The Metropolitan Nashville
Public Schools board voted 7 - 2 Tuesday night to reject an application by Great Hearts Academies, a nonprofit that operates prep - school - like charter schools, for five new establishments.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091,
[email protected] CHICAGO
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, -LSB-...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091,
[email protected] CHICAGO
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, the Good Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-...]
In June 2017, the Chicago
Public School Board voted to adopt the Good Food Purchasing Program as part of its wellness policy.
Not exact matches
In the
Public School Board races, Michael Janz was re-elected in a landslide in Ward F. With 15,671
votes and 71.4 percent of the total
vote, Janz earned the most
votes of any trustee and council candidate and the highest percentage of any candidate in this election except Don Iveson.
In 2003, Act 22 was passed requiring all Vermont
public schools to participate in the
school lunch and breakfast program unless the
school board votes to exempt the district from the requirement.
Paladino was elected to the Buffalo
Public School Board of Education winning 79 percent of the
vote in Buffalo's Park District.
Residents of
public school districts throughout the state will head to the polls on May 15 to decide the fate of annual budgets and also to
vote for
board members seeking re-election or wishing to win a seat.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The
board of Buffalo
Public Schools voted Thursday to approve a resolution calling for Carl Paladino to resign his spot on the
board.
The Starpoint
School District will hold a number of events May 15, along with the public vote on its proposed budget for 2018 - 19 and school board elec
School District will hold a number of events May 15, along with the
public vote on its proposed budget for 2018 - 19 and
school board elec
school board elections.
Cuomo says by not
voting to extend the Bill de Blasio's authority over the
public schools, they essentially
voted for a return to the dysfunction of the old system of multiple community
school boards.
That law allows
school district voters and government
boards to exceed the cap, but only after making
public votes to override.
Other Westchester Municipalities having
School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School Board And 2018 - 2019 Votes include The Peekskill City School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Str
Board And 2018 - 2019
Votes include The Peekskill City
School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (2 seats up), Greenburgh Central
School District, New Rochelle Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District, New Rochelle
Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
Public Schools (One (1) full Five - year term and one (1) Two - year term [unexpired portion of a vacant term]-RRB-, Scarsdale
Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
Public School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District, the Mamaroneck Union Free
School District (which includes public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (which includes
public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
public school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
school system for Village of Larchmont residents), Port Chester
Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
Public Schools, Tuckahoe Union Free
School District (one (1) board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (one (1)
board seat), Pelham Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Str
board seat), Pelham
Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
Public School District (Eligible Pelham voters may vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (Eligible Pelham voters may
vote on a two - proposition bond proposal to fund facilities / infrastructure projects and athletic facilities / fields upgrades), Rye City
School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School District (There is only one Polling Place: The Rye Middle
School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons St
School Gymnasium at 3 Parsons Street.)
He finished 139
votes behind Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former Senate aide who serves on a rural
school board and had a de minimus
public profile in the five - county district before two Super PACs spent $ 500,000 pushing her candidacy.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo
School Board, the
public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the
Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was
voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- When looking at the results of Wednesday's re-organization meeting for the Buffalo
School Board, the
public will read Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold retained her position as President of the
Board while Sharon Belton - Cottman was
voted Vice President of Executive Affairs and Theresa Harris - Tigg was
voted the Vice President of Student Achievement.
THE ELIZABETHTOWN - LEWIS CENTRAL
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET
VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
VOTE &
BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to
vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
vote at
school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school meetings in the District will be held at the
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the
vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for
school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school purposes, exclusive of
public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget
Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (D
Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DST).
On Thursday, the
board voted 6 - 2 to demand Paladino's resignation, with members calling him «unambiguously racist,» «morally repugnant,» and a person with «a pattern of racist and negative behaviors» whose words would have an «incalculable» impact on the children of color who constitute the majority of Buffalo's
public -
school students.
An at - large
voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo
school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented
public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.
The legislation, which passed a joint
vote held by the
Board of Legislators» committees on
Public Safety, Legislation and Parks held this Tuesday would mark a return to a ban previously enacted by former County Executive Andrew Spano in 1999 following infamous shootings at Columbine High
School in Colorado.
We strived to come up with a unanimous decision,» said
School Board President Lou Petrucci following Wednesday night's nomination and
public vote at City Hall.
The new majority on the Buffalo
Public School Board went into special meeting Wednesday afternoon with the five
votes needed to make Donald Ogilvie, former Erie 1 BOCES superintendent, the interim city
schools superintendent.
The city Department of Education is breaking state law by moving to shutter one of its struggling Bronx Renewal
Schools without a
vote from the local education
board,
Public Advocate...
Look, Listen, Learn District Administration, July 2011 «When [Senior Lecturer] Deborah Jewell - Sherman began to lead the Richmond (Va.)
Public Schools in 2002, she faced a
board of education that had
voted 5 - 3 to hire her.
The Florida legislature's Miami delegation has been thwarted in its attempt to bar its local
school board from using
public money to pay for its legal battle against a
voting - rights suit.
The Philadelphia
Board of Education
voted 5 - to - 3 last week not to appeal a court order that opened Central High
School, the nation's second - oldest public high school, to female students for the first time in its 147 - year hi
School, the nation's second - oldest
public high
school, to female students for the first time in its 147 - year hi
school, to female students for the first time in its 147 - year history.
In a dramatic turnaround from its previous strong support for charter
schools, the Buffalo, N.Y.,
school board voted last week to impose a one - year moratorium on allowing more of the independently operated
public schools.
Parents can influence
school board members and
public officials by participating in meetings,
voting, and engaging in discussions of education matters and child advocacy issues.
And recent evidence demonstrates that teachers are far more likely to
vote in
school board elections than is the general
public.
Through
votes,
school board meetings, petition drives, and direct advocacy, all citizens, at least in principle, can influence
public education.
But this claim needs to be tested, for there is clearly a plausible alternative: that teachers are not only better educated and more middle class than the average citizen, but also more
public spirited, more committed to
public education, and thus more likely to
vote in
school -
board elections regardless of their personal stakes.
Student editors of the Centreville High
School newspaper, who sought to publish the vote totals, sued the Fairfax County school board, arguing that the tallies should be made public under the state's freedom - of - informatio
School newspaper, who sought to publish the
vote totals, sued the Fairfax County
school board, arguing that the tallies should be made public under the state's freedom - of - informatio
school board, arguing that the tallies should be made
public under the state's freedom - of - information act.
Indeed, current and former
public school employees are 21 percentage points more likely to claim that they
voted in their last
school board election than is everyone else (see Figure 8).
And last week, the Atlanta
Public Schools board, with a reputation for being supportive of charter schools, voted 8 - 1 to deny a charter pe
Schools board, with a reputation for being supportive of charter
schools, voted 8 - 1 to deny a charter pe
schools,
voted 8 - 1 to deny a charter petition.
The Illinois State
Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago
Public Schools on Wednesday,
voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's special ed policies and procedures.
The
School District of Rhinelander Board of Education voted to take a stand in favor of greater transparency when it comes to Wisconsin's school voucher system and its impact on public sc
School District of Rhinelander
Board of Education
voted to take a stand in favor of greater transparency when it comes to Wisconsin's
school voucher system and its impact on public sc
school voucher system and its impact on
public schools.
Before taking the role, Sir David was a positive advocate for openness, claiming during a presentation at the Independent Academies Association conference in October 2014 that the individual
votes of headteacher
board members — who advise regional
schools commissioners (RSCs) on academy chain takeovers — would be made
public.
At the end of March, the Tacoma
Public Schools (TPS)
board of directors
voted 4 - 1 denoting intent to apply as a charter
school authorizer in Washington state.
Eventually, the State
Board of Education
voted to approve twelve
public charter
schools on February 27, 1997.
First, the county
board of supervisors slashed funds for its
public schools to $ 150,000, the minimum amount legally required in 1955 — $ 550,000 less than the nearly $ 700,000 requested by the county
school board.9 Along with allocating fewer funds for the County's
schools, supervisors also
voted to switch how often they would distribute those funds, changing the schedule from an annual basis to a monthly basis.
Leading up to the Senate Education Committee
vote on April 28, the following groups turned in support for Click to add MIRS Bill Hound SB 0103 — the Michigan Association of
School Administrators, Grand Rapids Public Schools, West Michigan Talent Triangle, the Michigan Association of School Boards, the National Heritage Academies, the South Central Education Policy Consortium, Michigan Association of Public School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solu
School Administrators, Grand Rapids
Public Schools, West Michigan Talent Triangle, the Michigan Association of
School Boards, the National Heritage Academies, the South Central Education Policy Consortium, Michigan Association of Public School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solu
School Boards, the National Heritage Academies, the South Central Education Policy Consortium, Michigan Association of
Public School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solu
School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn
Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan
school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solu
school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solutions.
NSBA will continue to work with lawmakers to prioritize the interests of our nation's local
school board members and
public schoolchildren as S. 1177 heads to the Senate for a
vote, and approaches the finish line for the long overdue ESEA modernization.
With no
public hearing, no public input and a hurry up and vote strategy, the Hartford Board of Education is considering a vote at their upcoming Tuesday meeting to «approves the creation of SAND [elementary school] as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
public hearing, no
public input and a hurry up and vote strategy, the Hartford Board of Education is considering a vote at their upcoming Tuesday meeting to «approves the creation of SAND [elementary school] as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
public input and a hurry up and
vote strategy, the Hartford
Board of Education is considering a
vote at their upcoming Tuesday meeting to «approves the creation of SAND [elementary
school] as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
school] as a Lighthouse
School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory
Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.
Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory
School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet
School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&
School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding [which would effectively be a no - bid contract] with CPS regarding its role in managing the
schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.
schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford
Public Schools.&
Public Schools.
Schools.»
Houston
school board members ended their meeting Tuesday night without
voting on a plan to cede control over 10 low - performing
schools after a skirmish erupted and police escorted members of the
public — nearly all of whom opposed the proposal — out of the room.
The
Board will
vote on a Measure G1 spending plan that includes funds for three additional middle
schools: Lodestar: Lighthouse Community Charter
Public School, Amethods Oakland Charter Academy, and Alliance Academy.
On a 9 — 0
vote, the Kansas
Board of Education decided not to apply for RTTT funding, saying, «The federal criteria required more centralized control of
public school education...» 4 Texas Governor Rick Perry explained to Secretary Duncan, «In order to submit an application that is preferred... for Race to the Top, Texas would have to commit... to the adoption of national curriculum standards and tests.»
To make up for five instructional days lost during the teacher walkout, the Jenks
Public Schools Board of Education
voted in favor of adding...
To make up for five instructional days lost during the teacher walkout, the Jenks
Public Schools Board of Education
voted in favor of adding 30 minutes to each
school day beginning Monday,...
After an outcry from parents, Seattle
Public Schools administrators delayed Wednesday's school board vote on proposed changes to the policy that broadly explains how students are assigned to the district's 97 s
Schools administrators delayed Wednesday's
school board vote on proposed changes to the policy that broadly explains how students are assigned to the district's 97
schoolsschools.
UPDATE — Seattle
Public Schools superintendent Larry Nyland has asked
school board members to delay their
vote on proposed changes to the district's Student Assignment Plan.