Editorial: New school should receive thumbs up
Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001 | 9:41 a.m.
The Clark County School District has to build 92 new schools, including 16 high schools, within the next six years. And even then, all these new schools can't keep up with the population boom. That is why it was shortsighted of the Spring Valley Town Advisory Board to vote 5-0 against building a 2,700-student high school at Buffalo Drive and Twain Avenue. The board's vote isn't binding, however, and the Clark County Commission will have the final say at its Sept. 5 meeting.
Neighborhood residents, who live close to where the school would be built, said that they don't want the traffic and all the students that a high school would bring with it. But the school district notes that there isn't any other land in the vicinity that can accommodate the high school that has been in the plans for almost 20 years.
The fact is that more and more children are entering the Clark County School District -- and new schools have to be built. What the school district and nearby residents need to do now is find ways to get along and be good neighbors. The County Commission should approve the new school, but the school district should take steps to make the high school as unobtrusive as possible.
archive
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Binion’s to close all 365 rooms, lay off 100 workers
- Ex-NBA star to pay $12,835 monthly in gambling debt case
- “Last Call!”: Two words you wouldn’t expect to hear on The Strip
- Slot makers team up at behest of CityCenter
- Report: 70 percent of homeowners underwater
- Scuffle in pub parking lot leads to attorney’s arrest
- Now, Rebels must build on big Louisville win
- What reactions to Palin, Stewart say about society
- Nevada leads nation in rate of bankruptcy filings
- LV budget numbers foretell many layoffs
Blogs
The Kats Report
Planet Hollywood's Thomas McCartney headed for Tropicana (10 Comments)
Elsewhere
LV woman robs Kentucky strip club, police say (4 Comments)
Las Vegas Sands' Hong Kong IPO flops (2 Comments)
The Kats Report
Monday List: Top 13 Moments and Observations From Thanksgiving Weekend (3 Comments)
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Tarkanian: Reid is liberal, out of touch, rude, poisonously partisan and a know-it-all (13 Comments)
The Kats Report
Barry Manilow off to Paris: Two-year deal starts March 5 at Le Theatre des Arts (10 Comments)
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Ensign survives radio interview with no follow-ups; partial transcript below (9 Comments)
Calendar »
- 1 Tue
- 2 Wed
- 3 Thu
- 4 Fri
- 5 Sat
-
Grand opening of Vdara
Vdara | 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Dik Richie at Moon
Moon Nightclub | 10:30 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
A Night to Honor Israel at the Cashman Theatre
Cashman Convention Center | 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
-
Ladies night at Feelgoods
Feelgoods
-
Sin City Sinners at VooDoo Lounge
VooDoo Steak & Lounge
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Technorati






