Sentences with phrase «city parents spend»

Just look at first - rate private schools: in New York City parents spend between $ 20,000 and $ 40,000 per child, and they do so for a reason.

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The BBC's Jonathan Stevenson, a Forest fan, spent the entirety of deadline day praying for his club to sign a left - back but it never happened, and so it must have been particularly galling to have to report that former England defender Nicky Shorey had been recalled from a spell at the City Ground by parent club Villa only to be shipped off to Fulham.

Lin didn't provide any details, but he spends part of every summer visiting China and his parents» native land of Taiwan, hitting cities in both countries on his «basketball camp» tour which combines basketball and faith.

The Imyth Unisex Diaper Backpack is a great option for not only parents who spend a lot of time outdoors, but also those who do a lot of city traveling as well.

In my article published in the November issue of Kansas City Parent magazine, families share a variety of fun ideas about how they like to spend the holiday after dinner is done.

The conference released a report that found married couples spent 12.6 percent of their income on child care, while single parents are spending 45.1 percent — compounding an ever - increasing cost in living for housing in the New York City.

We send over $ 9 Billion to the City of New York in State aid... It is eminently reasonable for a parent or a City Council Mmeber to say «where are you spending the money?»

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Mayor Bill de Blasio spent Saturday morning at Staten Island Little League's Opening Day ceremonies pitching Staten Island parents on the city's free, full - day pre-kindergarten program.

We're spending Mitch's spring break at my parents» home in Ocean City, New Jersey, and I'm taking a REAL vacation.

During the years I spent as a public school student in the city, my time teaching social studies to public school students, and now my experience as a public school parent, I have seen a great deal.

The DOE in this case is the Department of Education in New York City, which the article points out «last year spent $ 116 million on tuition and legal expenses related to special - education students whose parents sued the DOE on the grounds that the public - school options were inadequate.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Leading the spending spree was the New York - based entity that calls itself, «Families for Excellent Schools, Inc.» This is the group that bussed in parents and students from as far away as New York City and Boston to hold a rally at the Connecticut State Capitol demanding more money for the privately owned charter schools.

Like so many city parents before and after her, she spent her son's pre-K year applying to acclaimed charters, looking into private schools, even trying to «worm her way into» Center City's Greenfield Elementary by volunteering for cleanup dcity parents before and after her, she spent her son's pre-K year applying to acclaimed charters, looking into private schools, even trying to «worm her way into» Center City's Greenfield Elementary by volunteering for cleanup dCity's Greenfield Elementary by volunteering for cleanup days.

I look for sanity, especially as I spend more and more time with parents in cities like Camden and Newark where public school choice and accountability provide the only mechanisms for hope.

The city of Manchester, for example, is spending about 1 million pounds a year on intensive parenting programs for parents whose children are at high risk of being expelled from school or taken into care by authorities.

Kizmo, the pet chimpanzee, joins the family for a short holiday in LondonEverything goes as planned, except Kevin falls asleep when they first arrive, and when he wakes up he can't find Kizmo.Kevin's parents want to teach him a lesson about responsibility and they don't tell Kevin where Kizmo is.Kevin spends the day touring the city of London with his mom and sister.

Her earliest years are spent in Ohio, but after her parents separate, her mother moves her children to South Carolina to live with Woodson's beloved grandparents, and then to New York City, a place, Woodson recalls, «of gray rock, cold and treeless as a bad dream.»

I will spend five days in DC, then drive to my parents» house in Wichita, KS the day after flying back to Kansas City.

- 18 years old - used to work at a lodging house in a port city, run by her parents - used to look at the sea and think about what she really wanted to do and to achieve - she stayed like this until a merchant ship appeared on the horizon - her ability in the field is to buy items from NPC - this allows the player to acquire rare items that aren't sold in stores - in combat, she can spend money to summon mercenaries to fight on her behalf - she can share BP with her companions, and cure her own HP and SP

I'd spend my time when my parents were running errands at K - Mart by playing the demo unit over and over again, and when the time finally came to give me my presents that year my parents started by presenting me with Sim City and Pilotwings for the Super NES.

However, she spent most of her childhood up in Rockland County, in a small town called Blauvelt quite close to New York City where her parents worked.

She also spent time answering questions and explained that supplies are provided to senior citizens in the community and that food can also be dropped off at local city schools where parents are able to pick up food for their families.

Unlike traditional summer school programs, the district will automatically enroll students and allow parents and guardians to opt out; otherwise, we expect our students to spend their summer with us getting ahead in their academic careers at Sac City.

It took over from Forest City Enterprises, which in conjunction with Macy's parent company, Federated Department Stores, spent four years to get the project going.