Sentences with phrase «county school board chairman»

«Last week should have served as a wake - up call to our community that we have children who need help, who all too often have cried out for help, but no help has been there for them,» said Bill Sublette, the Orange County School Board chairman, referring to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, where a teen with a history of disturbing behavior is charged with killing 17 people.

In responding to a bill introduced in the Florida Legislature on September 23, 2013 by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz proposing that no high school begin morning classes before 8 a.m., School District of Osceola County School Board Chairman Jay Wheeler stated he is all for it, as long as Osceola County doesn't have to pay for it — a cost he believes would be in the dozens of millions.

Other potential Orange County mayoral candidates including Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke, Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, Orlando chamber of commerce president Rob Panepinto, former Senate President Andy Gardiner, and Orange County School Board Chairman Bill Sublette.

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Dr. Stephens has also been highly active throughout her career in industry and community activities, including serving as the Vice Chairman of the Orange County Council and National Board member of the American Electronics Association, now TechAmerica; participating on the University of California at Irvine School of the Arts Deans Advisory Council in the area of Digital Arts; and as a Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Orange County Board member.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Additional experience: School board member and president; township auditor; township supervisor; county board member; officer in township and county state associations; legislative chairman T.O.I.; NIPC commissioner;

Grant has served in politics since the late 1990s, representing the University District on the Council, as a Buffalo School Board member and Erie County legislator, serving as former chairman of the body.

Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston indicated he was in favor of the governor's proposal — «It never hurts to look,» he said on Monday — while Vice Chairman Shaun Gillilland said it doesn't go far enough, and the governor needs to start putting the pressure on school districts and towns to merge.

In May of 2007, despite the high - profile Dover ruling that intelligent design is not science, school board chairman Thomas J. Doland of Chesterfield County, Virginia, came under fire from parents for not introducing pro-ID textbooks into his classrooms.

Mr. Kernodle, 50, had served as the interim chairman of the school board for two years, overseeing the merger of the districts of High Point, Greensboro, and Guilford County.

John R. Kernodle Jr., the school board chairman of the Guilford County, N.C., district, was struck and killed by a car while crossing a downtown street in Atlanta Oct. 26.

«We are proud of our school board members, students, and faculty in Rochester City and Hillsborough County for the unprecedented and ground breaking work they continue to do in this area,» stated Van Henri White, City of Rochester School Board President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of Direschool board members, students, and faculty in Rochester City and Hillsborough County for the unprecedented and ground breaking work they continue to do in this area,» stated Van Henri White, City of Rochester School Board President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of Direcboard members, students, and faculty in Rochester City and Hillsborough County for the unprecedented and ground breaking work they continue to do in this area,» stated Van Henri White, City of Rochester School Board President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of DireSchool Board President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of DirecBoard President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of DirecBoard of Directors.

Additional speakers include Gary Chartrand, chairman of the Florida State Board of Education; Frank Biden, the president of Mavericks in Education and the brother of Vice President Joe Biden; Jeanne Allen, pioneering education reform champion and founder of The Center for Education Reform; Wendy Howard, the founder and executive director of the Florida Alliance for Choice in Education; Christie Bassett, 2015 Florida Teacher of the Year and a teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member of the Duval County School Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an advisor to National School Choice Week, who will join the event live via satellite from Austin, Texas.

Seven are elected from the single district which they represent, where each must reside in that district; and one is elected county wide and serves as the chairman of the school board.

The chairman of the Palm Beach County School Board says West Palm Beach's plan for a charter school is ill - advised and he wishes the city would abandSchool Board says West Palm Beach's plan for a charter school is ill - advised and he wishes the city would abandschool is ill - advised and he wishes the city would abandon it.

«The loss of those students has a direct impact on our school system,» said Stephen Halkiotis, chairman of the Orange County school board.

Stephanie Luke is elected chairwoman of the Lake County School Board, and Sandy Gamble is taking over as vice chairman.

An event releasing the report, in March 2010, featured panelists: Jacqueline Jones, Senior Advisor for Early Learning to U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MD); and Robert H. Dugger, Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Partnership for America's Economic Success.

Thornton also served Maryland PTA as nominating leader, board development committee chairman, and as a member of Anne Arundel County's Superintendent High Performing High School Task Force.

Jeffers was part of a presenting team, along with Donny Lambeth, Chairman of the Winston - Salem / Forsyth County Board of Education and Donald Martin, Superintendent of Winston - Salem / Forsyth County Schools.

«It's time to recognize that these schools were named in error,» said Ryan Sawyers, who is chairman of the Prince William County school board and is also running for U.S. Congress next year as a Democrat.

He is a past Chairman of the Board of FIBA (2007 - 2008), past Chair of the Miami - Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) Health Medical Advisory Committee and is currently a member of the MDCPS Audit and Budget Advisory Committee.

«The decision by the Wake County Commission to fund the Moore Square School was a commitment to bringing back the downtown,» says Gordon Smith, chairman of the board of the nearby Exploris Museum, which often conducts joint programs with Moore.