The school tallied 35,229 words for middle schools, those with enrollments of 500 to 1,000 students. The total ranked them seventh among all schools in the country.
Classes were canceled Wednesday at Newton Elementary School in Henderson because of teacher absences, a day after the CCSD declared an impasse in teacher union contract negotiations.
The district said Tuesday that arbitration is now the only way to resolve issues and pay its educators more equitably, citing the teachers union’s “inflexibility.”