Sentences with phrase «school planning council»

Ross has been active in the past as a member of the School Planning Council for his children's school, and has been a regular participant in the school's Parent Advisory Council proceedings and served as its treasurer.

In May, then education minister Christy Clark introduced Bill 34, the School Amendment Act, providing parents with more education input by establishing school planning councils and district parent advisory councils.

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«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The Tennessee State Board of Education Physical Activity Policy 4.206 (2005) requires each school district's School Health Advisory Council to annually administer CDC's SHI: A Self - Assessment and Planning Guide and report a summary to the school district's School Health Advisory Council to annually administer CDC's SHI: A Self - Assessment and Planning Guide and report a summary to the School Health Advisory Council to annually administer CDC's SHI: A Self - Assessment and Planning Guide and report a summary to the state.

In approving the Nitti subdivision, a planned development of 56 new homes to be built on the site of the former Elmhurst Hospital site on Berteau, Elmhurst city council members also approved substantial increases in impact fees that will add $ 10,100 to the cost of a house in the subdivision and generate $ 470,000 for Elmhurst schools and $ 95,000 for the Park District.

The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.

Library Board President Bruce Knopp plans to step before the City Council on April 4 with the board's revised plans for a third facility near Neuqua Valley High School, but he will also be seeking increased cooperation with the Park District and cash commitments from the City Council.

After months of negotiations, Park District and library officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park District facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High School.

JOLIET — The Joliet City Council has endorsed plans to help fund construction of a park on the grounds of a school on the city's northwest side.

The letter to the Daily Telegraph is published a day after two Conservative council chiefs appeared to criticise the party's plans to allow parents and community groups to start their own schools.

Also at 6 p.m., Transportation Alternatives hosts and «L - Train Shutdown Candidate Forum,» for NYC Council candidates in districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to discuss «street design innovations and action plans they will fight for if elected to represent affected neighborhoods,» with Gothamist City Editor Christopher Robbins moderating, The New School, 66 West 12th St., Manhattan.

Topics included Peter Ragone's role in the administration, de Blasio's engagement in the city council speaker race, plans concerning his wife's possible staff and office, Health Commissioner Tom Farley, Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina's pension and salary and Governor Cuomo's plans to allow medical marijuana in New York.

Plans for two new state - funded Catholic schools with discriminatory admissions policies have cleared a further hurdle today, after Mr Justice Sales in the High Court dismissed a judicial review of Richmond - upon - Thames council's decision to approve them.

Under her plan for mayoral control over Syracuse schools, Lavine said she would pick school board members with the advice and consent of the Syracuse Common Council.

The state Council of School Superintendents raised a package of issues on Wednesday with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed education budget, arguing the funding plan doesn't go far enough and that the tax cap makes it difficult for schools to raise revenue.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testifies before the NYC Council Committees on Education, Oversight and Investigation on the DOE's plan for closing schools.

«If the goal is transparency, ESSA will provide that, and it won't be about spending that is planned or intended, it will be what actually happened,» said Robert Lowry, deputy director of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

Mr. Caggiano has served on the Southold school board, the Greenport / Southold Chamber of Commerce, the Southold Town Planning Board, the town supervisor's Tax Council and the Southold Hamlet Stakeholders.

The hearing at Good Shepherd School at 620 Isham St., hosted by the Northern Manhattan Is Not 4 Sale Coalition and attended by Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, took place the evening before two Council committees approved the plan.

«These projects include the completion of the 2017 Farmland Protection Plan, with a grant from the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets we have hired a Farm to School Marketing Coordinator to help our regions farmers sell locally produced food products to our public schools» lunch programs and with the support of the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Oneida County Health Department, Oneida County Planning Department, Mohawk Valley Community College ThINCubator and the Mohawk Valley Food Policy Council we will be conducting an extensive study of the total Oneida County Food system.»

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

In the latest twist in the effort to rezone elementary schools in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a parent council with the power to approve or reject the city's plans issued a plea Tuesday: Move a popular school 16 blocks south.

Jenny Sedlis, who helped former City Council Member Eva Moskowitz build Success Academy Charter Schools, will start in September as the new executive director, the group plans to announce Friday.

The drive by the Akufo - Addo administration to make French a compulsory subject in Ghanaian schools can succeed with proper planning, Michael Nsowah, the Chairman of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council, has said.

The umbrella body of Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has announced its plan to embark on a nationwide protest against the Nigerian Law School over its law against the use of hijab.

In the latest twist in the effort to rezone elementary schools in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a parent council with the power to approve or reject the city's plans issued a plea: Move a popular school 16 blocks south.

Also at 2:30 p.m., the Buffalo School Board will hold a special meeting to discuss the possible forced removal of one of its members, Carl Paladino, who does not plan on attending, City Hall, Common Council Chambers, 13th floor, Buffalo.

Community Education Councils (CEC) The CECs work closely with the district superintendents, approve school zoning lines, hold hearings on the Capital Plan, and provide input on instructional and policy issues.

We will push for independence for local schools, councils, hospitals and planning and champion low taxes, which the Tories no longer seem interested in doing.»

Last October, de Blasio, his wife and other council members announced a virtually identical plan to grant accusers time off for court dates, counseling, school registration and other matters.

For further information contact Professor Nick Gallent Email: [email protected] Telephone: [phone] ESRC Press Office: Danielle Moore Email: [email protected] Telephone [phone] Jeanine Woolley Email: [email protected] Telephone [phone] Notes for editors: This release is based on the findings from «The Politics of Scale and Network Building in Spatial Planning: Bridging Community Ambition to Strategic Priority in Southern England» funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and carried out by Professor Nick Gallent of the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London.

In Eti - Osa Local Government, Governor Ambode who was represented by State's Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, commissioned the 1.9 km Unity / 1st Avenue Osapa London Road in Eti - Osa Local Government and block of 16 classrooms with modern facilities at Kuramo Primary School in Iru - Victoria Island Local Council Development Area (LCDA).

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz is hoping the Bronx's Council delegation will reject the plan if there's no CBA and no provision requiring retailers to pay a living wage, as are Bronx residents who turned out en masse at a community forum on Sunday at St. Nicholas of Tolentine School.

The Plattsburgh City Council approved a plan that will allow for the Plattsburgh City School District to share services and explore cost - saving measures with the City of Plattsburgh.

The Common Council Monday approved an agreement with Aetna for a Medicare Advantage plan covering retirees from the city and the school district.

The Council plans to introduce resolutions that would allow schools to close in neighborhoods with large concentrations of Asian students.

The resolution calls on the de Blasio administration to create a commission or task force, made up of «parents, advocates and planning experts appointed by the NYC Council and the mayor» on «school siting and planning.»

The City Council also plans to provide millions more in restorations, including additional funding for community groups and cultural organizations, school custodians and senior centers.

The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.

Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city school system and charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.

Lavine's plan would make the school board appointed by the mayor and approved by the common council, rather than elected by voters.

Robert Jackson, chairman of the council's Education Committee, is planning to introduce a measure that would force the DOE to provide the council with data about exactly how many accidents occur each month, how many people are injured in those accidents and how many of the injured are school - aged kids.

«So the Council proposes that the city develop a Neighborhood Commitment Plan to accompany rezoning proposals, describing and tracking commitments for housing, schools, infrastructure, and other city services.»

This review process lends the plan transparency as the DOE and School Construction Authority consult with Community Education Councils, Community Boards, City Council borough delegations, and other elected officials.

In conversations with Gotham Gazette, City Council members Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, chair of the finance committee, and Daniel Dromm, education committee chair, said that one of their top priorities during budget season will be addressing school overcrowding through the Department of Education's capital spending plan.

Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia voiced some support for Cuomo's plan, but is concerned about what the cuts will mean to the city, particularly to its schools.

SOURCES: Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York City; Alexander Sanger, chair, International Planned Parenthood Council, New York City; John Preston Parry, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison; Steven Goldstein, M.D., professor, obstetrics and gynecology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City

«We do not believe there is capacity within the system to withdraw funding and powers for councils to support school improvement and hold schools to account in August 2017 as currently planned by the government.