Sentences with phrase «away at boarding school»

It was Malcolm's family — his wife, Louise, who would feature so prominently in my thoughts, and their infant daughter, Daisy, who was by then ten years old and away at the boarding school in the north that Louise had attended when she was Daisy's age.

The novel tells the story of Flip, an American girl away at boarding school in Switzerland, and her unexpected love for Paul, a French boy.

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Now she was in high school at a boarding school in Pebble Beach, Calif., a two - hour drive away, and suddenly he started showing up to watch her run.

That I was not aware, while working out my philosophy of religion, how much I was repeating some aspects of the paternal train of thought was partly a consequence of the facts that, from the age of fourteen on, I was much away from home at boarding school or college, in the army, studying in Europe, as instructor or research Fellow at Harvard, or otherwise occupied, all of which meant that I was seldom exposed to Father's sermons.

Because there were no high schools in the immediate vicinity of our home village, at age 12 I was sent away to a government boarding school.

«I am willing to stand up at a school board meeting and explain to them why, we, as students would like to see individual rankings done away with.

Boarding school might feel like a drastic choice for some parents, but many teens who spent time away at school have fond memories of the experience and most come away ahead of their peers academically.

On any given day you can find her pinning her heart away at Twiniversity's Pinterest page, saying howdy to a new member of Twiniversity's Message Board, working on school work while she earns her double degree of History and English at Ashford University, catering to her teenagers every beck and call or chasing one or two naked babies around the house!

Most parents will attempt to help their teen change while living with the family at home, rather than immediately sending their troubled teen away to a private boarding school for troubled teens.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

School districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serSchool districts, teachers unions and local government officials are concerned that the cap was passed without a real effort at chipping away at unfunded state mandates, while the Cuomo team argues that once the cap is in place, governments and school boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential serschool boards will be forced to make the difficult (and presumably correct) spending choices while retaining essential services.

The New York State School Boards Association released a report Tuesday, looking at what happened in states that did away with Common Core and replacing it with their own standards.

With boards ranging from grade - specific collections like First Grade Fun, Second Grade Smiles, and Third Grade Troop to boards devoted to specific core curriculum subjects and themes (e.g., science, math, robotics) or grade ranges (e.g., middle school science), teachers have raced onto the Pinterest scene, virtual thumbtacks and staplers at the ready, and are actively pinning away.

It's not hard to picture J.K. Rowling reading The Little Broomstick as a child, getting swept away by the story of a regular kid (who's really not regular at all) attending a boarding school run by witches and warlocks.

After the untimely death of her father, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) has found solace in her home away from home, her boarding school — or, more specifically, her best friend at school, Lucie (Sarah Gadon).

Her parents» decision to send her away to a boarding school pushes Winnie over the edge: she runs off to explore the world, or at least the woods neighboring her family's impressive house.

A group of parents who send their children to a Portland, Ore., high school that is scheduled to close at the end of this school year say they were angered and shocked by the city school board's decision last summer to «take away» their local school.

David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, said: «It is not fair that some schools are burdened with a deficit while other schools can walk away and leave that debt behind at the detriment of other schools in the community.

Quinonez called the district's action «a cynical, underhanded attempt to avoid the clear defects» and that the action is further evidence of «the desperate, unplanned, «ready - fire - aim» give - away -[schools]- at - any - cost approach of the school board and the district.»

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

«The notion of «over-appropriation» for public education at a time when state revenues are still increasing defies the spirit of the Proposition 98 law, and is a step away from where we need to be, not toward it,» school boards association President Susan Henry said in a statement.

In a statement, the Toronto District School Board, which serves about 245,000 students, said it made the «difficult decision» because it believes students «should not be placed into these situations of potentially being turned away at the border.»

Away from boarding schools and instead looking at SEN provision, Mark Baker discusses the challenges of budget cuts in schools attempting to meet new reforms Children and young...

«Often we turn away good people who have the potential to be really good teachers,» said Weber, a retired professor at San Diego State and former San Diego Unified school board member, in remarks before the Assembly vote June 1.

The Toronto District School Board, which serves about 245,000 public school students, says it made the «difficult decision» because it believes students «should not be placed into these situations of potentially being turned away at the border.&School Board, which serves about 245,000 public school students, says it made the «difficult decision» because it believes students «should not be placed into these situations of potentially being turned away at the border.&school students, says it made the «difficult decision» because it believes students «should not be placed into these situations of potentially being turned away at the border.»

The state board of education voted in early December to take away Intercultural's charter at the end of the school year.

Kristin Hinds, principal at Carver Academy, told the board that uniforms take away from peer pressure and form community at her school, where it is their fourth year with uniforms.

That amendment, explained board member Woody Koppel after the meeting, ensures that the district has ample room for schools like Benjamin Franklin Elementary that are «bursting at the seams» before any buildings are given away to new programs starting from scratch with just a few classes.

With that boost, Fan went to high school at a boarding school a day's walk away over rough mountain country.

Like so many other famous writers, he describes his boarding school experience (especially the early part) as being downright terrible and possibly traumatic: He later said: «I wouldn't send a dog away to boarding school at age seven».