Sentences with phrase «began in a school bus»

Educators Paul Tweed and Liz Seubert share how a vision that began in a school bus turned mobile lab became a teacher - powered public charter school, and how their «Seven Essentials» have led to engaged students, pleased parents, and a trusting board that empowers the learning community.

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This number is only the beginning of the problem: students across the country battle fear every day when boarding the bus in case we are the next victims in America's ongoing epidemic of school massacres.

Then, beginning in the early 1980s, the railroad literally removed its tracks, the community — except for the county school bus garage and three churches — was abandoned, and there was a flight to Richmond and Raleigh (the county population was literally cut in half, and many farms lay fallow to this day).

The turning point for them came when Democratic politicians began to support busing programs that would have taken their son, Greg, miles away from the neighborhood school one - and - a-half blocks from their home in Warren, Michigan.

Most days, my six - year - old son, Mateo, takes the bus to his suburban California kindergarten, but sometimes we drive, so we can read together in the classroom before school begins.

In the beginning, he would burst into tears a moment after stepping off the school bus.

By Jessica O'Dwyer Most days, my six - year - old son, Mateo, takes the bus to his suburban California kindergarten, but sometimes we drive, so we can read together in the classroom before school begins.

The feature - length documentary BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN & THE FARM MIDWIVES tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other's babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land.

Last week, Michael Williams began wrapping up his Republican campaign for governor with a tour in his «deportation bus,» a gray behemoth of the school variety, decorated with words intended to inflame.

In yet another instance of his disregard for New York City's schools and students, as of Feb. 11, when this newspaper went to press, Mayor Bloomberg was still refusing to intervene in the yellow school bus strike, which began on Jan. 1In yet another instance of his disregard for New York City's schools and students, as of Feb. 11, when this newspaper went to press, Mayor Bloomberg was still refusing to intervene in the yellow school bus strike, which began on Jan. 1in the yellow school bus strike, which began on Jan. 16.

School start times vary considerably, both across the nation and within individual communities, with some schools beginning earlier than 7:30 a.m. and others after 9:00 a.m. Districts often stagger the start times of different schools in order to reduce transportation costs by using fewer buses.

High school students in some areas are waiting for the bus by 6:20 a.m. and some schools begin at 7:17.

37 Thanks in part to multiple court orders and strong federal enforcement, school districts began to implement racial integration policies.38 From the 1960s through the 1980s, there was a general growth in school district integration as an increasing number of states and districts heeded Brown's mandate and created bussing policies and magnet schools that joined black and white students across neighborhood boundaries.

A large push to integrate Seattle schools began in 1977 with The Seattle Plan which bussed students to schools in different neighborhoods in an effort to create racial diversity.

The 2013 - 2014 school hours webpage shows Fivay High now begins at 8:30 a.m. Several middle schools have advanced start times.The 2013 - 2014 school hour schedule changes are expected to save the district $ 800,000 to $ 1 million in busing costs.

For 2014 - 2015, in an effort to ensure adequate rest for high school students, the district decided to start all high schools at 8:30 a.m. Adjusting bus schedules, however, required a change in the middle school start time, so board members implemented a 9 a.m. morning bell for those schools, except for C.C. Washington, which retains its 8:25 a.m. start time, Breakfast Point (K - 8), which will advance by 5 minutes to 7:45 a.m., and New Horizons (6 - 12), which will delay by 15 minutes to 8:30 a.m. Elementary schools will begin at 7:45 a.m., except for Tyndall, which will start at 7:20 a.m..

In fact, when it comes to discipline issues, the bus often represents one of the most challenging environments for many schools, but since the SmartBus program began, behavior incidents at Beekmantown have declined by 50 percent.

Hilli, BookPage Editorial Assistant Eleanor & Park begins when two misfit teens meet on a school bus in 1986.

Education • Our education work currently consists of a network of animal clubs in schools and our hands - on exhibition installed in an interactive education bus, which tours the country • Work began on a new mobile exhibition unit to bring engaging, interactive displays and information to schoolchildren across the country.

Most Texas public schools begin classes in late August, which produces fresh legal questions from everyone involved, including students, parents, teachers, school administrators, bus drivers and many others.

The fight began in earnest in 2004, after a terrifying school bus accident caused by a bus driver speaking on his cell phone.

At the beginning of the movie, he pulls off a bank heist, manages to time it perfectly and escapes in a school bus by merging into a bunch of school buses that he somehow knew were going to be passing the bank on a field trip at the exact time he was ready to leave the bank!

First, I have been in the hospitality industry for the past ten years, beginning as a Bus Person when I was in high school, then moving on to Wait staff, and then to Prep Cook; and now, to my present role as Kitchen Assistant for one of the area's most well known restaurants.