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Emily Richmond

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Smatresk vows more openness
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
UNLV President Neal Smatresk’s meeting with the Faculty Senate — and his pledge of better communication about budgetary decisions — appears to have helped smooth some ruffled feathers.
County OKs health clinic despite neighbors' opposition
Residents voice concerns about traffic, location during two-hour discussion
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Despite vocal opposition from some Spring Valley residents, the Clark County Commission unanimously approved a special use permit for a student health clinic at Elaine Wynn Elementary School.
Budget crunch at UNLV results in ... pay raises?
Streamlining administrative work calls for influx of $500,000
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
UNLV is spending about $500,000 on raises and new positions for nonteaching administrators, raising hackles among faculty facing unpaid furloughs and support staff who have seen their ranks thinned by layoffs.

Nevada out of ‘race’ for innovation funding
State could get into second round of competition, but only if law barring use of test scores in teacher evaluations is changed
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
It’s official: Nevada has been shut out of the “Race to the Top,” a federal grant program offering $4.35 billion to improve the nation’s public schools. Keith Rheault, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction, said Thursday “it’s looking pretty hopeless ... they won’t even let us come to the starting line.”
School maintenance slipping
To-do list of a division hit by budget cuts has nearly tripled in a year
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009
As of July 31, the district’s backlog of maintenance work orders had nearly tripled to 12,937 from 4,327 at the end of July 2008, according to information being presented at Thursday’s School Board meeting. According to the report, the district buildings generally are not in “showpiece” condition, nor do they reflect “comprehensive stewardship.”
First grad of Nevada Southern, now UNLV, didn’t expect to be
UNLV donor Jon Cobain, not his class’s valedictorian, was tapped for historic role
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
Jon Cobain didn’t give much thought to his place in history when he walked across the stage and accepted his college diploma from Nevada Southern, which would later become UNLV.

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.

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Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)

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

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