A Clark County School District substitute teacher had a knife in his backpack and showed it to a student while teaching, according to a report filed by district police.
Only weeks now until the end of the school year and the CCSD Board of Trustee met Thursday to address school safety, chronic absenteeism among students, and adding counseling services at some schools. Teachers and parents addressed other concerns including the critical teacher shortage and sex education.
Clark County School District parents are outraged after they said their students’ teacher showed an anti-abortion video in her classroom. Parents said the video showed a dramatized reenactment of the abortion procedure by a faith-based performance group.
There is a critical shortage of teachers in Southern Nevada. In the Clark County School District, there are 1,300 open positions for licensed educators. A group of graduating CCSD high school seniors are pledging to help fill the gap and become teachers and could quickly be back in the classroom.
Officials said emergency subs’ only academic requirement is a high school diploma. So what’s the background check process like for emergency subs, and when could we start seeing impacts?
An instant alert system which is part of an audio enhancement system has been installed and tested at Eldorado High School. Teachers and staff were trained how to and when to use it yesterday.
A Clark County School District teacher was arrested last Wednesday on two counts of lewdness with a child charges. Now, a parent of a student in that man’s classroom is sharing her outrage, specifically on how the district and administrators handled outreach to exposed families.
On the same campus where, two weeks earlier, a teacher was brutally assaulted, CCSD staff and students gathered for a protest at 3 p.m. Tuesday to voice their demands for an end to school violence. At the same protest, several staff members also shared which changes they did -- and did not-- see, as they returned to classrooms after spring break Tuesday.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) -A mother tells FOX5 she is concerned for her son’s safety walking home from school, after a violent ambush sent him to the hospital.
A judge in Carson City has dealt a setback to a group trying to get a school vouchers question before voters in Nevada, ruling that signatures can’t be collected for a proposed constitutional amendment to let parents use state money to pay for private school tuition.
In the wake of rising violence and a horrific attack on a CCSD teacher, sadness and outrage is growing stronger within the district. Now, several CCSD teachers are getting ready to protest outside of the district's Administrative Center during spring break.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will become a smoke-free campus beginning Aug. 15, the university announced Friday. This includes all forms: cigarettes, vape pens, hookahs, cannabis and more.
Leaders of Clark County School District met Thursday night to come up with a plan. How can the district finally come into compliance with a state law they’ve been breaking for years?
Green Valley High School teacher Phillip Postier prepares for a challenging walk across Warm Springs each week. He crosses the street with his autistic students to head to a location where his students learn life skills. In March, the group learned how dangerous it can be to cross the street. Video shows a truck skidding to stop as Postier was trying to cross.
Among those being honored by the Grammys this week is a shining star of the Clark County School District: a music educator who is empowering his students to graduate high school on a high note.
The first Southern Nevada ‘We the People’ team to qualify for nationals in over two decades is soliciting your support to attend the national competition in Washington D.C..
A Las Vegas special education teacher told FOX5 she has had so much trouble getting a rental, she and her family resorted to sleeping in her car for a few days.
On Tuesday, Superintendent of Clark County Schools Jesus Jara joined a group of community leaders including Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson to outline their latest approach for mitigating burgeoning campus violence. Now, CCSD school staff are telling FOX5 about the parts of the plan they feel are missing.
The chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education intends to resign from her position in Friday’s special board meeting, according to a signed agenda item posted by the board.
Ahead of a CCSD Board of Trustees meeting, CCSD superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara hinted at changes to the district’s protocols to help make schools safer for students.
At the request of parents, Clark County School District updated and published a firearms confiscation report to their website showing data from August through last Wednesday.
A former Clark County School District teacher and dean talked about the value of bringing back home visits after CCSD trustees approved expanding a program to decrease violence.
The Nevada Board of Education continued its discussion Thursday, March 17 about what to do with the Clark County School District as the district continues to be out of compliance with a state law from the 2017 legislative session.
Cars flooded the parking lot at Desert Oasis High School Wednesday, March 16 for a parent meeting on campus. Every other month this school year there’s been parent run safety meetings, but Wednesday gathered a lot more interest.
Mitigating school violence: The goal of a local police agency who is behind a newly-expanded home visit outreach program called “Prevention Before Apprehension.”
School violence and what can be done about it dominated the conversation as Clark County School District leaders came together for a school board meeting Thursday, March 10.
On Friday, March 11, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead visited Desert Oasis High School to give a speech about women in leadership, as part of a series at the school. The lieutenant governor was also asked about the string of violence on campus over the week.
Parents and students are demanding action from Desert Oasis High School and the Clark County School District after students were put into a hard lockdown for the second day in a row.
On Thursday night, a grant request was approved to pay for Clark County School District Police officers to pair with social workers and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers to visit the homes of kids in the district considered at-risk.
A lockdown at Desert Oasis High School, spurred by reports of a gun on campus prompted concern from Clark County School District families. Families said they are fed up with unsafe campuses, and are looking forward to board members addressing the violence.
