Sentences with phrase «challenging the school board»

Taxpayers in Fairfax County lacked standing to challenge the school board's decision to rename a school named for a Confederate general.

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She began working as soon as she was old enough, as a babysitter, waitress, table busser and switch - board operator — «name a crappy job [and] I've done it,» she jokes — and when her grades remained near - perfect despite all those extracurricular activities, she switched to a more challenging private school.

Sabrina Braham, MD is a pediatric physician in Menlo Park, California, an adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a member of the Advisory Board of Challenge Success.

Working closely with another school team has required me to use all of my Challenge Success experience, as a high school student, as a Challenge Success employee, as a member of the Advisory Board, as a teacher, and as the moderator of a Challenge Success student club.

As a new teacher who strived to bring a love of learning to my high school students, I became a member of the Challenge Success Advisory Board.

We urge the Board to work with USDA and other stakeholders to identify and adopt solutions to challenges encountered by school food professionals..

And we are slightly bothered by the response from the National Peanut Board who shared their excitement that the new recommendations will inevitably allow peanuts to be plentiful in schools again, where avoidance is always a challenge.

Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»

This new professional development course offers teachers, administrators, board members and parents an opportunity to reflect on and work with the challenges of building a Waldorf School Community that is vibrant, innovative and effective, while honoring the unique contributions of each member of the community.

Therapeutic boarding schools are an ideal setting for teen boys that need help turning their lives around and becoming more equipped to manage the challenges they face now and in the future.

Therapeutic boarding schools are designed to help troubled teens that need outside intervention for common challenges such as depression, anxiety, defiance, substance abuse and other behavioral issues.

Sundance Canyon Academy is a therapeutic boarding school that specializes in helping troubled teen boys with every type of challenge learn to deal with issues like anger, defiance, depression, substance abuse and mental disorders.

Sundance Canyon Academy is a full time therapeutic boarding school dedicated to helping at - risk teen boys learn how to manage and overcome challenges like depression, defiance, anger, substance abuse and mental disorders.

Therapeutic boarding schools, residential treatment centers and similar facilities are safe places where troubled teen boys can receive help from professionals in overcoming their individual challenges.

In addition to her more than sixteen years as a coach / cheerleader for Special Olympics in Area 10, Sandy serves on the board for Jacob's Ladder Learning Center, a private school where special needs students learn life skills, and she started a nutritional feeding program for the mentally and physically challenged children who attend Camp Silver Cloud.

She is a leading expert appearing in Race to Nowhere, a documentary film examining the achievement - obsessed culture permeating America's schools, and serves on the advisory board of Challenge Success, an organization that supports schools and families in reversing and preventing the unhealthy tolls assessed by our current educational system.

More than 120 hand - crafted wreaths made by Chicagoland school children decked the halls of Shedd Aquarium this holiday season as part of an educational program called the Wreath - Cycled Classroom Challenge, hosted by the aquarium's Auxiliary Board.

The state School Boards Association, Council of School Superintendents, United Teachers, and the School Administrators have filed yet another lawsuit against Gov. David Paterson, challenging the legality and constitutionality of his decision to withhold $ 2.1 billion worth of payments scheduled for March 31.

The attorney for Hempstead's embattled schools chief Shimon Waronker challenged the legitimacy of the decision by three board trustees to place the superintendent on administrative leave, saying Waronker was a victim of «mob mentality.»

Meantime, the New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit challenging the at - large method of electing Board of Education members of the East Ramapo School District.

Dr. Eastwood will help Superintendent Deane - Williams, the school board and the district develop and implement plans to address fiscal, operational, and instructional challenges faced by the district.»

Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.

The parents have since challenged government to change their wards» schools to those with boarding facilities since they can not afford the huge amount for hostel facilities.

Other School Board members moved quickly to try and remove him for the comments, then thought better of mounting a challenge to free speech.

I have never received a challenge to my petitions as a school board member.

Syracuse economist Janet Burman, Syracuse attorney Rick Guy, Syracuse businessman Ian Hunter, retired Army Col. John Lemondes, former Auburn school board member Jason Lesch and Manufacturers Association of Central New York President Randy Wolken were seeking the party's support to challenge Maffei.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

A former Buffalo firefighter has lost his court challenge to appear on next week's Buffalo School Board election ballot.

At the same time, Paladino vowed in an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom to file a legal challenge if he's removed by the state Education Department from the school board.

A high school student with labor support is challenging former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for his seat on the fractious Buffalo school board, saying it desperately needs «some adult behavior.»

Reacting to the bill's passage, East Ramapo school board president Yehuda Weissmandl said the Assembly's «spirited and lengthy debate» served well to educate members on the complex challenges faced by the unique community.

Education law, as summarized by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Bar Association, says the burden of proof rests on the entity or person who challenges vote results to establish facts that would justify invalidating results.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

Democratic Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee is being challenged by Airmont Planning Board member Thomas Gulla, who is focused on issues such as schools in East Ramapo.

At 5:45 p.m., Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa, Regent Lester W. Young, Jr. and Regent Judith Johnson will celebrate achievements made by the City of Yonkers in the year since it accepted the national My Brother's Keeper Community Challenge, Lincoln High School, 375 Kneeland Ave., Yonkers.

There are many challenges facing students, teachers, principals, and the school boards, including Common Core, test scores, and funding, just to name a few.

In the Spring of 2012, following 16 months of challenging and collaborative work by a dedicated group of community volunteers and Buffalo School District professionals and students, the BUFFALO BOARD of EDUCATION approved a comprehensive and updated District wide Wellness Policy.

(WBEN) A contrite Carl Paladino addressed his controversial remarks about the Obamas Tuesday and went on to paint himself as a watchdog during the final day of testimony at hearings to decide on his removal from the Buffalo School Board Challenging board attorney Frank Miller at times, the two boBoard Challenging board attorney Frank Miller at times, the two boboard attorney Frank Miller at times, the two both...

But some education specialists say that elected school boards in general pose problems for urban school districts with challenges related to poverty.

Another candidate aligned with the Buffalo School Board majority was knocked off the ballot Monday in the latest twist in a fierce contest for control of the board.The continued challenges to petitions of would - be candidates underscore the dramatic politics that make this an unusually tense election, drawing interest from political, labor and business factions not typical...

(WBEN) The Buffalo School Board is expected to name a replacement for Carl Paladino within the next two weeks putting Paladino's defense team on the clock to try and stop the effort, but the full lawsuit challenging Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia's ruling ousting him from the board doesn't have to Board is expected to name a replacement for Carl Paladino within the next two weeks putting Paladino's defense team on the clock to try and stop the effort, but the full lawsuit challenging Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia's ruling ousting him from the board doesn't have to board doesn't have to be...

Earlier this week Cuomo told the Daily News editorial board that, if he's re-elected, he intends to «to break what is in essence one of the only remaining public monopolies,» vowing to challenge public school teachers by supporting stricter teacher evaluations and competition from charter schools.

In New Britain, Democratic incumbent Sen. Theresa Gerratana turned back challenges from two opponents on Tuesday: Republican Charles Paonessa and school board President Sharon Beloin - Saavedra, a Democrat running as a petitioning candidate.

Tommy Torres, the current Male District Leader for the 53rd Assembly District, Community Board 1 member, and assistant principal and baseball coach at the Grand Street Campus High School, is considering a challenge against the incumbent, he said.

She says that Eastwood will help District Supt. Barbara Deane - Williams, the school board and the district develop plans to address fiscal, operational and instructional challenges.

(WBEN) The Buffalo School Board is expected to name a replacement for Carl Paladino within the next two weeks putting Paladino's defense team on the clock to try and stop the effort, but the full lawsuit challenging Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia's ruling ousting him from the board doesn't have to be filed until mid NoveBoard is expected to name a replacement for Carl Paladino within the next two weeks putting Paladino's defense team on the clock to try and stop the effort, but the full lawsuit challenging Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia's ruling ousting him from the board doesn't have to be filed until mid Noveboard doesn't have to be filed until mid November.

Evangelical state legislators and school board members mounted similar efforts this year in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Alabama, and the Texas Republican Party platform opposes «the teaching of... critical thinking skills and similar programs that... have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.»

This film was produced by some of the pioneers of sex education whose ideas are still being challenged by school boards today.

Before adding more charters or other new schools, the district should wait for the data to come in to justify doing so... We challenge Superintendent Tom Boasberg and our board to commit to a level playing field so neighborhood schools receive the same resources as charter and innovation schools.

Some of these challenges were in our control, such as convincing parents, the school board and other stakeholders that the project was worthwhile.