENDERSON, Nev. - LeRoy Chase has been helping students in Henderson for more than four decades. Chase influenced students for 42 years at two Henderson schools and was named Teacher of the Year threeMore>>
LeRoy Chase has been helping students in Henderson for more than four decades. He is a good example of What's Cool at School.More>>
Friday, March 22 2013 1:02 PM EDT2013-03-22 17:02:53 GMT
LAS VEGAS - A unique program is teaching high school students the basics of firefighting. The Fire Science Academy at Bonanza High School represents What's Cool at School. The academy's first graduatingMore>>
A unique program is teaching high school students the basics of firefighting. The Fire Science Academy at Bonanza High School represents What's Cool at School.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:52 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:52:57 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- The two men facing murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old high school student appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning. Michael Solid, 21, and Jacob Dismont, 18, made theirMore>>
The two men facing murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old high school student appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday morning.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:49 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:49:55 GMT
A massive tornado has flattened a large area, including an elementary school, in Oklahoma City. It's estimated the tornado was more than two miles wide and struck just south of the city destroying homesMore>>
The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:27 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:27:26 GMT
LAS VEGAS - Metro Police says a preteen who was assaulted Thursday during an attempted robbery has died. Investigators said the preteen was walking near Charleston Boulevard and Torrey Pines Drive withMore>>
Marcos Arenas, a Bonanza High School student who was assaulted Thursday during an attempted theft, has died, Metro Police said.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:26 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:26:50 GMT
LAS VEGAS-- Metro officers have arrested two suspects accused of killing a teen while trying to steal his iPad. 15-year-old Marcos Arenas was run over by an SUV on Thursday near Charleston and Torrey Pines. PoliceMore>>
A father may be getting a small bit of closure following the arrest of two suspects police say are responsible for his son's death.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 1:26 PM EDT2013-05-21 17:26:15 GMT
As a family struggles with the death of a 15-year-old boy killed over and iPad, police are trying to track down the men responsible. Police say two men tried to rob the child of the device on Thursday.More>>
As a family struggles with the death of a 15-year-old boy killed over and iPad, police are trying to track down the men responsible.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:40:42 GMT
LAS VEGAS - Making jewelry with wax molds is a craft as old as time. It's a craft jeweler Rich Fedelleck has perfected. "It's kind of like playing a violin. You just got to have a knack," he said. "WeMore>>
A local jeweler spent $20,000 for a new jewelry cutter, but the machine he received wasn't new and didn't work properly. When he struggled to exchange it, he contacted 8 on Your Side.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:38:01 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- The I-Team recently exposed how a family court marshal was fired for a sexual assault at the courthouse. Now, the I-Team has uncovered another case of alleged abuse involving a woman who saysMore>>
The I-Team recently exposed how a family court marshal was fired for a sexual assault at the courthouse. Now, the I-Team has uncovered another case of alleged abuseMore>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:51 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:51:58 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman might be the only local politician in the country who needs not one, but two biographies to tell his colorful story. Goodman has always been a masterMore>>
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman might be the only local politician in the country who needs not one, but two biographies to tell his colorful story.More>>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:30 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:30:09 GMT
LAS VEGAS - A UNLV student says the traffic light at Wilbur Street and Tropicana Avenue fails to turn green. She says students often run the red light just to make it to class on time. Traffic8 was ableMore>>
A UNLV student says the traffic light at Wilbur Street and Tropicana Avenue fails to turn green. She says students often run the red light just to make it to class on time.More>>
LAS VEGAS -- Going to a year-round school schedule, rezoning students, or adding portable classrooms to campuses are the three proposals the school district will continue to explore to ease overcrowding.
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees, which has been wrestling with ways to ease overcrowding at schools, especially in southwest Las Vegas, did take some proposals off the table.
They will not consider moving fifth graders to middle schools or going to double sessions. Board members did say they would revisit the issue of year-round schools and portables at a later date. The district does plan to hold two more public meetings before the end of February.
"We will work with what we have and figure out how to solve this problem. It's not optimum and if the question had passed then we would have a different discussion today, but it did not," said School Board President Carolyn Edwards.
Edwards is referring to Question 2 on the November ballot which failed. It would have given the district as much as $720 million by temporarily raising property taxes.
