Sentences with phrase «city and school officials»

The effort is being praised by the city and school officials for increasing diversity.

Mirroring national efforts, city and school officials have worked to reduce the number of suspensions.

Responding to recent violent incidents and concerns about student - discipline problems raised by a high - school headmaster and others in the Boston Public Schools, Mayor Raymond Flynn of Boston late last week called a meeting of top city and school officials to try to reach agreement on how to address the problem.

Such a move, city and school officials said, will better align assessment and placement with instruction and will improve accountability.

Now that the army of volunteers has been mobilized and bonds forged with the schools, city and school officials are hoping these partnerships will continue through this school year and beyond.

• The Corps continues to work with city and school officials to identify and design critical facilities for schools, Saint John's Hospital, and first responders.

Not exact matches

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN)- Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged Thursday with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city's district attorney's office said.

Rebuffed by school officials, his mother sued the city school board in July 1945 with the help of a Unitarian minister and a group of Jewish businesspeople in Chicago.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district administrators who have attacked Chicago as having the shortest school day among the nation's 10 largest cities have begun touting this as an accomplishment: CPS officials say the 7.5 - hour day will tie Chicago with Philadelphia as «the leader among the largest cities in instructional time» for...

The teachers union says school officials never should have opened the programs because the Chicago Housing Authority and the city Department of Human Services have extended their summer feeding programs at 220 sites throughout the city.

The close proximity of Kendall Park, located at 84 W. 5th Ave., to nine schools and the city's downtown area and Riverwalk makes it ideal for the skate park, Park District officials said.

At a recent Library Board meeting that drew City Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facilCity Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facilcity leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facility.

Several residents volunteered to serve on the committee, and Park District director Kirk Reimer said he has received commitments from city and school district officials asking to be part of the group.

City officials have proposed a number of controversial steps to relieve school overcrowding in Rogers Park, including building a new school on Park District land, according to records and interviews.

After months of negotiations, Park District and library officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park District facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High School.

Five years ago, when Chicago became the largest school district in the nation to privatize its meal program, city officials said the initiative was designed to improve the quality and wholesomeness of student food.

But some elected officials on both the city and state level have criticized this approach as a way to close public schools and open a charter school in its place.

The expiration of mayoral control of city schools could cost the city up to $ 1.6 billion over 10 years — and the city would go after the state for the bill, according to a memo from de Blasio administration officials.

More than 50,000 NYC students 17 and up will have the chance to register to vote through their schools this year, city officials said.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

Today, as a result of my effort, all official meeting of the City of New Rochelle and the City School District of New Rochelle are video taped, archived and broadcast online and / or TV.

School officials have their hands full with the current outbreak of the flu, but measures taken to prevent the spread of the illness appear to be working the Rochester City School District and suburban schools.

De Blasio, who formerly served as a City Councilman and a federal housing official, stressed his role as a public school parent and his background volunteering on the local school board.

Officials there said schools are closed Wednesday because of widespread power outages and downed wires through the city.

That year, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers missed the state - imposed mid-January deadline, prompting officials to withhold $ 250 million from the state's largest school district.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joined state and city elected officials, parents and education advocates on Feb. 28 to announce his support for proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

Elected officials outside of New York City should be some of the strongest supporters of New York City's universal pre-K and after school proposal.

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz responds to questions about the Chancellor's Regulation C - 30 process («C - 30 process»)-- the Chancellor's official principal hiring process — underway at the prestigious Townsend Harris High School (Townsend Harris): «Townsend Harris is one of the city's top - ranking, high - performing schools and a source of tremendous pride here in Queens,» -LSB-...]

Decades - Old Rusty School Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSSchool Trailers at P.S. 19 in Corona to be Removed New Physical Addition to School Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSSchool Building Slated for Construction QUEENS, NY — Parents, elected and city officials today together announced plans underway to permanently expand capacity that's been long overdue at overcrowded P.S. 19Q in Corona, the largest elementary school in New York -LSschool in New York -LSB-...]

City officials accused the school's leadership of investigating students» past history and possibly even testing them before the selection played out, a huge charter school no - no.

«All decisions by the DOE to co-locate schools are viewed by communities as the City giving up on the extant traditional public school,» the elected officials wrote in a joint letter last week to Chancellor Carmen Fariña and PEP Chairperson Vanessa Leung.

Cuomo's team has plenty to work with, given that Teachout listed Vermont as her address in official paperwork as recently as 2013, avoided paying state and city sales taxes on a car she bought in New York, listed Vermont as her home on tax forms when she joined the faculty of Fordham University Law School in 2009, and reported to tax authorities that she lived in New York for zero months in 2009.

Nassau GOP officials say they want Gurfein, a retired U.S. Marine lieutenant colonel and a former Great Neck High School football star, to run against Rice, of Garden City, instead of expending resources in what could become a divisive primary in the Third District.

Councilmember Justin Brannan is calling on local officials to meet funding levels mandated for New York City public schools under the terms of a decade - old legal settlement and thanks to the efforts of the Campaign for Fiscal Equality (CFE).

City school officials said Kinsella needs to remain its own school because of its magnet status under the state's Sheff v. O'Neill pact, where city and suburban students are enrolled through a state - run lottery engineered for racial integratCity school officials said Kinsella needs to remain its own school because of its magnet status under the state's Sheff v. O'Neill pact, where city and suburban students are enrolled through a state - run lottery engineered for racial integratcity and suburban students are enrolled through a state - run lottery engineered for racial integration.

A North End elementary school will be closed Monday and Tuesday for clean - up after asbestos was discovered during spring break this week, city school officials said.

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

Tricia Joyce, a member of the task force, said she remembers that five years ago, city officials said they would take a closer look, and it did lead to opening temporary «incubator» space early for two new Downtown schools, but this was the first time she ever remembered being invited into smaller planning meetings.

Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»

Some Syracuse city councilors sat down Wednesday with public works, school district and parks department officials.

Thursday at City Hall, there will be a Student Voter Registration Day press conference held by elected officials, advocacy groups, and school representatives.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., NYC Coalition Against Hunger Executive Director Joel Berg, NYC Public Advocate Tish James, City Councilman Stephen Levin and other officials hold a news conference to criticize changes in participation of city schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, ManhatCity Councilman Stephen Levin and other officials hold a news conference to criticize changes in participation of city schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, Manhatcity schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, ManhatCity Hall, Manhattan.

The measures were requested city officials and state lawmakers who represent the area as its school district seeks to plug yet another budget deficit.

Violent incidents are city schools are up by 23 percent, according to principals and state officials.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and various elected officials attend a Student Voter Registration Day press conference, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

ALBANY — New York City isn't the only place where school officials play fast and loose with grades, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

High school students in the Syracuse City School District participated in a mock election for president, Senate and House of Representatives using official ballots and voting machines from the Onondaga County Board of Elecschool students in the Syracuse City School District participated in a mock election for president, Senate and House of Representatives using official ballots and voting machines from the Onondaga County Board of ElecSchool District participated in a mock election for president, Senate and House of Representatives using official ballots and voting machines from the Onondaga County Board of Elections.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.