Sentences with phrase «before opening a school»

Unfortunately, if the state does not fund such reforms at the appropriate level or ensure some level of competence on the part of suppliers before they open schools, there may not be enough responsible peers available to pick up the slack.

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A few hundred thousand people visit the Killing Fields every year; there is another site open to the public in Phnom Penh, a former school where victims of the genocide were tortured before being taken to the Killing Fields.

(The week before, he had flown in the education entrepreneur Sal Khan on one of the JetSuite planes and put him up gratis to try to persuade him to open a school downtown.)

While an MBA can open significant professional doors, B - school hopefuls ought to look long and hard before they leap, says Graduate Management Admission Council's David Wilson.

Before the Perdue building opened this fall, business professors and students occupied an old elementary school, where the water fountains still stood at tyke height and where, rumor had it, a pack of squirrels seized their own office.

Before opening my own studio, I was a strategic consultant for public school districts with a focus on urban and low - income communities.

PARKLAND, Fla. — A heavily armed 19 - year - old who had been expelled from a South Florida high school opened fire on campus shortly before classes let out Wednesday, killing 17 people while terrified students barricaded themselves inside classrooms, police said.

I would be a decade older, a seminarian in a school that fancied itself sophisticated, before I would learn that people who leave coffin lids open at funerals and try to imagine what the dead would think of all the fuss are barbarians.

Many schools for Islamic learning were opened in Transoxiana a full century before similar institutions were created in Baghdad, the capital.

For a few years before the Russian Revolution the attitude toward the Muslims became quite tolerant, which made it possible for the Muslims to obtain from the government a decree for the opening of primary schools in which religion and courses in Turkish language, literature, and history could be taught.

Well before his passing, Clemente had plans to open up clinics, schools, charities and an ambitious sports complex in his native Puerto Rico, to help rescue underprivileged and misdirected youth....

The constitution was drafted in 1836, just before the school opened.

Dave Muller, a close pal of Robertson's, got schooled in Tartine's methods before opening up Outerlands.

We were up earlier than usual so there was enough time to open gifts before school.

Last year Penn State received commitments from 13 of its 21 eventual signees before school opened in September.

A lot of folks in the girls high school basketball community in California know about the current Harvard - Westlake team, mostly because of the prominence of the Pepperdine - signed Ruffus - Milner twins, Jayla and Jayda, who helped lift the Wolverines to the CIF Southern Section Open Division final last season before they lost 62 - 58 to Long Beach Poly.

Though home games are still held in a splendid old whale - shaped building near the heart of campus and the audience still includes gray - haired men in tweed jackets who rise to their feet to celebrate Bulldogs goals, now these old - school types must jostle for standing room when the 3,486 - seat Ingalls Rink opens an hour before face - off.

His story strains credulity: After graduating from high school, he turned down a scholarship to Texas A&M and swore off the game; underwent treatment for drug abuse and depression; embarked on a four - year odyssey around the country in search of spiritual understanding before he was led back to baseball; was drafted in the 23rd round in 2010; then made the Braves» Opening Day roster a year after starting the»12 season in high A ball.

Smith was brought to Scooba two weeks before school opened in 1962, and he moved in with the Sullivans.

Researchers have found, in fact, that most of the achievement gap between well - off and poor children opens up before age five; for most children, the gap then stays pretty steady from kindergarten through the end of high school.

Though truth be told, there are many days when my prayers for my children's school day start even before I open my eyes in the morning.

Rylko said construction will begin in the spring and should be finished before school opens next fall.

One final wrinkle before I throw it open for debate: if flavored milk does have a place in school cafeterias, why can't we at least improve it by, e.g., eliminating high fructose corn syrup, cutting the overall sugar content, and eliminating artificial colors and flavors?

Trustees gave the developers of the proposed Laraway Ridge and Windermere Lakes subdivisions the go - ahead to transfer open land to New Lenox School District 122 and the New Lenox Park District before all agreements between the developers and the Village Board are completed.

Abbott's experience serves to back up Viertel's observation that «if students have participated in growing the crops themselves in the school garden, they are much more open to trying new things they've never seen or heard of before.

The center is approximately 17,000 square feet with 10 classroom suites, a cafeteria, a resource room, a large activity gym for before and after school students, and four large play areas separated for age groups.They are open on weekdays from 6:00 am to 6:30 pm.

If he's going to a new school, try to visit before opening day.

The Registration Gateway will be open from March 12 through 31 for parents of children who will begin kindergarten in the 2018 - 19 school year (must be born on or before Sept. 1, 2013), and children who are starting school for the first time but are ready

The Registration Gateway will be open from March 12 through 31 for parents of children who will begin kindergarten in the 2018 - 19 school year (must be born on or before Sept. 1, 2013), and children who are starting school for the first time but are ready to enter the first grade (must be born on or before Sept. 1, 2012).

However, a deduction will be made from DSG for places in AP free schools opened before or during the 2014 to 2015 academic year.

If at all possible, attend an open house or meet - and - greet before the first day of school.

A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing «numerous» people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took him into custody.

However, despite applications opening just before Easter, up to 100 schools will be designated as having teacher training status by this summer.

First, there is Arne Duncan's Race to the Top fund, which dangles $ 4 billion before the states if only they are willing to open the door to more privately managed schools.

We are particularly concerned that the additional freedoms that Academies and Free Schools enjoy around admissions, employment and the curriculum allow them to religiously discriminate more than has previously been possible in state - funded schools, and that a wider diversity of state «faith» schools are opening than ever Schools enjoy around admissions, employment and the curriculum allow them to religiously discriminate more than has previously been possible in state - funded schools, and that a wider diversity of state «faith» schools are opening than ever schools, and that a wider diversity of state «faith» schools are opening than ever schools are opening than ever before.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio is defying the Trump administration by ordering the NYPD to keep the feds off school grounds unless they have a «valid judicial warrant,» and to make sure the warrant is legit before opening the doors.

Long Island immigrants facing the threat of deportation soon will have a new resource to aid their defense, as Hofstra University's law school is opening a clinic to help some make their cases before immigration authorities and to craft proposals that could influence the policy debate.

«Essentially we have the beginning of a tsunami, where literally we could have a hole in our community with the closing of Sophie Finn and the closing of the Kingston Hospital campus right next door which I can see every day from my office,» said Gallo during a press conference which — as he paced back and forth in the Common Council chambers before an audience of reporters, community members and at least four school board trustees — seemed at times similar to the delivery of an opening argument at trial.

Teachers union members and pro-charter school advocates demonstrated outside the governor's mansion on New Year's Eve, as inside, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his partner Sandra Lee greeted guests who won a lottery attend an annual open house, one day before the governor is to begin his second term.

In a last - ditch effort to push this issue before de Blasio is likely elected, the NYC Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

Teachers union members and pro-charter school advocates demonstrated outside the governor's mansion on New Year's Eve, as inside, Governor Andrew Cuomo and his partner Sandra Lee greeted guests who won a lottery to attend an annual open house, one day before the governor is to begin his second term.

It was actually the second one; the first had been in January, just weeks before Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

«I was an advocate for that long before I opened a single school.»

There has been a modest but meaningful boost of 25 schools that can open in the city that would not have been able to before this legislative session, and the 22 statewide that are newly available as of the end of session.

«Further we believe that even if the [School Construction Authority] were to adhere to its stated construction schedule and the verbally proposed September 1 move - in dates — less than a week before schools open — it would preclude the schools from setting up operations in time for the 2015 - 2016 school year,» CEC 3's letter sSchool Construction Authority] were to adhere to its stated construction schedule and the verbally proposed September 1 move - in dates — less than a week before schools open — it would preclude the schools from setting up operations in time for the 2015 - 2016 school year,» CEC 3's letter sschool year,» CEC 3's letter stated.

The city's Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Mayor Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

Mattituck - Cutchogue school officials released the full results of Tuesday's write - in race for the remaining open seat on the district's Board of Education just before noon Thursday.

In 2004, Jon Romano opened fire at Columbia High School outside Albany and shot a teacher in the leg before the assistant principal John Sawchuk tackled him to the ground.

Moskowitz's Success Academy charter school chain is looking to create a new Upper West Side school to open in the fall of 2014, along with five other schools across the city, and representatives said they're seeking input before moving forward with the plan.

Jon Romano stands before the East Greenbush Town Justice during his arraignment in East Greenbush, N.Y., after he opened fire at Columbia High School in 2004.