Education News & Articles Las Vegas
Education enrollment should have a significant impact when analyzing the growth of a city
October 2005 Nevada BLM auction for $24.5 million- 80% of the proceeds of will be spent in Nevada to purchase environmentally sensitive lands. Four percent goes to Nevada schools.
Booker Elementary Last of Five Timeworn Clark County Schools to be Replaced Booker is the last of five timeworn 
Clark County schools being rebuilt under legislative mandate. In 2003, Gov. Kenny Guinn signed Assembly Bill 396 authorizing a replacement program that came to include the former Madison Elementary School, rebuilt as Wendell Williams Elementary School; Sunrise Acres Elementary School; Virgin Valley Elementary School; and Rancho High School. Both Rancho and Booker will be completed in 2006. 11/17/2004 Las Vegas Review Journal
Average Tuition in Nevada Lower Than in all Other States Average tuition and fees at Nevada's four-year institutions, at $2,590, are lower than the average of every other state. This school year, the national average for tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 7 percent from the year before to $5,491. Nevada's tuition increased 4 percent this year for four-year institutions. Howard, K.C. "Study" Average Tuition in Nevada Lower than in all Other States" Las Vegas Review Journal 19 October 2005: B1+.
Clark County School Board Hears Annual Fiscal Report 11/10/2004 The school board also directed staff to develop a plan for the renovation of the district's central food service facilities and capital needs at the Arville bus yard. The cost of both items is estimated at about $25 million.
Core Builds Second School Based on New Prototype in Northeast Las Vegas Clark County contracted Core Construction to build a new high school at the northwest corner of Dorrell Lane and Goldfield Street in northeast Las Vegas. The project will consist of 350,000 sq ft on a 47-acre parcel of land. The prototype will also be used in the reconstruction of Rancho High School, currently under way by Martin-Harris Construction. 11/5/2004 In Business Las Vegas.
City Takes Its First Steps in New UNLV Campus Project Steps to transform a barren piece of land off the Las Vegas Beltway into a state-of-the-art, regional campus for the University of Nevada Las Vegas began in earnest this month. 10/29/2004
UNLV Medical School Expands UNLV officials dedicated the school's first regional campus Thursday. The recently opened dental school and biotechnology center on Shadow Lane are part of a statewide debate on where to expand one of the smallest medical schools in the country.
New Elementary school in North Las Vegas- John M Tartan Elementary
Southern Highlands School Undergoes an Expansion 10/4/2004
Work Begins on Aliante School A new elementary school is under way in the Aliante master-planned community in North Las Vegas. The new 65,584 sq ft school is scheduled for completion in spring 2005, according to a September 2004 article in the Las Vegas Review Journal.
CCSN Planned for Pahrump Nevada Senators have asked Congress to set aside 280 acres of federal land in Pahrump for a Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) campus. 9/28/2004
UNLV School of Dental Medicine Opens a New Facility Near Charleston and Martin Luther King UNLV's 2-year-old dental school, housed temporarily in a couple of different buildings on the school's main campus, including the same building where the maintenance department works, is moving this month to the new Shadow Lane campus near University Medical Center. 5/2/2004
