School year with 325 vacancies. And many of those will be filled by substitute teachers. All vacancies are inside Elementary Schools. Nearly half are for special education classes. But it has an impact on already poor performing schools. david gomez, parent of 4 children nv Peace Alliance Community Leader it puts more pressure as a father on me to make sure that their education is where it should be meg nigro, executive director, Recruitment Development it puts our kids who are already at a disadvantage because they may not have some Foundation Skills then to start the year with a substitute who isnt licensed is not what we want Michelle Mortensen the 5 thousand dollar incentive from nevadas legislature for select schools will not be spread out over the entire year. Plus the state department is allowing incoming educators provisional licenses. It means they can get hired and have one year to meet nevada requirments. Michelle Mortensen even though today is the first day of school for cc
Make sure that theyre ready to read. karen castro over at keller middle school, the Franchise School Model Program is expanding to the campus. The program assigns a principal, who has proven to be successful, to more than one underperforming school. The goal is to turn that school around. The campus is also starting a Student Council and a Mentorship Program in hopes of improving student performance and getting them ready for high school. Karen Castro Ccsd is also starting the challenges. As of last week, 90thousand students were not registered which affects the perpupil funding. The School District also has almost 320 teaching vacancies. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Christianne Klein karen, now that kindergarten is a full day, can some of the students apply for the free or reduced meal program . karen castro theres no need to apply because all kindergarten students get a free breakfast paul joncich with so many children walking the streets, police will be scoping out any
Happened. 13 action News Reporter David Schuman has the latest. Police say that man was killed while attempting to cross the i15 near the las vegas strip. You can see from our freeway cameras just how far traffic was backed up after the crash. It happened just before 8 this morning at flamingo. And the southbound i15 was shut down more than three hours. Police say he was running across the freeway from east to west. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman driving the car that hit him was taken to the David Schuman. 13 action news. A 13 action news update. We now know the name of a young man gunned down in North Las Vegas. This evening the Coroners Office identifying the victim as 19 yearold Kenneth Boykin junior. Police say whoever pulled the trigger is still on the loose right now. Boykin was shot and killed yesterday near commerce and carey. Investigators dont believe this was a random shooting. This time near pecos and North Las Vegas boulevard. It happened just before m
Mind today ccsd saw a record enrollment this year. So. More kids equal more walkers. And as you mentioned, safety is top priority today. Were joined now by Sergeant Sean walker with the North Las Vegas Police Department. Throughout the week, police will be scoping out any dangerous driving behaviors in and around school zones. Because many Students Walk to and from school, crossing busy intersections, youll see a lot of the morning and afternoon hours. The goal of the backtoschool Traffic Enforcement is to educate drivers about traffic gets hurt this morning. Several departments have been working together over the past few weeks to highlight the rules of the road. That included bike and bus safety. Meanwhile, police will be here for the first week of school clock in the afternoon to enforce those laws. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Kirsten Joyce shakala, what are some laws through school zones . Shakala alvaranga kirsten, when you see that blinking yellow light, youll wa
Lake for 5 days. Lake las vegas looks just like it used to. When its closed down, the only thing its closed down to is bodily contact, so you can still go out on the boat, but we dont reccommend swimming, we dont even allow swimming for that 5 days. The lake cant operate. When theres an overflow from a storm. We sample the lake for 5 days, we send it off for testing to ensure there are no contaminants that would be harmful to any human contact with the lake. The lake closed on tuesday. After rain flooded parts of the valley. Water that came in a half hour over the nellis area and then it finally ended up here which is the way it usually does. Nellis Airforce Base saw 1. 9 inches of rain from that same storm. The tests are taken to make sure the water isnt contaminated. I have grandchildren ive had in this lake. I would not let them swim in the lake if i thought it wasnt safe. The opening comes just in time for this years country in the great meats, weve got a few pigs on the grill righ