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June 17, 2013

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Mohave County high school has spirit(s)
June 6, 2013
Principal Steve Elwood enters the narrow passageway where nobody else at Lee Williams High School dares to go.“This place gives people the creeps,” Elwood says. Talk about school spirit. Some believe the campus is haunted by restless phantoms from a previous century, when Kingman was a frontier town and Arizona still a territory.
Boys line up backstage during the Chaparral High School commencement ceremony at the Orleans Arena on Friday, June 15, 2012.
Nevada High School Proficiency Exam likely out for students in Class of 2016 and beyond
June 5, 2013
The dreaded high school proficiency exams are being phased out. Starting in the 2014-15 school year, thousands of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors no longer will have to take the Nevada High School Proficiency Exam.

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State's school ratings – to be released Friday – closely resemble CCSD's star rankings
June 5, 2013
The Nevada Department of Education will release its first star rating data for 317 Clark County schools on Friday. Over the past two years, the Clark County School District released star ratings as part of its school rankings list, known as the School Performance Framework. The idea behind the rating system was to allow families to determine the best schools for their children and for educators to model best teaching practices at the top-ranked five-star schools.
Students walk southbound in the quad area during the first day of the fall semester at UNLV Monday, August 23, 2010.
Student loan rates the next fight on D.C. lawmakers' agenda
June 5, 2013
High school graduations begin this week in Nevada, and seniors will be unleashed to pursue post-secondary plans, which for many, include a turn through college. As graduates collect their diplomas, lawmakers in Washington will be working to try to guarantee them a more affordable chance to continue their education.

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Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky and Clark County School Board President Carolyn Edwards address the media after the seven-member board unanimously appointed him as the leader of the nation's fifth-largest school system on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
New CCSD superintendent: We must 'do better by our students'
June 5, 2013
Patrick Skorkowsky has some big shoes to fill as the new superintendent of the Clark County School District. The School District offered the Las Vegas Sun a 10-minute interview with Skorkowsky on Tuesday.

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A view of the concourse at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
Lawmakers OK money for Thomas & Mack upgrades, Nevada State College
June 3, 2013
More money has been poured into construction for UNLV and the Nevada State College in Clark County by the Legislature that also gave the go-ahead for a study for building a large events center at UNLV.
School Board reappoints Skorkowsky as CCSD superintendent
June 3, 2013
The Clark County School Board unanimously reappointed Pat Skorkowsky as superintendent on Monday amid concerns about the transparency of his initial appointment two weeks ago.
Thirty-five fourth-grade students in Ms. Fennoy's class utilize tables instead of desks to tolerate the overcrowding and tight quarters of their portable classroom, which exceeds the average of 30 students, at William V. Wright Elementary School, Friday, March 22, 2013.
$2.5 billion school funding bill OK'd, sent to governor
June 3, 2013
The Assembly approved a bill directing $2.5 billion to public schools to reduce class sizes and handle inflation and higher enrollments in the next two years.
School buses running late; no cause for concern, district says
June 3, 2013
Clark County School District students who ride buses might arrive home Monday later than normal, a district spokeswoman said. CCSD is expecting some delays with the afternoon dropoff of students who take the school bus as a result of end-of-year testing schedules, Melinda Malone, the district’s press secretary, said in a news release. She added there should be no cause for concern.
In effort to reduce class sizes, bill would send more money to districts
June 2, 2013
Senate Bill 522 will raise the state’s average support per pupil from the present $5,374 to $5,590 next school year and to $5,676 in fiscal 2015.

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Teach for America money clears Senate, but prospects in Assembly uncertain
June 1, 2013
A program to set aside $1 million a year to recruit 50 teachers for high-risk schools in Clark County easily passed the Senate 20-1 on Friday.

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Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky and Clark County School Board President Carolyn Edwards address the media after the seven-member board unanimously appointed him as the leader of the nation's fifth-largest school system on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Complaint alleges School Board again violating open meetings law in redo of superintendent appointment
May 31, 2013
Former Clark County School Board candidate Kevinn Donovan filed a second complaint against the Clark County School District on Thursday, alleging a meeting scheduled for Monday to redo Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky's appointment was not properly noticed.
Wife says former principal being thrown under bus over national conference charges
May 31, 2013
At least one Clark County School Board member and Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky knew of Sunrise Mountain High School's plans to host a national conference that taxpayers are now being forced to bail out.

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City's oldest Catholic school falls victim to low enrollment
May 30, 2013
After a decade of declining student enrollment, Las Vegas' oldest Catholic school will shutter its doors at the end of this school year. St. Joseph Catholic School, which opened in 1948, no longer has the funds to continue operating past July, said the Rev. Dave Casaleggio, who oversees the school.

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Justin Bieber talks with some students at Whitney Elementary School during his visit Friday, May 17, 2013. Among those behind Bieber, who announced a $150,000 donation with ConAgra to the school, is Whitney Principal Sherrie Gahn.
Whitney Elementary basking in afterglow of Bieber visit, donation
May 30, 2013
Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber surprised hundreds of students at Whitney Elementary School earlier this month when he presented a $150,000 check to help feed the school's many homeless and low-income students.

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