Sentences with phrase «public improvement district»

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Mello - Roos taxes are voted on by property owners and are used to support special districts that finance services, public works or other improvements.

The Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) and District of Columbia Department of Public Works (DPW) also partnered in the event.

The Fox Valley Park District will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Eola Community Center (555 S. Eola Rd., Aurora) to discuss a grant application to the Illinois Department of Transportation for improvements to the Illinois Prairie Path — Aurora branch.

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.

Limestone Development Corp. proposes making several capital improvements to the area, opening it to the public and asking the park district to maintain the public area.

In February of 2008, Fox Valley Park District residents approved a $ 44.8 million referendum to fund improvements for local parks, trails and public facilities, acquire new land for additional recreation space, preserve Fox River shoreline areas and create additional venues for athletic fields, and numerous other goals.

For example, the School Food Initiative set out to improve food on the plate at local public schools, and soon learned that such improvements also required us to influence cultural shifts within school districts as well as increasing food literacy throughout the community.

NEW LENOX — A proposed intergovernmental agreement involving the Village, Park District and Library District of New Lenox would assign costs for public improvements for a proposed town center.

The Buffalo Public Schools District received word from the State Education Department Thursday that it would approve improvement grants for six city schools.

She also would be able to make binding recommendations on the district's budget, and have to approve certain capital improvement contracts and any sale of public assets such as school buildings, Zebrowski said.

The free concert is a BID Family Day event, made possible by the New Rochelle Downtown Business Improvement District, in conjunction with the New Rochelle Public Library, the City School District and the Department of Parks and Recreation.

He has delivered over 40 million dollars in funding to our district that has resulted in the improvement of our senior programs, our public schools, and our public safety.

The president oversees three business improvement districts — the MetroTech BID, the Fulton Mall Improvement Association and the Court - Livingston - Schermerhorn BID — and serves as an «advocate for public and private investment in Downtown Brooklyn,» according to the job description on the organizationimprovement districts — the MetroTech BID, the Fulton Mall Improvement Association and the Court - Livingston - Schermerhorn BID — and serves as an «advocate for public and private investment in Downtown Brooklyn,» according to the job description on the organizationImprovement Association and the Court - Livingston - Schermerhorn BID — and serves as an «advocate for public and private investment in Downtown Brooklyn,» according to the job description on the organization's website.

For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the County Legislature of the County of Erie, New York, shall be held at Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo, New York, in said County, on the 26th day of October, 2016, at 1:30 P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a proposed increase and improvement of facilities of Erie County Sewer District No. 4 in said County.

Just as the Department of Transportation engaged community stakeholders, business improvement districts, community boards, and the public regarding siting of CitiBike stations, so too DoITT should work with the vendor (s) to craft a detailed, robust plan for community engagement.

The free program is a BID Family Day event, made possible through a partnership of the New Rochelle Downtown BID (Business Improvement District) with the New Rochelle Public Library, the City School District & PTA Council, and the Department of Parks & Recreation.

Since Illinois passed its charter school law in 1996, Chicago's public school district officials have viewed charters as another path to district improvement, especially for its high schools, and even went so far as to support an increase on the city's charter cap from 15 to 30.

They were convinced that parents could positively impact public schools, and one of their first acts was to help pass the first bond election in many years, enabling the improvement of the school district facilities.

A 2005 study by the Public Policy Institute of California found the improvement in reading «so definitive that San Diego's efforts are well worth a look by other school districts in California and the nation.»

But based on the amount of student improvement, Hartford Public Schools administrators placed the pre-K - to - grade -6-school into the category of defined autonomy at the district level.

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

At the Askwith Forum on November 17, Washington, D.C., Public Schools officials discussed how the district is going farther faster, together with its families, to create sustainable improvements in educational outcomes for all its children.

Leaders in the Springfield, Missouri Public Schools have utilized process improvement strategies in their district to improve several aspects of their services, including training, graduation and nutrition.

Formed in 2003, PELP continues its mission with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence in District Improvement, and with the annual executive education summer institute which brings public school leaders from around the country to Harvard to focus...

This practice has confused the public, demoralized teachers, and tied up funds that could have been more precisely targeted on the schools and districts that are most in need of improvement.

Formed in 2003, PELP continues its mission with the development of tools such as the PELP Coherence Framework and the book Achieving Coherence in District Improvement, and with the annual executive education summer institute which brings public school leaders from around the country to Harvard to focus on their districts challenges as well as possible solutions.

Confusion abounds among educators and the broader public about the purpose of charter schools and how these independent public schools relate to school district improvement efforts.

79, president of the foundation, «when we developed the conviction that dramatic structural change was going to be necessary in Boston and other urban public school systems in order to generate broad improvement in the academic achievement of the mostly low - income, minority students who populate these districts today.»

As a long - time member of the Public Education Leadership Project, a joint initiative between HBS and HGSE, Higgins co-authored a book with her colleagues on managing central office - school relationships called, Achieving Coherence in District Improvement; this book is based upon their work with large urban districts over a ten - year time period.

One of the most significant endorsements of String Theory Schools came when the network was engaged by Philadelphia Public Schools to implement a comprehensive school improvement plan at one of the district's underperforming school sites.

Ted Kolderie writes that the current arrangement of K - 12 public education is an obstacle to school and district improvement and that state leaders have an important role to play in shaping system - wide change.

Called Book Banter, administrators at Central Elementary School in Wilmette Public Schools District 39 started the program four years ago and have seen improvement in the amount and quality of teacher - parent dialogue, staff members at the K - 4 school told an audience at the 2007 Association for School Curriculum Development (ASCD) conference.

It was launched in 2004 as part of a three - sector strategy for urban education reform that also included increased funding for public charter - school facilities and added funds for educational improvements in District of Columbia public schools.

The superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools describes her district's school improvement plan and explains what schools can do to meet — and exceed — the expectations they have for the students they serve.

Office of System and School Improvement (OSSI) School Safety Center State Report Card Data and Reports Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Offices and Programs Bulletins Districts / Schools: Maps & Websites Directory Jobs at OSPI Contracts Public records Rule - making Laws & Regulations

Since then, Dr. Blackburn served Broward County Public Schools as a District Trainer, Director of School Improvement, Area Superintendent, and Chief School Performance & Accountability Officer.

California's new Accountability and Continuous Improvement System helps educators and the public to see how districts and schools are performing on test scores, graduation rates, and other measures of student success.

Under NCLB, for the first time, schools were required to measure improvement in student achievement across all groups of students, and each state, district, and school was required to lay the results out on the table for parents and the public to see.

Any doubt about the progress being made by the public school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the npublic school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nPublic School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the nation.

Mayors who control school districts, as Bloomberg did and de Blasio does, are accountable for public education and, by his own design, de Blasio's school improvement grade comes down to «how's the Renewal program doing?»

School Board Leadership Resource Center and Center for Public Education Briefing Room: These two resources bring you school improvement research, best practices and examples from high - performing school systems, and expert guidance that can help your school board set a course for improving student achievement and district excellence.

Future Is Now works to improve public education by organizing and supporting effective educators and lead improvements in their schools, districts, and unions.

Sustained improvements in the level and distribution of funding across local public school districts lead to improvements in the level and distribution of student outcomes (see Figure 1).

In the Tigard - Tualatin School District (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successfulDistrict (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successfuldistrict superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successfuldistrict - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successfuldistrict and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful adults.

Compared to Chicago Public Schools» district - wide 1 - point improvement in the same period, these two schools improved by 8 and 10 points, respectively, on the student - teacher trust measure of the 5Essentials Survey — a school climate survey based on more than 20 years of research that found schools strong on three or more of the 5Essential components were ten times more likely to improve student learning gains.

Milwaukee Public Schools annually completes and implements a district improvement plan (DIP).