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Superintendents of the districts called the lawsuit the «last hope» for improvements in the finance system, which relies largely on local property taxes.

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Plans call for placing the mini-golf course on the westernmost portion of the property, between Reber and the end of Naperville Road, and for putting the in - line skating park and skateboard ramps just east of Naperville Road, said Rob Sperl, the Park District's superintendent of planning.

She also organizes a series of nutrition education programs for students, called «Color Me,» where district principals, teachers, the superintendent and students dress up as characters and perform skits about nutrition and healthy food choices.

The nature of the threat has not been made public, but the district issued the following statement: Last night, the Superintendent received a phone call from the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office...

A coalition of schools groups — ranging from the umbrella organization for the state's teachers union and the Council on School Superintendents — called for a variety of funding reforms for districts around the state ahead of next year's budget negotiations.

The changes are being backed by a broader group called the Educational Conference Board, whose membership includes the Council of School Superintendents, the New York State Schools Boards Association, School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the state.

Lavine, the former superintendent of the LaFayette School District, has called the Syracuse district dismal, despite the progress its made, reaching a 60 percent graduatiDistrict, has called the Syracuse district dismal, despite the progress its made, reaching a 60 percent graduatidistrict dismal, despite the progress its made, reaching a 60 percent graduation rate.

The District of Columbia tiptoed up to the edge of this idea in 2005, when then superintendent Clifford Janey called for public - private partnerships to support improved school performance.

«School districts can continue their graduation exercises as planned before this litigation began,» state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said during a conference call with reporters following the much - anticipated ruling.

Strange Bedfellows Dillon calls it a «strange - bedfellows twist,» and his story describes how Michelle Rhee, former D.C. superintendent, has hired George Parker, former head of the district's teachers union, as a part time senior fellow at her new advocacy organization Students First.

Contract negotiations in the 74,000 - student district attracted the national spotlight this year because of disagreements between the district and the union over changes proposed by Superintendent Michael Bennet to the pay system called Professional...

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

Diane M. Place, superintendent of the 1,700 - student Towanda, Pennsylvania, school district, told me she received hate mail and «horrendous calls» when she recommended a $ 30 - a-household tax increase to close a $ 2.2 million gap in her $ 24 million budget.

John Deasy, the district's recently appointed deputy superintendent and considered a likely candidate to replace Cortines, called The Times approach «careful» and said he hopes to include value - added as a component of teacher evaluations.

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy has expressed great enthusiasm for the 10 - district effort to win a so - called «waiver» from some aspects of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which sets accountability rules and governs the distribution of billions in education funding from Washington.

Louise Waters and Gary Yee, with a combined 54 years working with Oakland's public schools, called on the next superintendent to move beyond the no - charter / pro-charter divide and to bring together the strengths of district and charter schools.

These groups reflect sentiments expressed by the Florida Association of District School Superintendents, the Florida School Boards Association, the Florida PTA and the recent call to action made by Miami - Dade County Council PTA, Parents Across Florida, NAACP / Florida, Fund Education Now and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) / Florida

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson supported their stance, calling on districts throughout the state to become «safe havens» for immigrant students.

The email was sent a week after she was installed as superintendent, and King also created a timeline that calls for regular updates to her office as well as benchmarks for the district to meet between now and the end of the semester.

There's a group called Gem Prep that is opening a school in Nampa and the superintendent of the district is going to be the authorizer.

Guiding these efforts is a strategic plan, developed with the involvement of the community, which calls for the district «to ramp up career and college readiness,» says Superintendent Steve Joel.

When your school district hires NASB to conduct a search, your district has tapped into one of the most experienced, qualified networks of search consultants in the United States, called the National Affiliation of Superintendent Searchers (NASS).

The chairmen of House education committees reached out to school district superintendents last week to solicit suggestions for changes to HB 5105, the so - called «schools of hope» legislation that is in play in the still - fluid budget negotiations.

Around 8:00 pm, as seven weary Board members were debating a proposal put forth by Board member Steve Zimmer calling on the district and state to bring greater transparency to the parent trigger signature - gathering process, Superintendent John Deasy suggested that the Board might as well lobby Sacramento to repeal the law instead of just lobbying Sacramento to change it (as the original Zimmer resolution requested).

Refusing to withdraw or correct her testimony, it highlights the persistent lack of integrity exposed during the court proceedings and the basis for Judge Banks» repeated rebukes of the district's conduct, calling the superintendent's comments «troubling».

As Superintendent of Louisiana's Recovery School District, Vallas implemented what he has proudly called, The Vallas Turnaround Model.

Dr. Arthur Vercillo, Regional President of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Sharon L. Contreras, Syracuse City School District Superintendent announced the generous donation of a $ 90,000 multiyear grant by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield that will help HW - SC launch a program called Healthy Mind / Healthy Body.

According to a letter from Watchung Hills Regional High School District Superintendent Elizabeth Jewett, the district test coordinator got a late night phone call from New Jersey DOE after Pearson initiated a «priority one alert» for a breech of test security within the dDistrict Superintendent Elizabeth Jewett, the district test coordinator got a late night phone call from New Jersey DOE after Pearson initiated a «priority one alert» for a breech of test security within the ddistrict test coordinator got a late night phone call from New Jersey DOE after Pearson initiated a «priority one alert» for a breech of test security within the districtdistrict.

«I was in on several conference calls with the state superintendent and representatives of the districts,» LaHiff says, «and I can tell you, districts were angry.»

But in the end, only 12 of Louisiana's 69 district superintendents signed up, killing what backers called a onetime opportunity to expand students» and teachers» access to a wide range of educational opportunities.

Wesley Watts, superintendent of the West Baton Rouge Parish school district, said officials of his system applied but that it was a close call.

As part of Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell's «leadership strategies,» designed to urge superintendents to «encourage» parents to have their children take the SBAC test rather than to opt out, the commissioner called in superintendents from public school districts across the state to the department's Hartford headquarters for a «training session» on how effectively to communicate with parents.

Muscogee County School District superintendent David Lewis asked the Muscogee County School Board in a called meeting Monday to use the Presidents Day holiday to make up one of the four missed days of class because of severe weather this school ye

The four Leaders in Residence and the three retired superintendents of schools, all of whom at had been successfully working with these priority school districts to enhance their local education programs were gone and Pryor replaced them with a $ 1 million contract with a well - connected, out - of - state company called MassInsight that proceeded to send in a series of inexperienced consultants to help Connecticut's poorest school districts.

A district's plan: Hillsborough County Superintendent Jeff Eakins» reorganization of the school district calls for cutting 838 district jobs, reducing the district's number of administrative areas from eight to five, and creating a bureaucracy to support 49 struggling schools.

Freddrick Murray, who has been serving as Jackson Public Schools» interim superintendent since November 2016, said he issued the call for retired teachers because the school district has had difficulty attracting adequate numbers of certified instructors.

Meanwhile, N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson said in a statement Tuesday that local districts would make the call on how to handle campus walkouts.

These groups are the Florida Association of District School Superintendents, the Central Florida School Public Boards Coalition, the League of Women Voters of Florida, the Florida School Boards Association, the Florida PTA and the recent call to action made by Miami - Dade County Council PTA, Parents Across Florida, NAACP / Florida, Fund Education Now and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) / Florida

But an «all hands on deck» call from the district's superintendent, Michelle King, along with aggressive implementation of a $ 15 million credit recovery program, may have saved the district from a sizable drop - off in its graduation rate.

Call or email the superintendent of your school district and let them know you'd rather not have pink slime in your child's lunch.