Emily Richmond

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Success!: Despite the toughest of economic times, UNLV hits mark of $500 million in cash and pledges; Friday, Nov. 6, 2009; Nearly eight years ago multimillionaire businessman and philanthropist Jim Rogers met with Don Snyder, then-president of Boyd Gaming, to explore the possibility of UNLV mounting its first-ever capital campaign. ¶ Consultants were hired to test the university’s readiness for a proposed $250 million drive, and the potential level of community support. ¶ The consultants’ report was far from encouraging: UNLV lacked the heft and infrastructure to attempt such a massive, multiyear undertaking, and community support was lacking. ¶ Rogers — who served five years as the higher education system’s chancellor before retiring in June — not only decided to forge ahead, but he raised the campaign’s target to $500 million. People scoffed. ¶ On Thursday, UNLV President Neal Smatresk told a UNLV Foundation dinner audience of 600 supporters that the goal of $500 million in cash and pledges had been exceeded.
Success: UNLV hits mark of $500 million in cash and pledges: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; Nearly eight years ago multimillionaire businessman and philanthropist Jim Rogers met with Don Snyder, then-president of Boyd Gaming, to explore the possibility of UNLV mounting its first-ever capital campaign. A consultants’ report was far from encouraging: UNLV lacked the heft and infrastructure to attempt such a massive, multiyear undertaking, and community support was lacking. Rogers not only decided to forge ahead, but he raised the campaign’s target to from $250 million to $500 million. People scoffed. On Thursday, UNLV President Neal Smatresk told a UNLV Foundation dinner audience of 600 supporters that the goal of $500 million in cash and pledges had been exceeded.
Program gives incentive to consider college — in eighth grade: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009; The eighth grader was curious Wednesday why he had been chosen to attend an off-campus event to motivate him to aim for college, given that middle school was proving to be a challenge.
Permit issue puts clinic on hold: School District didn’t seek county approval to build health center; Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009; Much of the anger voiced at a Spring Valley neighborhood meeting Monday about a proposed student health clinic at Elaine Wynn Elementary School was directed at the Clark County School District for not having previously discussed the plan publicly.
UNLV announces $12.6 million scholarship program: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009; UNLV President Neal Smatresk this morning announced the largest active endowed student scholarship program in the history of Nevada higher education -- $12.6 million from the Engelstad Family Foundation.
Neighbors speak out against school clinic: Principal says children benefit, but some think area would look impoverished; Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009; The burden of identifying students with health issues has increasingly fallen to local public schools, some of which share their campuses with independently operated health clinics. Over the years the health clinics at six Clark County campuses have done more than just connect needy students with basic care. Staff have spotted potentially life-threatening illnesses and diseases that might otherwise have gone undiagnosed.
Math teacher posted numbers for championship football team: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009; Sports fans might have recognized the name of a teacher featured in a Las Vegas Sun story about single-sex classes at West Prep’s middle school.
On Nevada Day, how well do you know Nevada?: Residents give their answers: Right, wrong and creative; Friday, Oct. 30, 2009; Less than a month after moving to Nevada in fifth grade, Katharine Conti impressed her school’s music teacher by learning all the words to the state song. How unfortunate for Conti that she was one of dozens of Nevadans approached Thursday at the DMV in Henderson by a reporter armed with questions about the Silver State. Nevada Day, which falls on Saturday and commemorates the date the state entered the Union, will be observed as a state holiday today.
In single-sex experiment, school failed to measure: District has no data for one campus, so questions are left unanswered; Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009; For six years a Las Vegas junior high school separated its seventh graders by gender for reading classes, in a bid to boost student achievement.
For shot at a jackpot, state must ante up, alter law: Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009; Nevada has the chance to qualify for as much as $200 million in federal education grants. But to do so, the Legislature will have to change state law in a hurry. That would require a special legislative session that carries at least a $100,000 price tag. Is the gamble worth it? Gov. Jim Gibbons says no, unless there is another reason to call legislators to Carson City for a special session.

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Construction work to delay new elementary school's opening: Monday, July 21, 2008; Students at the new Jesse Scott Elementary School will get an extra three weeks of summer vacation because construction work on the new North Las Vegas campus won't be finished in time for the start of the academic year.
UPDATE: School district might remove bond measure from ballot: Wednesday, July 16, 2008; The Clark County School Board will meet Friday at 9 a.m. to give final approval for removing the $9.5 billion construction bond measure from the November ballot.
Rulffes will cut 140 support jobs, mostly classroom aides: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
School board approves teachers' contract, including raises: Thursday, June 26, 2008; The Clark County School Board approved new contracts with its teachers and administrators Thursday, including a 4 percent cost-of-living pay hike authorized by the 2007 Legislature.
School board meeting halted for governor's speech: Thursday, June 26, 2008; The Clark County School Board called a brief recess in its meeting tonight so that the assembled audience - which includes the president and executive director of the teachers' union - could watch Gov. Jim Gibbons' speech.
Clark County schools chief outlines budget crunch possibilities: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
CCSD middle schoolers did better on math test: Wednesday, April 2, 2008; When it comes to algebra, some of Clark County’s middle school students appear to know more than their high school counterparts.
Making schools safer: Tuesday, March 11, 2008; The Clark County School District could improve safety on its campuses by buying small hand-held metal detectors for School Police and restricting entry points to campuses, says a security consultant hired after this
winter's shooting of students.
New police chief for Clark County School District: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
Poll: Teachers are well paid: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008