Students practiced dropping to the ground, taking cover under their desks, and holding on tight during Thursday’s Great Nevada ShakeOut. While getting under a desk is generally unacceptable behavior for schoolchildren, this annual event was […]
Galena High School had the highest graduation rate among comprehensive high schools in Washoe County this past year, and graduation rates for the entire school district increased by 7 percentage points from the prior year, […]
Preliminary four-year data posted today on NevadaReportCard.com indicates the graduation rates for Nevada high schools students in 2017 increased 7 percentage points from the prior year. “While these graduation rates won’t be official until December, […]
FROM THE WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Washoe County School District Police arrested a juvenile on Wednesday in connection with a threat of physical violence targeting Shaw Middle School in Sparks, which was posted on social […]
Washoe County School District trustees on Tuesday gave final approval of a $200 million budget to construct three new schools scheduled to open in fall 2019. Trustees reaffirmed the Capital Funding Protection Committee’s Sept. 28 […]
Plans for a new middle school in the Arrowcreek area of south Reno will be discussed with the public during a town hall meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the multipurpose […]
The first parent-teacher conferences of this academic year are scheduled at most schools later this month and informational sessions are planned for parents on how to make the most of the one-on-one meetings. Washoe County […]
The public is invited to submit names now through Oct. 20 for a new middle school expected to break ground this winter in Spanish Springs. Scheduled to open in fall 2019, the 1,400-student capacity middle […]
A $4.8 million grant application for intensive literacy instruction at elementary schools was approved Tuesday by Washoe County School District trustees. The program grant for Nevada K.I.D.S. Read, also known as Read by Grade Three, […]
Budgeting talks for the 2019 fiscal year are underway early at the Washoe County School District, although district officials warn that many numbers now are tentative. At the request of trustees, district chief financial officer […]
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