Sentences with phrase «because public school officials»

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Because tax revenues are expected to exceed school building needs, Colorado public officials are already thinking of additional ways to use the tax windfall.

For example, the Broward County Public Schools in Florida have been offering soy milk to any lactose - intolerant child whose parent requests it, but officials say the option is not widely advertised because of the costs involved.

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.

At the community level, support for schools might also be enhanced under a regime of public school choice, because fewer people would feel compromised, silenced, or alienated in an environment where well - intentioned school officials are forced to accommodate conflicting constituent demands and wind up doing so in ways that favor the most vocal, affluent, or well - organized.

The Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools turned to more frequent assessments in part because officials reportedly noted that in some schools minority students were scoring lower on standardized tests than non-minority stSchools turned to more frequent assessments in part because officials reportedly noted that in some schools minority students were scoring lower on standardized tests than non-minority stschools minority students were scoring lower on standardized tests than non-minority students.

Sun, October 23 — Teach - In 11:00 am — 2:00 pm 417 N. Lexington Street, Durant Students, parents, elected and public officials, and child - servicing agencies in Holmes County will learn about the experiences of Black girls and their increasing rate of incarceration, dropout, and alternative school placement because of zero - tolerance policies that disproportionately push them out of school.

Because of the loss of the waiver, as many as 1,600 Oklahoma public schools now are considered to be underperforming under No Child Left Behind accountability requirements, state officials said.

Washington State Charter Schools Association lawyers have been preparing a motion that asks justices to reconsider their Sept. 4 ruling that charters can't receive public funds because they answer to appointed officials, not elected school boards.

The National Association of School Boards, representing public officials elected to Nevada's school boards, filed a «friend of the court» brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school educSchool Boards, representing public officials elected to Nevada's school boards, filed a «friend of the court» brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school educschool boards, filed a «friend of the court» brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school educschool education.

The Aurora Public Schools Board of locally elected officials voted to close HOPE Online campuses because of their chronically low performance, and the State Board overruled the local board's decision.

WILL officials suggested the base salary data, obtained from the Department of Public Instruction, didn't tell the whole story because it doesn't account for bonuses and merit pay increases that have surfaced in some school districts since the law was enacted.

Last summer North Carolina charter school officials put the small suburban school, which got about $ 1.6 million in public money last year, under extra supervision because of state concerns about finances and parent complaints about building safety and school leadership.

Because when push comes to shove, our elected officials are simply unwilling to do what it takes to have quality, adequately funded public schools.

What California's Schools Can Learn From Chicago's Officials in California are still peddling the idea that the state's public - school system — which receives 40 percent of the general - fund budget, by constitutional edict — is struggling because it lacks money.

That's because officials in Chicago Public Schools ignored demographic projections of declining enrollment and borrowed billions for construction anyway — while contributing nothing to teacher pension funds for a decade.

Officials from traditional school districts say that charter schools shouldn't get the same level of funding because charters are selective in their admissions process and aren't held to the same standards as traditional public schools.

Charter school officials say they should get just as much funding because their schools perform just as well, if not better, than traditional public schools while educating higher percentages of low - income, minority students.

Largely because they trust their public schools and local elected officials to notify them of threats to their children's welfare.