Sentences with phrase «district said some items»

State Senator Patrick Gallivan (R, C, IP) of the 59th Senate District said some items were still overlooked.

Not exact matches

«We are trying to help them learn to make healthy food choices while still offering them a wide selection of breakfast and lunch items,» said Ruth Jonen, director of food service at Palatine Township High School District 211.

By providing a tasting to families before the start of the school year, the district hopes to build support for the «envelope - pushing» items and win over even the pickiest elementary and middle school students, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director.

Let's just say that she has no intention to adhere to our district policy, which calls for «non-food items» or foods that meet district nutrition standards.

District Supt. Rosemarie Carroll said Aramark expects to make an additional 2.5 percent from the total contract than it did during the last school year because it projects higher sales of a la carte items.

If the park is built at the Garden Plots, as district officials have planned, extra costs for such items as creating a parking facility and realigning roads would bring the total to about $ 400,000, Collins said.

Chicago Public Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition support services, said students still bristle at the idea of schools controlling their choices.

While whole grain acceptability isn't a problem (per say) for us, giving districts more money isn't going to solve the issue of kids not wanting whole grain items.

Park District Executive Director Dean Bostrom said those items would be put out for competitive bids later.

So, by looking at all the menu items collectively and then discounting ones which are eaten less often, the district can say it has made an overall reduction in the sodium in our school food.

Silver has also been an unabashed defender of legislative member items, saying that lawmakers know their districts best when it comes to allocating state dollars to local causes.

Receiving the items, the Nsoatre District Health Director, Charlotte Adu Gyamfi, thanked the First Lady, for the gesture, saying it will go a long way to aid them in the discharge of their duties.

«About half the items that we currently offer will be gone next year, so we're trying to find products that meet the standards,» said Mark Bordeau, senior director of food services for the Broome - Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), a state - funded entity that offers shared services to 14 school districts in the southern tier.

«There is one crucial item hanging out there,» said Francesco Ianni, the district's assistant superintendent for administration, referring to the issue of GEA restitution.

This year, Mark - Viverito has said she will divide member items based on a formula that accounts for the income levels of each council district, rather than hand them out arbitrarily as was the practice in past years.

The Republican talked about the items in the bill that she says will benefit her district, including $ 19 million in funding to modernize the non-commissioned officers academy at Fort Drum.

«I commend the speaker for distributing member items not on the basis of political favors but on the basis of objective need, as measured by the number of residents in your district who live below the poverty line,» he said.

The District Director of Health, Madam Florence Ansogmwine who took delivery of the items, thanked the First Lady, Mrs. Mahama for being a mother, a friend and a blessing to the needy and vulnerable, saying the people of Nadowli - Kaleo District will be eternally appreciative of her kind gesture towards them.

«We have a system where some districts get far more than others and politics is the only explanation,» Stringer told reporters during a conference call, where he said the member item system creates a «chilling effect on open debate.»

And today, as previously noted, de Blasio said member items — the monies that councilmembers dole out to organizations in their districts — should be banned.

Crowley said her funding represented a 25 percent increase in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes -LSB-...]

In a report released Wednesday, Mr. Stringer said City Council «member items» create disparities between Council districts and should be abolished.

Crowley said her funding represented a 25 percent increase in member items over the previous fiscal year levels and a 50 percent increase in capital allocations for the 30th District, which includes Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood.

«This was an item that not only did not have consensus,» said Barbara Blair, president of the Garment District Alliance, «but the difference of the positions was also significant.»

«These items could be used anywhere,» Asghar said, especially with the adaptations the group made to make the assessment materials even more useful to the school districts involved in the effort.

«There was a lot of progress around keeping equity an item of focus and there's been a lot of work to make sure the district is making gains in this area,» Sabella said.

Don't say: That's not true, we do not steal money from public schools Instead, say: Charter schools are public schools, and are funded through their own line item in the state budget which is separate from district schools.

The renovation project is being coordinated by the Recovery School District and includes replacing the roof, repairing cracks in the outside walls and repairing or replacing the windows and doors to seal the building from water intrusion during rainstorms, among other items, said Aviva Le, the facilities director at the International School.

Tying districts» hands when it comes to teacher wages is inconsistent with two other items in the bill that are designed to give districts more flexibility in lean times, said Bonoff.