Sentences with phrase «urban school facilities»

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In regard to infrastructure, the Party has provided $ 11.3 billion over ten years to municipalities so they can plan in advance to manage growth; delivered a twenty - year strategic plan to catch up on high priority infrastructure projects; and committed an average of $ 6 billion annually to build, maintain, and repair schools, hospitals, highways, urban transit, universities, colleges, parks, and senior care facilities.

Environmental engineer Rolf Halden and co-authors at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, gathered samples from an urban sewage treatment facility in the eastern United States, measuring the amount of TCC entering and exiting the treatment plant.

By contrast, in the less urban area of western Contra Costa County, there are more available facilities and a growing population of students that match most charter schools» target populations — but fewer opportunities to access philanthropic dollars to start up new schools.

Meanwhile, parochial schooling also has to deal with the same hidebound routines, dated facilities, and ineffective practices that hinder so many urban public schools.

Even when it operates inside a closed urban Catholic school facility, and though it may fill a «physical and educational void,» the new charter does not yet «generate the same positive community benefits.»

The award is presented by the council, a coalition of the nation's largest urban public school districts, and ARAMARK, a food and facility services company.

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.

Inner - city urban environments pose special challenges to school systems and communities in how to best deal with the issues of upgrading and renovating school facilities.

Many of the facilities problems plaguing urban schools are a reflection of their surrounding neighborhoods.

Another government study reports that urban school districts spend on average about 3.5 percent of their budget on facilities maintenance (compared to a national average expenditure of 9.4 percent).

The districts on the list range from systems in growing suburban pockets, to countywide districts that cover huge expanses of territory with wide disparities in income and resources, to crowded urban districts that have to cope with both the deterioration of aging facilities and the construction of new schools to accommodate growth.

Interestingly, two well - established Camden charter networks are seeking to use the Urban Hope Act to expand in the city and take advantage of its freer provisions for schools facilities.

Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production; Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative Affairs.

Urban Land Conservancy has found that the current method of funding facilities for charter schools in Colorado is spotty at best.

David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, a Newark - based school advocacy group, noted that many traditional urban public schools are older and in worse condition, and have to wait for the state Schools Development Authority to take any action on facischools are older and in worse condition, and have to wait for the state Schools Development Authority to take any action on faciSchools Development Authority to take any action on facilities.

Many urban districts across the nation have expanded the proportion of charter schools; increased the percentage of teachers trained in alternate certification programs; widened attendance zones; adopted voucher programs; constructed new facilities; and changed their relationships with teachers unions.

We have small rural schoolhouses with children in mixed - grade groupings, sprawling suburban schools with Ivy League - worthy campuses and facilities, and historic urban schools in our nation's biggest cities...

* Urban, suburban or rural * Commute time * School districts * Desirable neighborhoods * Proximity to the airport * Proximity to restaurants and retail * Access to major highways and thoroughfares * Access to public transportation * Health care facilities * Parks and recreation * Length of time you plan to live in the home (I am knowledgeable about growth trends and projections that could affect your investment.)