Sentences with phrase «biggest school district»

Wake County, which runs the biggest school district in the state, also has the most generous supplements.

Los Angeles is the biggest school district in the country that still elects its school board.

But somehow in the chamber that sets policy for the second - biggest school district in America, this behavior is not only tolerated, but normalized and further encouraged with shouts and inappropriate remarks from the audience.

«The important thing,» says Steiner, «was that you had there the chancellor of the Board of Regents, the chancellor of our biggest school district, the head of our biggest local [teachers union], and the two senior people from the department — that's what you need.»

The Urban School Food Alliance, which includes the six biggest school districts in the United States, uses the same approach.

When teacher evaluations bear zero resemblance to student learning, which is the case in 4 out of the 5 big school districts, it makes a strong case for Governor Cuomo's improvements to the system.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schools.

And Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, another veteran Democrat who chairs that chamber's education committee, also predicted that the governor's decision to allow his Division of the Budget to oversee and potentially limit the spending of big school districts, such as New York City's, could backfire.

Rocklin Academy Schools founder David Patterson designed the network's charter schools based on a Core Knowledge curriculum after finding big school districts to be academically complacent.

Big school districts become academically complacent, explains Rocklin charter founder David Patterson.

Driven by their collective bargaining agreements, the vast majority of big school districts ignore between - school differences in teacher salaries.

When teacher evaluations bear zero resemblance to student learning, which is the case in 4 out of the 5 big school districts, it makes a strong case for Governor Cuomo's improvements to the system.

Revamping a strategy in play when state leaders first hesitated on joining the federal Race to the Top competition, California will reportedly file for the second phase of the race in an application centered only around three of the state's biggest school districts.

Clark County in Nevada, one of the biggest school districts in the country, expects to hire 2,000 teachers, which would bring the district's total to nearly 19,000 teachers.

Under Henderson's leadership, the city became one of the first big school districts to embrace the Common Core, overhauling its curriculum in math and reading.

These same business advisors informed many of our nation's biggest school districts, including mine.

The most recent enrollment numbers for the nation's biggest school districts seem to reflect the country's ailing economy.

So have several big school districts in Florida, including Broward County, the sixth - largest district in the United States.

But Gilchrist said each city has its own «chemistry» and for companies looking to partner with a big school district or to get closer to publishing companies, New York offers a lot of opportunity.

Not exact matches

«We are getting calls from superintendents from big districts saying their community is demanding answers to how the school is prepared, and the superintendents are looking to us.»

«The main reason it's such a big deal here is that it's going to affect our water supply,» Aries Yumul, an assistant principal at North Dakota's Todd County School District and a self - identified water protector with the Oceti Sakowin, the proper name for the people commonly known as the Sioux, told Business Insider in November.

Campbell senior Jordan McKinley, an intern with the Cobb School District's communication office, said he was surprised how big of a problem human trafficking is in the metro Atlanta area, especially in connection with Hartsfield — Jackson Atlanta International Airport and MARTA.

We'd like to give a big shout - out to the School District of Palm Beach County, the School District's Police Department and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for their collaboration and swiftness following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...

The two - school district has just received two brand new salad bars, one sized for k - 6 students, the other for grades 7 - 12, and today is their big debut.

Since becoming the food service director for Ellensburg School District three years ago Garmong has been working to make big changes to the food served in his cafeterias.

In the tradition of the Humanitarian Bowl (the former name of the Famous Idaho ® Potato Bowl), many events during game week will raise funds and awareness for local charities, including the United Way, Optimist Youth Football, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boise School District, Treasure Valley YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, and Armed Forces personnel.

Other hotels to consider: the Metropolitan at the Nine, a luxury hotel - condo - restaurant complex, which is new, and a big deal for Cleveland; the new Hilton; and the Drury Hotel, because it's in a converted school district administration building and is all marble.

As you can see, the schools that benefit the most from competitive equity divisions are the high - enrollment, big schools of larger districts like Sacramento Unified, Stockton Unified, East Side Union High School District of San Jose and others.

For Maryjo and Steve Cubberly, the Park District and schools were the big attractions behind leaving their Mt. Prospect home of 10 years for a larger one in Arlington Heights» Scarsdale subdivision two years ago.

That kind of investigative journalistic experience comes in very handy when taking on the explosive topic he addresses today: are big food service management companies (FSMC's) like Chartwells, Aramark and Sodexo passing on to school districts — as required by law — the millions of dollars in rebates and «volume discounts» they receive from food manufacturers like Kellogg's, Pepperidge Farm and others?

But, according to Ed's story,» it's widely assumed in food service circles that the big players — Chartwells, Sodexo, Aramark — are not declaring all of the rebates to which school districts are entitled, hence the shroud of secrecy.»

At least three months before your child hits the big 0 - 3, contact your school district's special education department and ask about services for three - year - olds.

Even for parents in relatively small suburban school districts, such as those in Evanston, the school food system can seem too big to change.

For Illinois schools, the ban's biggest impact would be the elimination of fried foods, said Vanover, who believes it would be too expensive for most districts to switch over to natural oils such as peanut or olive oil.

Building a better nugget and adding more «whole grain» to pizza may sound like an improvement but what Dallas and Houston and every other school district needs to do is step back and look at the big picture!

But districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.

Thanks for mentioning how «districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.»

The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.

A big band dance featuring the Johnnie Kaye Orchestra and sponsored by the district's Community Education program will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in Hersey High School, 1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights.

With recycling books from their school library tucked under their arms, David Erlandson and Dan Clark stood up before the school board members of District 75 last week and presented them with a petition and a long list of big, careful signatures written on school notebook paper.

Martin dropped 28 pounds over eight weeks to win the School District 89 employee «Biggest Loser» competition in March.

The Glen Ellyn school district is just one employer these days edging employees toward living healthier, leaner lives, and «Biggest Loser» competitions, fashioned after the popular TV show, are one way they're doing it.

The school district's efforts to buy better quality ingredients from local businesses fit in well with the city of Austin's Good Food Purchasing program, an initiative to harness the buying power of big institutions to benefit the local economy and support the city's sustainability goals.

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The third big project on the Park District's plate, scheduled to open next August, is a pedestrian overpass built over the Union Pacific railroad tracks between Monroe Elementary School and the DuPage County Fairgrounds.

We thankfully found a public preschool in our school district that believed a nut - free classroom was no big deal.

His life in the food service industry took a big turn four years ago when he became foodservice director and head basketball coach at Mesabi East Independent School District in Aurora, Minn..

In our school district in Boulder, CO we are blessed to have Chef Ann Cooper, who is a BIG advocate for healthy foods and also a huge change maker in school lunches with her Chef Ann Foundation.

School districts that comply with the new standards will receive an additional federal payment of 6 cents for each lunch served, a pretty big incentive to get with the program.

Have you thought about partnering with a colleague from a neighboring district to team up and run a much bigger school nutrition program nearby?