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Betting on Change: Growing Pains in Nevada's Boomtown
The Las Vegas building boom has stretched the creativity and resources of the fastest-growing school district in the nation. More to this story.
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Release Date: 9/17/2004
Running Time: 10 min.
Video Credits
Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Associate Producers:
- Roberta Furger
- Miwa Yokoyama
Editor:
- Karen Sutherland
Camera Crew:
- Rob Weller
- Jeremy Settles
Narrator:
- Kris Welch
Original Music:
- Ed Bogas
Additional Footage Courtesy of
- The KLVX Communications Group
- Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
- © 2004
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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Carlos Garcia moved on from the Clark County School District in 2005. He now serves as superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District. Carol Clark, principal of C.P. Squires Elementary School when this video was produced, has also left the Clark County School District and is now superintendent of a school district in northern Nevada.
View all our videos about Las Vegas: Las Vegas's booming economy challenges the area's schools.  In a town where dropouts earn $50,000 per year parking cars, Las Vegas schools keep students on the diploma track.  Faced with the fastest-growing student body in the country, Nevada's Clark County addresses its growing pains virtually.  This unique school caters to students with full-time day jobs.  C.P. Squires Elementary School harnesses parents, businesspeople, and retirees for academic and financial support and staff after-school programs.  A rain forest dome and a mock-up of a silver mine enhance science learning in Clark County, Nevada. |
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