Fremont Elementary

UPDATE 1:24PM: Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said the leak which forced an evacuation at Fremont Elementary earlier today may be anti-freeze that was released in the boiler room heating and ventilation system.

Firefighters went through with sensors to determine if there was anything hazardous and there wasn't, Giomi said. At first it was thought to be a water softening agent, he said, but it turned out the agent was well within its containers.

"Because it was an early release day anyway, it worked out where the children were released on time, and teachers are able to go back into the school to get their things," he said. "School maintenance is looking into the boiler room and we expect there will be school tomorrow."

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UPDATE: Parents are allowed to pick up their children this afternoon, which was already scheduled to be a half day at Fremont Elementary. The school was evacuated at around 12:30 p.m. due to fumes, believed to be from the boiler room that were originally reported to be a water softening chemical agent.

“Drug Use is Life Abuse” is a message on red wristbands that is spreading throughout the community in celebration of the Red Ribbon campaign Oct. 21-31. The week-long event is one of the nation’s largest substance abuse prevention awareness causes.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office, Carson City School District, Grocery Outlet, community agencies including the Boys and Girls Club, counseling and A.A. groups are partners to make youth and citizens aware that substance abuse affects everyone.

Friends in Service Helping, also known as FISH, will begin its annual “Trick or Treat for FISH” food drive Wednesday, Oct. 15. Carson City schools will participate in a contest for the students to collect non-perishable food to replenish the inventory at the FISH food bank. The food drive will run until Nov. 3 and will give FISH a boost for the high demand of the holiday season.

Fremont Elementary School faculty and staff take the ice bucket challenge for ALS on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, in Carson City, Nev. ​

Thursday was DARE graduation day for around 90 Fremont Elementary School students. The drug prevention program, coordinated by Community Prevention Officer Lisa Davis of the Carson City Sheriff's Office, is active in all elementary schools with classes taught to fifth graders.

In all about 550 fifth grades from around Carson City will graduate from the program this spring, said Davis.

Pablo Chavez, 9, rode his bike to Fremont Elementary School on Wednesday as part of Bike to School Day. But, for him, it was nothing out of the ordinary.

He described and mapped the Oregon Trail, was the Republican Party’s first presidential candidate, and served as California’s military governor in 1847.

A 200-pound female yearling bear decided to explore the streets of Carson City on Friday night, climbing over fences, going through backyards and finally climbing up a tree before being tranquilized by a Nevada Department of Wildlife game warden.

The hungry bear cub was even chased by a couple of cows when she lumbered through Lompa Ranch field, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Deputies and two mounted officers on horses had been pursuing the bear since early Friday evening attempting to coax her west toward the foothills.

It was a typical last day at Fremont Elementary School. Students signed yearbooks, received academic and attendance awards, ate Otter Pops. But Thursday’s celebration marked more than the end of a school year. It was the end of an era.

Two 18-year-old Carson City men were arrested Monday and face misdemeanor reckless driving charges for drag racing through the east side of town.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies patrolling the area at around 11 p.m. found the pair racing side-by-side, accelerating quickly to a speed of 65 mph in the posted 35 mph zone. One driver was in a White 1994 Honda and the other in a silver 1987 Mazda.

Two 18-year-old Carson City men were arrested Monday and face misdemeanor reckless driving charges for drag racing through the east side of town.

Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies patrolling the area at around 11 p.m. found the pair racing side-by-side, accelerating quickly to a speed of 65 mph in the posted 35 mph zone. One driver was in a White 1994 Honda and the other in a silver 1987 Mazda.

A high school student was uninjured Monday after the vehicle he was driving flipped on its hood during a street race with another student that ended near Fremont Elementary School, a Carson City Sheriff's Office deputy said.

The rollover was on Saliman Road between Depot and Little streets a few hundred feet away from the elementary school, which was in session at the time, said Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Matt Smith.

The juvenile and another Carson High student, both teen boys of driving age, were cited and released to their parents. The wreck was reported at 1:41 p.m.

There will be nightly lane closures on US 395 from the junction of US 50W (Spooner) to 1st Street in Minden, Sunday through Thursday, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. There will be flagger controlled traffic. Please drive with caution.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. Traffic control may be in effect.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.
• College Parkway in the vicinity of the Freeway.

Fremont Elementary School grounds are currently under construction for a project to create a new and safer traffic pattern, making it easier for parents to drop off their children at school.

The new installations for the school consist of newly reconfigured parking areas to better cope with congestion on nearby roads. A pick-up area specifically designed for the kindergartners is also being installed on the east side of the school.

My wife this morning heard some strange sound outside that sounded like air escaping. I went outside to see what it was, expecting it to be the street sweeper or something.

Then I saw someone standing in the the street looking up in the air toward our house. I turned around, and couldn't see anything because of the tree in our front yard. I could hear voices talking above me, and for a second I thought our new neighbors were doing something on their roof.

Retiring teachers and staff of the Carson City School District were celebrated for their accomplishments during the Carson City School District Board meeting at the Community Center on Tuesday, May 22.

A total of 13 staff members from Carson City schools were granted a clock award by Associate Superintendent of Human Resources Jose Delfin. Most of the staff that received the awards had worked for the school district for at least a decade. George Rolin, a custodian of Fremont Elementary School for more than 20 years, expressed his gratefulness when he received his award.

The Carson City School District announced today that Fremont Elementary, the only school in the district currently on a year-round schedule, will shift to the traditional schedule for the 2013-14 school year.

This change had been proposed in 2009, rousing anger from parents who prefer the year-round schedule. The school board decided then not to implement the change.

Here is the Carson City area road report for Monday, July 5, through Sunday, July 11:
The Roop Street widening project will continue this week with the following impacts expected:
— Effective Thursday, July 8, Roop Street will be closed to through traffic from William Street to Robinson Street. This closure will last until Sept. 1.
—The intersection of Caroline Street and Roop Street will be closed to through traffic from Thursday, July 8 through Sept. 1. Traffic may cross Roop Street at Washington Street.

Here is the road report for Monday, June 28 through Sunday, July 4:
Lane closures are expected to occur on Highway 395 between Clear Creek Avenue and Clearview Drive during the night hours of 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., June 29-30, due to work on the median.

As a result of the next phase of the Nevada Department of Transportation project on the freeway, Koontz Lane will be closed between Raglan Circle and Edmonds Drive until January 2011.

Organizers of this week's fundraiser at Fremont Elementary School are hoping it turns into a cash cow. Participants paid $5 for tickets, hoping to turn their investment into the $400 cash prize if the cow "plopped" in their section. The second plop got $200.Nearly two hours after arriving at the school Friday, however, there still were no cow pies."She's been holding out," said parent organizer Erin Lehman, who hoped this year's fundraiser would bring in $5,000.
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Carson City authorities made a significant methamphetamine bust over the weekend, netting at least 30 grams of the drug, seizing a vehicle and finding police scanners and night vision cameras used as surveillance.

Deputies arrested the 52-year-old suspect, a Carson City carpenter, on numerous felony drug charges including drug trafficking.

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Fremont Elementary School this year will be designated a Title I school, a program aimed at giving extra funds to disadvantaged students, Associate Superintendent Susan Keema told Carson City School Board members Tuesday.