Sentences with phrase «charter leaders say»

While his metaphor was exaggerated, his point was real: Anderson and company are asking the charters to trust the district and to join an effort that charter leaders say comes with serious legal, financial and operational questions.

Charter leaders say this opens up the possibility of multi-year agreements that coincide with charter school petitions which must be renewed every five years.

Policy disappointments «have multiplied, and some charter leaders say President Donald Trump's embrace of school choice has left the local sector grappling with a communal identity crisis.»

That one issue most likely involves the overview of the district's own Office of Inspector General that investigates charter schools, which charter leaders say has overreached its authority.

While the district says the policies are needed to hold charter schools accountable, a coalition of charter leaders say the rules unduly limit the autonomy afforded charter schools under state law and their ability to offer a high - quality education.

Charter leaders say they supported the proposition on the assumption that school districts would treat their students equitably, as stated in the law.

As one charter leader said, «Our growth plan for the next year will be either 100 percent successful or 100 percent catastrophic if I don't find a property in the next three months.»

«The district gets to use our money for a while [before eventually reconciling the accounts and spreading back - payments over several months] and we go into debt,» a Toledo charter leader said.

At least one charter leader said discontinuing the pilot could cause a chain reaction leading to the school board not approving the charters» renewals.

Another forum is planned for next spring, and while it is too early to tell, some charter leaders said they hoped the sharing would continue.

Not exact matches

«We used a very, very sophisticated management strategy: You throw shit over the side till the boat floats,» says Yager, now national leader of oilfield services at MNP, a chartered accountancy and business consulting firm.

Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj has joined with business and community leaders in a legal challenge to what they say has been the siting of a disproportionate share of residential facilities in the borough, in violation of a «fair share» requirement contained in the City Charter.

In the same post, Loeb praised IDC Leader Jeff Klein and others who he said «stand for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to economic mobility and opportunity for poor knack (sp.) kids.»

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg praised the identification of IP address users as «sensible» but said that the home secretary «wants to go a lot further» by reviving what he called the «disproportionate» measures of «the snoopers» charter».

But with half of the session's last scheduled day behind them, the state's top men still have not reached a resolution and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he was still refusing to give on a push by Cuomo and Senate leaders to help charter schools.

But charter school leaders say that many of their teachers are qualified even if they don't have a master's degree.

«We strongly urge you to hold a new public hearing on Success Academy's application to open a new charter school in School District 1, so that the residents of that district have an opportunity to provide their input on the revised application,» said local leaders in a Nov. 13 letter to Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

ALBANY — Two of the state's top education leaders say there isn't an urgent need to raise or eliminate the state's cap on charter schools since a third of the available charters under the limit have not yet been awarded.

Charter schools will be big winners in the new state budget under a tentative deal hammered out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders Thursday night, sources close to the talks said.

Legislative leaders struggling to reach a compromise to extend mayoral control of NYC schools have floated the idea of reviving «zombie» charters to let all involved save face, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan in a statement Sunday said he would not support a «long - term» extension of mayoral control of New York City schools without a provision that also seeks to expand charter school growth in New York.

Cuomo, Stewart - Cousins and IDC leader Sen. Jeff Klein said Klein will serve as Stewart - Cousins» deputy leader, realigning the breakaway Democrats with their conference for the first time since the two groups divided in January 2011, when Klein and three other charter members formed the IDC.

The union leaders said the talks were not unusual and insisted they were not pulling back on their TV ads and social - media outreach attacking the governor's proposals to strengthen teacher evaluations, streamline disciplinary hearings and expand charter schools.

Charter - school foes have pounced on Success Academy Chairman Dan Loeb's racially insensitive criticism of Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins as a pretext to drain their resources, the school group's CEO said in a statement.

The meeting was an attempted show of goodwill between the city's charter contingent and the administration, despite the fact that charter leaders have said the mayor's proposals to charge some charters rent on a sliding scale and put a moratorium on charter co-locations would threaten their existence.

Other charter leaders and advocates who attended the rally said privately that they thought that Tuesday could not have gone better for them optically, but offered only generalized press release - type language on the record, to avoid seeming like they were gloating over a rally that overshadowed the mayor's.

David Bloomfield, a professor of education at CUNY's Graduate Center and Brooklyn College, also said Success» likely expansion could create more of a wedge between Success and the city's other charters, since the network will serve by far the most students and require the most public dollars, a sentiment echoed by some independent charter leaders.

«I will have the necessary conversations with the unions and with charter leaders and other elected officials in Albany to see what the possibilities are,» he said.

«This budget agreement was hard - fought and we deeply appreciate the tenacious commitment of Governor Cuomo, Majority Leader [John] Flanagan and Coalition Leader [Jeffrey] Klein to treat public charter school students fairly,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School charter school students fairly,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Charter School Center.

Charter school advocate Dan Loeb was blasted earlier this year for saying a state senate Democratic leader was worse than the KKK

While Ms. Moskowitz said she held this press conference to end speculation that she would run for mayor, the charter schools leader herself was often fanning the flames.

«The city's business leaders support expansion of charter schools and the extension of mayoral control and insist that both should happen this session,» said Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City.

The controversial charter school leader, whose Success Academy schools spread to about two dozen locations across the city under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, has been rejected from a plan to share space with three additional public schools this fall, officials said.

Shafran said Senate staffers and Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson worked «through the night» on the charter legislation (passed very early this morning without GOP support by the Assembly, which also pulled an all - nighter).

Last time I checked, charter schools are public schools,» said New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

«I think I've made it pretty clear that we think charter schools should be an integral part of any discussion on mayoral control,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk County) said after meeting with Cuomo and other legislative leaders.

While other charter networks have signed the contract and received city funding, some charter leaders have said the contract is overly restrictive and in need of an update.

«As New York City's charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.charter schools work to meet the demand from families and serve 200,000 students by 2020, they must have the support of their leaders in Albany during this crucial state budget season,» said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools «Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.Charter school families have many champions in Albany, and need their support now more than ever.»

Assembly Democratic leaders said much the same thing, claiming Senate Democrats had passed the measure out of mere political expediency and not because they supported charter schools.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Leaders of the effort to start a Truxton Academy Charter School say they will withdraw their application to the state Board of Regents.

Earlier in the day, Senate Independent Democratic Leader Jeff Klein, following a closed door meeting with Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders, said he hoped for a «grand bargain» that would include the mayoral control extension, the sales tax continuation and some provisions to help charter schools.

In an e-mail sent to District 3 parents Wednesday morning, Gotbaum said P.S. 145 leaders informed him that Success Charter Network wasn't planning to open its Upper West Success Academy there anymore.

Michelle Arellano, the chapter leader at Manhattan's PS 138, a District 75 school that is co-located with a Harlem Success Academy charter school, said it's clear to her that charter schools are not accepting the same high - needs students enrolled in her school and that her school does not have the resources it needs.

Assembly member Mark Gjonaj has joined with business and community leaders to fight what they say has been the siting of a disproportionate share of residential facilities in the borough — in violation of a «fair share» requirement contained in the City Charter.

«It is unfortunate that DOE is trying to stifle the autonomy of charter schools when their time would be better spent on evaluating what great teachers and leaders in the very best charter schools, traditional district schools and nonprofit providers are doing to make pre-kindergarten an investment that pays off in increased student achievement,» Merriman said.

At the four high schools on the Brandeis campus on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the sports teams now practice in the hallway because the Success Academy elementary charter school in the building gets sole use of the gym after school, says Jeff Picca, the chapter leader at the Global Learning Collaborative HS.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has said he will not support renewing mayoral control unless the number of charter schools are increased, an approach Cuomo has endorsed, while Assembly Leader Carl Heastie's conference packaged the renewal with several tax proposals.

The Match High leaders put a new twist on the «no excuses» policies that many charter schools employ: instead of allowing no excuses on the part of their students, Larsson said, they chose to make no excuses for themselves.

Further hampering growth, the charter leaders we interviewed said that start - up dollars are the hardest to come by in the communities they consider most viable for charter school expansion.