Hi, Nevadans!

Before the start of the new school year, I visited Woodbury Middle School’s new campus—it made me a little jealous. The middle school I attended was pretty new, but the hallways always seemed dark and got way too crowded between periods. I remember, even after the school incorporated a one-way in, one-way out system in the hallways, we still had traffic jams. I often felt like the scene in Finding Nemo where Marlin and Dory are trying to push through the tuna to get out of the fishing net 🐟. 

This new school is bright with spacious hallways and two stories. See it for yourself in this video.

In other news: Our colleague Naoka Foreman spoke with a local construction business owner about how her business is struggling to keep pace with President Donald Trump’s economic and social agenda.

See you next week!

C.W. Woodbury Middle School principal Buffy Banks-Grove gets ready to cut the ribbon at the school’s new campus opening. (Jannelle Calderon/The Nevadan)

The new campus is a result of CCSD’s replacement school program, where an aging school is demolished and rebuilt, but CCSD will be pausing new school construction for a year because of rising costs.

Four Clark County schools debuted new campuses last week for the first day of school—including C. W. Woodbury Middle School, which first opened in 1973.  

The new building is two stories and features open multi-functional spaces, new equipment, new technology, and new books. 

In April, the CCSD School Board unanimously voted to pause construction for both brand new schools and replacement campuses for a year because of rising construction costs—pausing about 10 projects that amounted to $718 million in construction contracts and $32 million in architectural design services. 

But school officials remained adamant that if any of the paused schools had any maintenance issues, including with air conditioning, they would be addressed and wouldn’t be affected by the pause. 

A Latina-led construction company has run into hard times as a result of the Republicans’ federal agenda. (Courtesy of Andrea Vigil, COO of Allegiant Electric)

Between immigration enforcement affecting her workers and tariffs significantly increasing prices, Andrea Vigil, the chief operating officer at Allegiant Electric, said her business is struggling to keep pace with President Donald Trump’s economic and social agenda.

The deportation of one of its electricians caused a week-long project delay. And one project’s budget increased by over $125,000 in just five months because of tariffs. 

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