Sentences with phrase «be in their neighborhood public»

For some children, their classroom might be in their neighborhood public school.

Not exact matches

Living further from public transportation hubs, in outlying neighborhoods or with roommates are all trade - offs that can save a lot of money.

With that many dangerous, unruly dogs roaming our neighborhoods and streets, if pit bulls were really a public health threat we would be hearing about dog maulings on a daily basis in every city in America.

A shaky Chinese regime is likely to try and displace public discontents over the policy's impacts on the Chinese economy and Chinese society by chest - thumping in its immediate neighborhood; signs of this are already visible in the South China Sea.

Think of the low - rise, high - density character of neighborhoods in Paris, London or Charleston, or any pre-1945 American town or city neighborhood, which are characterized above all by a beautiful, walkable, convenient public realm that more than compensates for their small building parcels.

With other members of the Congress for New Urbanism, I contend that the mixed - use walkable neighborhood is the sine qua non of urban design and that it ought to be a focus of both public policy and urban planning, whether such neighborhoods are considered in isolation or in relation to other neighborhoods.

His definition started with the negative: it is not broken - down public housing; not neighborhoods where children and 73 - year - olds are on their own; not decision - making in which planners, city officials or federal bureaucrats — everyone but the people call the tune.

Not economic growth but our common humanity needs to be maximized — the humanity we create in our families, our neighborhoods, our diverse associations and our public life.

New York City Atheists, a group that opposes the public use of religious references, is challenging the new sign, which was erected in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.

We woefully underestimate the power of business leaders if we think they are engaged in private enterprise, for their decisions have huge public impacts not only on their stockholders but on the jobs we need, the neighborhoods in which we live, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the schools in which we learn.

The neighborhoods around a parish were occupied by parishioners; the schools (even the public ones), and the shops were often in the hands of parishioners.

As the country becomes more ethnically and religiously diverse, there will be those who say the Church can only survive if we fight to the death to preserve our civic religion — keeping prayer in public schools, keeping the Ten Commandments in courthouses, and keeping mosques out of our neighborhoods.

Whatever the rest of the society does not want — jails, public housing, garbage dumps — is conveniently placed in our neighborhoods.

The Industry Public House I visited is Pittsburgh's second location — the first is in the Lawrenceville neighborhood — and it serves barrel - aged Manhattans, lumberjack Old Fashioneds (made with your choice of wood smoked by a torch - wielding bartender) and wild boar bacon.

San Ramon Golf Club is an urban oasis, a beautiful 18 - hole championship public golf course carved through the neighborhoods just off I - 680 and Alcosta Blvd. in San Ramon.

So that children in neighborhoods that had no resources in poor public schools were able to still get a quality education.

Mehta acknowledged in his essay that some of this inequity is on the supply side: Schools that have the freedom and resources to adopt the techniques of deeper learning are more likely to be well - funded independent schools or public schools in wealthy suburbs or neighborhoods.

«Schoolhouse Rock»: An Education Blog, September 2008 «A true solution to the problem of underachievement in inner - city public schools is going to require more nurturing families and safer neighborhoods as well as better teachers and more accountable schools.»

In the end we went with the public school that is also our neighborhood school and he got a lottery spot in the full - day prograIn the end we went with the public school that is also our neighborhood school and he got a lottery spot in the full - day prograin the full - day program.

«It's a public park in a very high - density neighborhood, where many homes have small yards or no yard at all,» said Plotkin, 32, a Chicago emergency room physician who, along with some of her neighbors and Friends of the Parks, is battling to preserve the park and its more than 60 trees.

A second - grade teacher and an assistant principal have been removed from student contact at Jordan Elementary Community School in the Rogers Park neighborhood while Chicago Public Schools conducts an investigation into their conduct.

The other three were double strollers for the twins: a lightweight umbrella stroller for travel, a tandem stroller for public outings, and a double jogger for walks in the neighborhood.

But a public outcry pushed the park board to reconsider and decide that the new skate park should not be located in any of the city's 60 neighborhood parks that are tucked in residential areas.

I grew up attending public school in poor neighborhoods and didn't feel that I was smart enough to homeschool.

I have gone into my own kids» public school lunch room, in a relatively affluent neighborhood in central Houston, btw, and have seen (and photographed) poorly prepared food — items that are still frozen, items like green vegetables that are grossly overcooked, to the point of almost being brown, etc..

In my neighborhood at least, the bulk of the public Clinton supporters have been Latin women, while the Obamamans tend tend to be younger and more nonprofity.

As part of a national survey, 12,000 Buffalo Public School students were queried about life as they see it, in school and in their home neighborhoods.

Fields said it was important for the city to preserve traditional district public schools, especially in underserved neighborhoods.

Since 2011, Keith has worked for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. helping to advocate for after school funding, expanded Advanced Placement, prevent bullying of LGBT students in public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyein public schools, secure funding for employment and workforce programs, create new affordable housing, and preserve the quality of life on the Upper East Side, In 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman SpeyeIn 2006, Keith was the tenant organizer for the «Preserve Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village» campaign during the sale of the neighborhood to Tishman Speyer.

The City of Rochester is proud to be an ally alongside our public and private development partners to invest in our citizens and create neighborhoods where people are excited to live and raise their families.

(Cuomo's isn't up yet, but he has said he has somewhere in the neighborhood of $ 4 million left, and plans to spend it — and whatever he's able to raise — to wage war against the public employee unions).

In my neighborhood at least, the bulk of the public Clinton supporters have been Latin women, while the Obamaramans tend tend to be younger and more nonprofity.

In the Brooklyn Public Library system, where 42 percent of blocked youth cards are located in the poorest neighborhoods, only eight percent of blocked cards ever become unblocked, said Brooklyn Public Library President Linda JohnsoIn the Brooklyn Public Library system, where 42 percent of blocked youth cards are located in the poorest neighborhoods, only eight percent of blocked cards ever become unblocked, said Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnsoin the poorest neighborhoods, only eight percent of blocked cards ever become unblocked, said Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnson.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Charter school's students of the poorest neighborhood of New York City are doing excellent test scores in the state exams & the traditional public schools are falling miserably where those charter schools are co located.

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.

«The plan is to bring things out into the public, directly after an incident and see if we can get people who live in the neighborhood to identify [for] us,» Boyce said.

The project — built on a former U.S. Coast Guard base next to the St. George Ferry Terminal — started construction in February and will bring 115 residential units, 30,000 square - feet of retail, a 30,000 square - foot co-working space, a parking garage and a public plaza to the neighborhood, expected to be completed by 2018.

Albany, NY — Alan is joined by New York State Senator Bill Perkins, who is challenging charter school funding and questioning whether public schools are being left behind in some of the state's poorer neighborhoods.

The town board authorized the trap program in April after a public hearing on a proposed law that would allow cats to be taken to shelters if complaints are received from property owners, and while they unanimously backed the motion, there was some skepticism among councilmen that the process would be successful, especially as a previous TNR effort in the neighborhood had failed.

So local government officials are teaming up with leaders from business, labor, schools, and neighborhood groups to figure out how to shrink the layers of public bureaucracy in Onondaga County.

The de Blasio administration announced that eight NYC parks will undergo ambitious face - lifts that are about more than just rehabilitation — it is a plan that represents an evolution, officials said, in New York's approach to parks by making these public spaces blend better and be more welcoming to their neighborhoods.

Charters are indeed good for individual families looking for a stricter disciplinary setting, but when you move all the motivated kids in a neighborhood into a charter school, the public schools experience brain drain.

At 1 p.m., Real Affordability for All, top elected officials (like NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James), union leaders, workers, and local residents, will call on de Blasio to make substantial changes to his housing plan to ensure real affordability and good union jobs for residents who live in neighborhoods that will be rezoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Under scrutiny for a huge racial gap in marijuana busts, NYPD brass said they're making arrests in neighborhoods where residents are calling to complain about public weed smoking.

«I'm confident of the fact that we handled everything legally and ethically, that we did the things I wish more people would do in public service — we sought guidance from an ethics board, we followed that guidance and disclosed everything we did,» Mr. de Blasio said today, fielding questions from reporters in a police precinct in a far - flung neighborhood of Queens.

«William Walsh will be remembered for his integrity and his passion for public service, values he instilled in his children and grandchildren, including deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development Ben Walsh (his grandson),» Miner said in a statement.

According to the governor, the doorman told him, «in my neighborhood the public schools are failing, and if I don't get my son into a charter school I have no options.»

«Public Safety continues to be a top priority in Buffalo, and these newly designed black and white Police vehicles are just another way we are improving the safety of our neighborhoods through increased visibility,» said Mayor Byron Brown.

I support this plan as a way to promote public safety, which is sorely needed in Kingston, especially in it's poorer neighborhoods.