Sentences with phrase «as desert trails»

After two San Bernardino County Superior Court judges upheld their petition to take control of foundering Desert Trails Elementary School, parents selected a nonprofit charter operator to reopen the school as Desert Trails Preparatory Academy.

Just as the Desert Trails charter school opened in July, the school board voted to open its boundaries, so that students can attend any school parents choose in the district.

Parent Revolution, a nonprofit dedicated to organizing trigger campaigns, anticipates a surge of interest in other state legislatures as Desert Trails and three other California schools transformed by parent activism reopen over the next month.

Not exact matches

Ethan reluctantly joins forces with Hecate as they race across the desert, with Sir Malcolm and Kaetenay hot on his trail.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

flitting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, he's forever trailed by beautiful women (Natalie Portman, Teresa Palmer, Imogen Poots, Freida Pinto and, playing Rick's ex-wife, Cate Blanchett) as he stares at architecture, wades into the sea and ambles in the desert.

Let's suppose that parent advocates run this gauntlet and manage to force a turnaround at a given school, as appears to be happening at Desert Trails.

In the second parent trigger (Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto, CA, January 2012), a July 2012 court ruling has been reported as a victory for parents.

Desert Trails Preparatory Academy in Adelanto, Calif., will open for the academic year on Monday as the first school in the nation to have been remade under a law that gives parents the power to take over a low - performing public school and fire the principal, dismiss teachers or bring in private management.

As seen in Adelanto, where the Desert Trails parents have eschewed handing over the school to a charter school operator, more parents are willing to do the hard work of running schools so they can help their kids achieve better lives.

Supporters of Desert Trails Elementary school Chrissy and Raul Alvarado display their anti-Parent Revolution shirts as court hearings began in the lawsuit determining parental control of the school, and the strength of the Parent Trigger law.

As of now, Desert Trails is the closest any parents in the United States have gotten to executing a parent trigger.

As Parent Revolution helps Desert Trails parents advance, its organizers say they've also been working with a handful of other parent groups who may soon launch their own campaigns.

The movement also needs to do better in taping the growing Parent Power movement for potential board candidates; as seen in Adelanto, Calif., where the successful effort by families to take control of Desert Trails Elementary School also fueled the defeat of two members of the district's board, there are families more than ready to take on traditionalists who want to keep the status quo quite ante.

But at Desert Trails, a group of headstrong moms might just be able to use the Trigger as a tool to rise out of those cliched trenches — and instead make the debate about the ideal learning environment for California's frighteningly undereducated kids.

Diaz (of the parent union) sees the opposition as «more of a staff - support type of a movement» — because no matter which petition comes to fruition, Desert Trails teachers will have to reapply for their jobs.

These teachers also say that Tarver, who as executive director of a charter school is paid a salary commensurate to that of a San Bernardino county school district superintendent by both Desert Trails and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy — a combined annual salary of around $ 200,000...»

As well as some well - organized teachers from next - door Hesperia, who have every interest in preventing the Parent Trigger law from making a historic change at Desert TrailAs well as some well - organized teachers from next - door Hesperia, who have every interest in preventing the Parent Trigger law from making a historic change at Desert Trailas some well - organized teachers from next - door Hesperia, who have every interest in preventing the Parent Trigger law from making a historic change at Desert Trails.

New - age reformers — as well as many parents and an ex-administrator at Desert Trails — are convinced that teachers» cushy union contracts are lowering the standard of excellence on campus, and preventing necessary changes to the curriculum.

The Desert Trails student body is overwhelmingly poor: Of the 400 students whose test scores were included in the 2012 API score, every one of them was categorized as «socioeconomically disadvantaged» by the state.

On the outskirts of the lakebed, the desert terrain is something very much out of «Mad Max: Fury Road,» and its paths and trails are what you'd expect if someone used toad skin as tarmac, ranging from soft and sandy to rutted with slight jumps.

As a result, the Colorado ZR2 delivers exceptional performance in a variety of scenarios, from technical rock crawling to tight two - track trails to high - speed desert running to daily driving.

Chevy says that putting Multimatic DSSV dampers in the Colorado ZR2 gave the truck an unprecedented balance of on - and off - road performance, as well as exceptional performance in a variety of scenarios, from rock crawling and tight two - track trails to high - speed desert running.

We had a moment like that every day because every day it was as though we lived twice: once in the mountains on the trail, just with ourselves and what we carried, and once at night in the towns, stumbling over Arabic conjugations and appropriate manners or camping out under a sea of stars in the desert.

When we planned our trip to Peru, hiking the Inca Trail was on our itinerary, as well as exploring the cities of Cusco and Arequipa, a foray into the Amazon Jungle, some sand boarding in the desert oasis of Huacachina, and a bit of island hopping on Lake Titicaca.

Guests can visit attractions such as Mountain Mill Mall, Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Worcester Golf Club, Breede Valley wine estates and hiking trails in the area.

Port Edward offers a variety of activities and attractions such as hiking trails, Beaver Creek Coffee Estate, wake - boarding, mountain bike trails, Red Desert Nature Conservation Area, beaches, and Wild Waves Waterpark.