Sentences with phrase «about closing schools»

I think all the talk about closing schools down is absurd.

You make decisions about closing schools, in normal circumstances, with city hall, with the police and transportation department — as part of a team that is thinking about how the city functions.

«I am hoping now that the mayor of New York City understands that to do real education reform it's about helping schools to get better and not about closing schools,» said Mulgrew, speaking at a state press conference on Feb. 16 in Albany with the governor, State Education Commissioner John King and NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi standing beside him.

NEWBURGH — Student enrollment figures in school districts across the Hudson Valley continue to decline and that has prompted discussion about closing schools and reorganizing districts, according to a report released Thursday by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress.

Success Academy spokeswoman Ann Powell said that the charter school network has had no communication with the city about closing schools and that any decisions about building space would be made by the DOE, not by them.

I would like to know what would be «thrilling» about closing a school like ours, and ejecting 300 of Minneapolis» most unfortunate young students.

To summarize, the written regulations (R - 3600 (c)-RRB- require the Board to notify parents of a potential school closure, prepare a closing study using multiple criteria that is conducted by a committee (the selection process and requirement for a committee are vague), allow people close to the decisions (e.g. parents at the school) to have input in deliberations about closing a school before the final decision is made, and arrange public hearings on the topic.

«If that were the case for 66 percent of all of our students, we'd be talking about closing every school,» said Brockman.

There is nothing educative about closing a school.

Read this section about Closed School Student Loan Forgiveness.

Not exact matches

They're about as close to commodities as consumer devices get,» Hal Friedlander, co-founder of the Technology for Education Consortium and former CIO for New York City schools, told Business Insider.

About a year later, Elon and his younger brother Kimbal, who has long been Musk's closest friend and chief co-conspirator, drew up plans to open an arcade near their school.

They include IBM, which is helping urban high schools close the STEM skills gap, and 23andMe, which is empowering consumers to learn about their genetic risks — and the lifestyle choices they can make, in some cases, to lower them.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

More respondents with a college diploma (51 %) or university degree (52 %) agree that they could be persuaded to support a closer economic relationship with China if they knew more about what was involved, compared with those with high school education or less (44 %).

I couldn't stop thinking about the layout of my sister's elementary school, worrying that her classroom was too close to the school's entrance.

Read more about the school closings.

With private loans, if your school lied to you about your chances of a successful career, the university closed, or you became disabled, you still have to make payments on your loan.

A person close to Nikolas Cruz, the confessed shooter in the Parkland, Florida, school massacre, contacted the FBI on January 5 to report concerns about him, the bureau said in a statement on Friday.

Schools will remain closed until further notice, and the district will likely make an announcement over the weekend about when they'd reopen.

Forty schools were closed province - wide while de Jong was the minister of finance, and many families were forced to make tough decisions about their careers when they couldn't find or afford child care.

Back in November, Western Mass News told you about two high school sweethearts from Springfield who spent close to two years planning their dream wedding in Puerto Rico, only to have it destroyed by a hurricane.

I would have thought it was obvious this is not about mixing religion with public schooling, simply using school building's for holding church services when the buildings are closed for normal schooling.

My children are among the gaggle of kids who wave flags in the front corner of the school gym, off to the side, while we sing about the goodness of God at the top of our lungs and close our eyes and chase toddlers across the back of the gym.

[This spirit of sisterhood can be summed up in one of the highlights of the conference: On Friday afternoon, Emily Scott told a story about how her high school band director, surprised that she had chosen as «unfeminine» an instrument as the trombone, tried to keep her from closing her eyes and swaying to the music by literally pulling her shoulders back and standing on her feet as she played.

What does the Bible have to say about buying a microwave, a dishwasher, closing down a school, staffing a prison or building an out - of - town shopping centre?

We need to help returning volunteers convert their emotional experience into action: promoting the purchase of fair - trade coffee, working to close the School of the Americas or educating others about the complex realities of hemispheric relations.

What about not school closing for ANY religious holiday?

I can't add much to this flood of advice except to submit, with humility, that in my view we don't have much choice about our fundamental emotional attitude; it is a matter of personal character (body chemistry and the close culture of family and schooling), but this need not affect our choice of creed and code if we have independence of mind.

It has been estimated that toward the close of the Middle Ages, England and Wales, with a population of about two and a half million, had 400 grammar schools - a rather better provision than in Victorian England.

Furthermore, there was no school of thought in China that would have presented a substantialist alternative to the view of being as change; the closest candidate would be the common - sense view of things attacked by the Buddhists as illusion, and even here it was the Indian, not Chinese, sources of Buddhism that became most exercised about criticizing the theory of permanent substances.

Easter school break is so close and we are quite excited about spending this break time in India with our family.

Matt used to race his Mustang 5.0 in the Top the Cops program when he was in high school, and when I tell him I'm there to write about it, he's alarmed: «Are they closing it?»

I remember Zak was Y1 and I drove to school in what felt like a blizzard to drop him off and then they closed the school at 10.30 leaving me panicked about driving back again with two other little ones onboard.

Next, teens should think about and list the qualities they're looking for in a college: do they want to go away to school, stay close to home, or take online courses, for example?

As I said here already - my older child's getting closer to school and I'm thinking about homeschooling while I'm inquiring of schools and the condition they're in.

Here's an article worth reading about how closed - campus policies do much to improve school meal participation — and overall student nutrition — at the high school level.

In fact, the closest I had ever been to a farm was a school trip when I was about seven.

With the closing of USDA's period for public comment on the new proposed competitive food rules, we've had a lot of discussion here about the food and beverages offered to school kids via vending machines, school stores, and cafeteria snack bar or «a... [Continue reading]

Or, allow your tween to invite 10 of her closest friends over for a sleepover to celebrate their graduation and chat about what high school is going to be like.

About 3,000 teachers and school - based staff have already been laid off this summer because of school closings and cuts to individual school budgets.

If your kids are close in age, then they'll be close in grade, too.This means that school drop - off and pickup will be a breeze, because you won't have to worry about driving all over town, making multiple stops!

I am the 3rd eldest of 11 (8 boys, 3 girls) and my mom has been a stay at home mom for close to 30 years, home schooled for about 24 years, and she is the main manager for one of our main family businesses.

Because most of Chicago «s public schools have closed campuses and 88 percent of the children attending receive free or reduced - price lunches, Phillips is more concerned about getting the students to eat than losing them to outside competition.

Seeing the universal in - classroom breakfast process up - close and talking to the kids really changed the way I think about, read about, and going forward write about school breakfast.

This programme initiated by the Ghana Health Service will be run in phases with the first phase targeting about 360,000 in - school adolescent girls and close to 600,000 out of schoolgirls in four regions.

A woman close to Cruz warned the FBI in chilling detail that he had a growing collection of guns and a temper so uncontrollable she worried about him «getting into a school and just shooting the place up.»

Mayor Bloomberg is moving ahead with plans to close 33 low - performing schools, but remains optimistic about a deal with the UFT on teacher evaluations.

It is sad that pessimistic persons believed to be closer with Nana Akufo - Addo will express reservations about the donation of 500 school desk Dr Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia made to the Kperisi Primary Sschool desk Dr Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia made to the Kperisi Primary SchoolSchool.

How about giving some of that money to the schools he's screaming he'll have to close because of the decrease in aid Cuomo proposes to give NYC?