
FAQs
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-Office hours are 7:30am to 4:00pm
-Playground gates open at 8:25am followed by our Sunrise Celebration
-Classes begin at 8:35am
-Tardy bell rings at 8:45am
-Learners are dismissed at 3:05pm
-Safekey opens at 6:30am and closes at 6:00pm
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We are fortunate to have Lomie G. Heard, a legendary Las Vegas teacher, as our main namesake. The original Lomie Heard Elementary was located on Nellis Air Force Base for many years. At the conclusion of the lease, the base school was closed and subsequently reopened at our current location.
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Letters will be mailed the first week of August to inform you of your child’s homeroom facilitator (teacher) placement. However, be aware that our learners work with many facilitators throughout the day. You will get to know all of these facilitators as the year progresses and we invite you to watch for our Open House and Parent Conference dates so you can meet them all.
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Families will enter and exit through Kell Lane. Kell can be accessed from Lamb Blvd. Kinder and 1st Grade will do Park n' Walk in the Kinder parking lot on the east side of the school. 2nd-5th Grade may Park n' Walk in the main parking lot or Kiss n' Go through the drop off lane in the front of the school.
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Visit magnet.ccsd.net and the Transportation tab to see if you live in our school transportation zone and qualify for bus transport to our school.
Transportation runs independently of our school. They determine pick up/drop off locations and times. Their department can be contacted at 702-799-8100 or online at ccsd.net under the Transportation tab. Please contact their department with questions or concerns.
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No, we do not require uniforms.
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Safekey opens at 6:30AM and closes at 6:00PM
Safekey runs independently of our school. Please contact (702) 455-8251 for information or go to their website.
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Unfortunately, Lomie G. Heard does not have a PTO/Parent Teacher Organization. Reach out to the main office if you would like to initiate a PTO.
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Yes, we welcome families into our school to assist with various needs. First, check with your child’s facilitators to see if there are needs within their own classroom or grade level that you can help with. We may also have needs in the front office where you can assist. Please check with our office manager in that case.
CCSD policy requires that regular volunteers be fingerprinted. See the CCSD website for information.
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Yes, we have a pre-kindergarten program for learners with Special Ed services and general education learners. Please call the main office for more information.
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-Learners arriving at 8:45AM or later will be marked tardy.
-Learners who miss more than 1 hour and 55 minutes will be marked for a half-day absence (10:30am arrival for the morning).
-Learners who miss more than 3 hours and 45 minutes will be marked for a full-day absence.
-We encourage family vacations on regular breaks from school. The current CCSD calendar can be found here.
-Upon registration, you will sign a Magnet Contract. The Contract explains that if attendance violates the following requirements*, your learner will be put on “probation” and may be considered for “dismissal” from our school at the end of the school year if conditions do not improve. This means they would have to enroll at their zoned school for the next school year.
Students must maintain good attendance while attending a magnet program.
Students that earn 10 or more absences (excused or unexcused) within a semester will be placed on probation.
Students accumulating excessive tardies will be placed on probation. (This will be based upon school site policies.)