Sentences with phrase «by district officials»

It is for this reason that we verified that any policy or practice change referenced in a public statement by a district official and reported in the media actually did occur.

The credit recovery program, if it turns out to be as successful as has been predicted by district officials, is being achieved through the relatively modest cost of $ 15 million.

These charter public school supporters will be at the meeting to discuss the charter petitions for both schools, respond to intimidation tactics used by District officials and ask SJUSD Board members for a vote.

This year only Texas and Pan American were judged worthy by district officials.

Ivy Ken, a DCPS parent and longtime advocate for more healthful food in schools, said she is «thrilled» that the lawsuit is bringing to light concerns people have had about the food program that were often dismissed by District officials.

Robert Zimmerman, co-president of Zimmerman Edelson Inc., a public relations firm used by the school district, said the budget process is at such an early stage that any comments by district officials would be «speculative.»

The demand for a retraction came about after Westchester County Legislator Sheila Marcotte asked WCDOH officials to explain their role investigating asbestos exposure and statements attributed to WCDOH by District officials.

Ms. Booth's repeated requests to take part in the graduation ceremony were denied by district officials because, they said, conveying a diploma would signal the end of her...

The provoked mob seeing the spirit among them was thunderstruck by the district officials.

Fortunately, his mother decided to fight back — the story went viral, became national news and the boy was reinstated by district officials with an apology.

The state panel considered more than 8,600 pages of information and hours of often emotional testimony submitted by district officials, advocates and parents that scrutinized whether CPS practices created «broad - based or systemic violations» of federal or state laws and regulations.

Due to a $ 15 million credit recovery program that has been hailed as widely successful by district officials but criticized by some education experts, the last projected A-G completion rate calculated by the district was 68 percent — but predicted to potentially top 80 percent.

Principals said they were briefed by district officials Tuesday on the terms of the rejected proposal to CTU and told they would get more details on how schools would be affected by cuts in the coming days.

According to data provided by district officials, in spring 2016 (the most recent year available), Webster graduated 75 percent of its seniors, a 22 - point increase in just three years.

Droessler said she and the other drafters did the best they could in developing the budget and were told by district officials to use as a guide the budgets of the district's three other charter schools: Badger Rock Middle School, Nuestro Mundo Community School and Wright Middle School.

As we learned both from Adelanto and from the first - ever Trigger attempt in Compton, rescission drives are often backed by district officials (who have a financial stake in each of their campuses) and teachers unions (whose members stand to lose their jobs if new management finds they don't meet higher educational standards).

In emails to the Times, both Forte and Polles indicated that the merit of additional education is currently determined by district officials.

The school was under Program Improvement for low test scores, meaning it was under a lot of scrutiny by district officials to raise test scores before the inevitable: bussing children to a different school and an eventual shut down or takeover of the school by the state.

Castrejón, who introduced the nonprofit's mission as replicating high - quality schools in disenfranchised neighborhoods of LA, then asked if anyone sitting at the two tables occupied by district officials wanted to respond.

Though professional development is often taught by district officials or outside consultants, Celine Coggins, chief executive officer of Teach Plus, says teachers leading other teachers is a better model.

What: Parents, teachers and supporters of Perseverance Preparatory School and Promise Academy - two proposed charter public schools - will be at the SJUSD Board Meeting to discuss the charter school petitions and recent intimidation tactics used by District officials.

And most of those turnarounds were initiated, at least somewhat enthusiastically, by district officials.

Despite this flaw, McBride stated, results of the MAP tests are used by district officials to help evaluate the effectiveness of instructors who give the test.