Sentences with phrase «city district public»

The 9 percentage point spread (36 percent New York City district public schools vs. 45 percent charters) narrows to 7 (43 percent vs. 50 percent) when special education students are excluded.

When you then pull out the data for English language learners (New York City district public schools have more than three times as many), the New York City district public school test performance becomes stronger, and surpasses the proficiency rate for charter schools — 50 percent vs. 46 percent.

Not exact matches

The district's city council passed Public Vehicle - for - Hire Innovation Amendment Act late in 2012 to allow and regulate what the law referred to as «digital dispatch» companies including Uber, ending a long ban.

Seriously, officials in the City by the Bay are so fed up with unlawful public urinators that they've painted 10 walls in the SOMA and Mission districts with a special liquid - repellent paint that splashes offenders back upon impact, yep, with their own waste stream.

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

The city of Chicago, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago Park District and The Trust for Public Land have joined forced to convert abandoned railroad space along the once bustling Bloomingdale Line into much - needed community green space for residents and visitors.

New York City Department of Education (New York), Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles), Chicago Public Schools (Chicago), Miami - Dade County Public Schools (Miami), Dallas Independent School District (Dallas), Orange County Public Schools (Orlando), Broward County Public Schools (Fort Lauderdale), Clark County Public Schools (Las Vegas), School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Baltimore Public Schools (Baltimore), and Boston Public Schools (Boston) will coordinate menus to improve purchasing power from food providers so that costs are kept low.

Amanda Bot made her way to Orange County Public Schools from her native Minnesota — where she attended the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities for her bachelor's degree — but not before she completed an internship with the Sarasota County School District.

Eunita Rushing feels at home when she's near plants, so perhaps it's no surprise that since 1999 she has been the enthusiastic president of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, which works in partnership with the Chicago Park District to raise funds and awareness for educational and public programs for the conservatory, located on the city's West Side.

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The 2018 School Nutrition Heroes are: Paula Angelucci, Child Nutrition Director, Colonial School District, New Castle (DE); Anthony Terrell, Culinary Specialist, Shelby County Schools, Memphis (TN); April Laskey, SNS, Director of School Nutrition, Billerica Public Schools, Billerica (MA); Lynne Shore, Food Service Director, Willamina School District, Willamina (OR) and Patricia Urbanczyk, Kitchen Manager, School City of Hammond, Hammond (IN).

The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that public property can not be used for a private interest, said Herbert Caplan, one of the attorneys for the residents committee.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council and the Food Chain Workers Alliance have played a leadership role in the City's adoption of the Program by supporting the Chicago Good Food Taskforce organized by the Mayor's Office including multiple City of Chicago Sister Agencies (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Park District, Chicago City Colleges, Chicago Housing Authority) and Departments (Department of Public Health, Department of Family and Support Services, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Aviation, and Procurement).

Berley said that two permanent public improvements will be possible with the proposed trade off: aligning the intersection and establishing a recreational campus - like setting, with City Hall, Wood Dale Bank, the Park District facility and the water park all within walking distance of one another.

Under the plan, the park district would give the school board 10 school fieldhouses that were built in the 1970s by the city «s Public Building Commission.

After the discussion, Naperville Park District Executive Director Ray McGury said he believes the project is a cultural amenity as it is on land donated to the city by Caroline Martin Mitchell for public use.

ELMHURST — City and Public Library officials have announced they are ready to give the Wilder Mansion to the Park District in exchange for land on the northwest corner of Wilder Park.

Details of the agreement will not be made public until it is reviewed by the Park District and City Council, officials said.

Last month, to a chorus of community objections and second - guesses, the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners voted 3 - 2 to give the city's $ 6 million public golf course now under construction the tinny appellation...

The beach, with borders extending from Ohio Street on the south to North Avenue on the north, is the city's second largest public beach, says Joe Pecoraro, the Park District's general supervisor of beaches and pools.

Once the trust has reached a deal with a contractor, it will then identify that company and the private investors paying for the projects before going to Chicago Public Schools, the Park District and City Council for public approval, hePublic Schools, the Park District and City Council for public approval, hepublic approval, he said.

An interim city appraisal of the parks - fair agreement says it is loaded with «profit centers for the park district, «that are «inadequate and improper as public benefits after the fair.

Despite the fact that the city's meter lease brought in $ 1.16 billion, and the Park District's new fees may bring in as much as $ 1.5 million a year, none of this money has been committed to increasing and improving the city's public transit.

Now advocates have a new tool to help achieve just such a lofty goal: It's called the Good Food Purchasing Policy and after its successful passage in 2012 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is procured.

At the Aug. 15 park board meeting, a group of teenagers requested that the park district consider providing a public park for their sport in the event that the City Council bans or restricts unsupervised use of skateboard ramps.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

Following public pressure from the City Council, the Chicago Park District on Wednesday agreed to cut an admission fee increase for Chicago residents at the Art Institute of Chicago that was scheduled to take effect May 23.

A complex land deal involving the City of Elmhurst, the Elmhurst Park District and Elmhurst Public Library that could lead to expansion of Wilder Park and construction of a fine arts museum was approved Monday by the park board.

But the summer season brings with it significant plans by the district to move beyond the lake into revamping programs, saving open space and considering bringing the city its first public pool.

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, part of the Public Health Service, reported to the city and the Elmhurst Park District that a study it conducted concluded that «methane migration from the park poses a potential health threat via fire and explosion «and inhalation to residents to the north and east of the site.

Thanks to the Walmart Foundation, Partners for Breakfast - in - the - Classroom received $ 8 million, which enabled us to expand breakfast - in - the - classroom in eight school districts across the nation: Charleston County (SC); Denver Public Schools (CO); Des Moines Public Schools (IA); Elgin School District U-46 (IL); Guilford County Schools (NC); Jefferson County Public Schools (KY); Kansas City Public Schools (KS); Knox County Schools (TN).

These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

The agreement also called for the Park District and city to build an aquatic center at the country club with the Park District donating to the city its 7 - acre Manor Park site at 114 Central Ave. for a new public safety center.

Crystal Lake Park District officials scheduled three public forums to garner support for the purchase of nearly 180 acres abutting the city.

The Park District, which has lobbied the city for control of the club ever since it was purchased from a private owner in 1993, has said it would run the club with more open access to the public and less like a private facility.

Richmond Public Schools is now working with the city to make this vision a reality, and the district continues to forge ahead with their emphasis on local, farm fresh options in the meantime.

In Virginia's Alexandria City Public Schools, the switch to whole grain sandwich buns cost the 12,000 student district nearly $ 75,000.

The city park district operates its own radio show in conjunction with the Detroit public schools, and it has a 24 - hour telephone hot line about park activities.

The Puerto Rican groups» resolution calls on the city and Park District to establish a public consultation process to seek alternatives to the restaurant.

The largest food vendor for the District's public school system has agreed to pay $ 19 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the company overcharged the city and mismanaged the school meals programs, with food often arriving at schools late, spoiled or in short supply.

A limited extension of Mayoral control in New York City was not a good sign for a «Mayoral Intervention» plan for the Buffalo Public School District.

Fields said it was important for the city to preserve traditional district public schools, especially in underserved neighborhoods.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

From 1983 to 1989, Mr. Russo was a member of New York City School Board District # 27, overseeing 35 public schools; and served as its President from 1985 to 1986.

The WRBA is calling on Crowley and Ulrich to make good on their public commentary to unite Woodhaven into one coterminous City Council District.

«Elizabeth Crowley fought for the resources to open four new public schools to relieve overcrowding in her City Council District,» according to her campaign mail.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader poDistrict Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader podistrict leader positions.

For Tirelessly Advocation for New York City's Public School Children — Shino Tanikawa, Public School Parent; Vice President of Community Education Council District 2 and Education Activist.

But for the moment, amid a sea of names being floated — New York City Public Advocate Tish James, Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas among them — lawmakers are still working out more thorny legal questions of a joint session of the Senate and Assembly, which would be required to fill the post.