Sentences with phrase «school administration planned»

To increase college readiness, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School administration planned increasing opportunities for students to meet with admissions directors and to attend information sessions for colleges all over the nation.

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TIJUANA, Mexico (AP)-- Packed into five old school buses, hundreds of Central American migrants arrived at the US border Sunday for a rally, to be followed by a planned mass attempt to apply for asylum, in a direct challenge to the Trump administration.

For one thing, the overspending was hardly a surprise to the administration, which had approved the dean's plans for growth along with the investments required to increase the school's revenues and stature.

President Donald Trump initially seemed open to raising the age limit for rifle sales, but a plan from his administration to reduce gun violence instead called for funding to train school staffers to carry guns.

The Trump administration took steps to ban bump stocks in the wake of Parkland and released a school safety plan.

The department provides corporate services, including general and financial administration, staff certification, research, planning and evaluation, human resources and school athletics.

We've certainly known this was coming, but Helena Bottemiller Evich of Politico has written an informative preview of how the new, Republican - controlled Congress is planning on rolling back several key Obama administration food policy initiatives, including improvements to school food.

The Sullivan administration planned to re-evaulate security in light of the shooting, although there is little it can do to prevent violence off school grounds, principal Patricia Anderson said.

Some parents decide they'd prefer to work informally with their child's teacher and their school's administration, rather than take the time to work through the formal process of creating a 504 plan.

My initial suggestion would be for the administration (or facilities planning committee) to hire a consultant that is knowledgeable in school food that can offer food service options.

Diamond Lake School District in IL demonstrated to district administration the importance and impact of fresh fruits and vegetables and proved that students will eat them, which prompted the scheduling of a strategic planning session to implement more scratch cooking and continued fruit and vegetable tastings.

So I'm waiting, this time on people to call me about school lunch programs and changes the Obama administration plans to make to them.

Families for Excellent Schools added in a news release they are also concerned about that the administration «also continues to hint at plans» that would roll back charter co-locations.

The de Blasio administration's long - awaited plan for integrating NYC schools was promised by the mayor to be a «bigger vision,» but it has landed with a whimper and not a bang, focusing mostly on small bore policy changes.

He also expressed concern about the administration's effort to redirect a $ 210 million construction fund used to build space for charter schools toward pre-K, and its plans to charge better - financed charter schools rent.

The proposal to raise the minimum age for buying guns from 18 to 21 was not part of a modest set of Trump administration school safety plans announced on Sunday and which were closely aligned with National Rifle Association (NRA) positions.

Dietl and Malliotakis said they would reject a plan, endorsed by the mayor, to close the Rikers Island jail, criticized de Blasio's stewardship of the schools, his administration's efforts to build more below - market - rate housing, and budgeting.

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.

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.

Under the agreement, struggling schools will submit a plan to the state education department showing how they will improve, according to a Cuomo administration source.

An administration source said Cuomo's plan was to whittle away more controversial provisions and simply act on the schools legislation before mayoral control expires at week's end.

The upheaval to Moskowitz's schools that had so long been hypothetical became real when the Department of Education announced Thursday that it would reverse three planned co-locations involving the Success network that had been approved under the Bloomberg administration.

Bill de Blasio's plan to charge rent to charter schools is rankling advocates, and helping prompt the Bloomberg's administration to hurry and approve two dozen co-locations.

The plan continues a pattern of increased spending by the administration, tacking on pricey projects like gym facilities for all public schools.

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has denied plans to stop feeding of school children by his administration.

Former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein plans to insert himself into the mayoral race Tuesday in a speech that fiercely defends the Bloomberg administration's school policies while accusing most candidates of a «complete lack of courage» on education.

Former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein plans to insert himself into the mayoral race today in a speech that fiercely defends the Bloomberg administration's school policies while accusing most candidates of a «complete lack of courage» on education.

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.

Jim Cohen, a professor at Fordham Law School, is skeptical of the governor's plan, saying that it won't affect as many people as the Cuomo administration says.

While Rosenthal has worked to create new school space in the district and carefully (too slowly, to some) move along a school district rezoning plan to address racial segregation in nearby schools, she has also used her background to hold the de Blasio administration accountable related to the budget and contracting practices through her committee work.

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The announcement came in the form of a series of changes Fariña proposed to the Department of Education's 2015 - 2019 Capital Plan, which also includes adding 7,000 seats to the city's schools to make room for Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed universal pre-K program and to help reduce class size, which rose consistently during the last six years of the Bloomberg administration.

The directors of alcohol and substance abuse programs are responsible for the year - round administration, supervision, work - plan development and implementation to prevent alcohol and substance abuse among students in the New York City school system.

The de Blasio administration struck its clearest blow yet against the city's charter schools last week when schools chancellor Carmen Fariña announced that a $ 210 million pot in the Department of Education's capital budget would be diverted away from charter school construction, likely towards the construction of pre-K seats under the mayor's plan.

For example, the state would cut $ 50 million in Medicaid funding from the city unless Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration comes up with a plan in the next five months to receive $ 100 million more in federal Medicaid dollars for preschool and school supportive health services.

The administration also plans to support the transition of military veterans and retired law enforcement into new careers in education and will encourage state attorneys general to audit school districts for compliance with state emergency preparedness activities.

Questions on other topics include: the NYS Attorney General's investigation of the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee, whether de Blasio's pre-K initiative will include private and parochial schools, the «absent teacher reserve», a protest by Girls Prep supporters against de Blasio's expected charter school policies, performance of Administration for Children's Services and whether de Blasio plans to contact the St. Patrick's Day Parade committee to urge them to lift their exclusion of LGBT groups and organizations.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

The Massey plan would also expand the number of competitive, specialized high schools from nine to 13, increase the number of vocational / trade schools, and implement merit pay for teachers, which the Bloomberg administration tried on a limited basis.

It said the administration plans to introduce education «reforms» through the budget process, and it includes questions in 12 topic areas, including teacher evaluations, struggling schools, teacher training, charters, and technology.

The administration has also already announced a $ 51 million plan to expand Advanced Placement courses, with full implementation at high schools expected by 2021 and a $ 15 million program called «Single Shepherd» to hire guidance counselors for each middle and high school student in low - performing school Districts 7 and 23, which will be fully implemented by next fall.

De Blasio and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña have pledged to look into alternative space for the displaced students, but Moskowitz said she has not yet heard from the de Blasio administration and requires a concrete plan, not broad promises.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration sent the state's top education officials a letter Thursday warning that he plans to use his influence over the budget to pursue an aggressive legislative agenda to fix what he calls an underperforming school system hobbled by bureaucracy.

The controversial charter school leader, whose Success Academy schools spread to about two dozen locations across the city under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, has been rejected from a plan to share space with three additional public schools this fall, officials said.

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.»

In fact, the lack of transparency surrounding charter schools makes it almost impossible for school districts to predict enrollment, manage their administrations, and develop long term plans.

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.

The state senator who promised legislation that would force city schools to post letter grades for cafeteria cleanliness backed off the plan following talks the Blasio administration, The Post has learned.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.