Sentences with phrase «city school districts»

So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially upstate, they were disproportionately hit in terms of rural districts and small city school districts.»

In November 2003, we were instrumental in defeating the «non-partisan election» ballot question in New York City and the raising of the debt limit for small city school districts.

This was the largest graduation rate increase out of the state's «Big 5 City School Districts,» which is composed of New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, according to the state education department.

In 2003, a proposal to exempt small city school districts from constitutional debt limits failed, despite support from the influential teachers union.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

In ELA this year, the percentage of all test takers in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased over last year in each of the Big 5 City School Districts.

In math, the percentage of students in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased slightly over last year in most of the Big 5 City School Districts.

The phase - in factor varies from 0.47 percent to 13.6 percent, with specific rates for the five largest city school districts (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers) and more general rates for other districts based on district demographics.14

admissions events in all 32 city school districts beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 1...

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

Before that she was a teacher in the Redwood City School District (Redwood City, CA) for 25 years — mostly English and Language Arts to mostly middle school students.

Chris has his own blog, as he describes below, and I asked him if he would be willing to share here his efforts to try to improve this situation in his Iowa City school district, where he is now the parent of three children and teaches legal writing and analysis at the University of Iowa College of Law (but the opinions he expresses here are entirely his own).

It's our job to feed children,» said Carolyn Keeney, director of child nutrition for the Homewood City School District.

Alex Kristal, Construction Project Manager San Mateo - Foster City School District - San Mateo and Foster City, CA

«Along with allergies, childhood obesity is one of the things we are trying to address with our new policies,» explained Susie Poulton, the director of health services for the Iowa City School District.

This week, the Iowa City School district proposed prohibiting all homemade treats from school celebrations, allowing only fruits, vegetables and packaged foods with pre-approved ingredients.

The program began about three months ago through a partnership with Tanner Health System and the Carrollton City Schools district FoodCorps service member, Dory Cooper.

The students can always count on Mrs. Liz to greet them in the cafeteria, making everyone feel welcome in her dining room and putting a smile on their face,» said Melinda Bonner, Director of Child Nutrition at Hoover City School district.

In 2009 the Pueblo City School district was recognized with an award by the Colorado Legacy Foundation and the Colorado Department of Education in the area of Nutrition, in honor of their work to better the health and wellness of students, faculty and staff through the district's innovative universal breakfast program.

Looking at the Salt Lake City School District as a whole, that number soars to nearly 60 percent.

Also at 11 a.m., Schenectady City School District Superintendent Larry Spring holds a press conference on the local education funding increase with Sen. Jim Tedisco, and Assemblymen Angelo Santabarbara and Phil Steck, and Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Mont Pleasant Middle School Library Media Center 1121 Forest Rd., Schenectady.

A Syracuse City School District parent says her daughter was suspended for three days because she refused to take the state English assessment test, but district officials insist the eighth - grader was suspended for «disciplinary reasons.»

At 12:45 p.m., the hearing in the case of Buffalo City School District Board of Education v. Carl Paladino, state Department of Education continues, Regents Room, 89 Washington Ave., Albany.

A substitute teacher at School 14 told four fifth - graders to change the answers on a recent state test, Troy City School District officials confirmed.

OACES is the Office of Adult and Career Education Services, a division of the Rochester City School District www.rcsdk12.org

Kenneth Eastwood's appointment as distinguished educator to the Rochester City School District has been rescinded.

The Leadership Academy, which is part of the Rochester City School District is located on Lake Avenue at the former Charlotte High School campus.

Since 2008, Talk of the Sound has published many, many reports on arrests and criminal convictions of school district employees, documentation (paper records, audio recordings and video tapes) demonstrating false statements by district administrators and school board members and accounts of all manner of unethical and illegal behavior of persons associated with the City School District of New Rochelle.

After the disappearance and death of Trevyan Rowe, the Rochester City School District offered a remorseful apology for various missteps, including not spotting Rowe walking away from School # 12 immediately after getting off his morning bus.

The Wall Street Journal has an article today about the Oklahoma City School District.

Ithaca, N.Y., May 11, 2018 — Commissioner Samuel D. Roberts visited the Ithaca City School District yesterday to award two teachers with Governor Cuomo's Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award.

Former Greece Central School District Superintendent Barbara Deane - Williams was appointed as the new Rochester City School District Superintendent Monday afternoon.

It's been back and forth at the Utica City School District's office as two candidates find themselves in a tie following Tuesday's Board of Education election.

A new code of conduct for the Rochester City School District was passed Thursday night in a unanimous decision by the Rochester City School Board.

Mount Vernon — Voters in the Mount Vernon City School District approved a $ 251,979,860 budget for the 2018 - 19 school year by a 1,051 - 657 vote on Tuesday.

Meantime, Rochester City School District officials said they welcome of the state investigation.

For the Utica City School District, it all came down to a recount.

The vacancy at Henninger will be filled by Brian Kavanagh, a local educator who most recently served as executive director of education and personnel for the Oswego City School District.

Editor's note: Parents are outraged at the apparent mismanagement of special education in the Rochester City School District.

«I tend to look at topics and issues through the perspective of education, and I've seen a continuing decline in the Syracuse City School District that mirrors the overall decline of the city,» Lavine said.

In 2014, Governor Cuomo signed legislation to provide an additional $ 435 million to the Rochester Schools Modernization Program, a multi-phase capital initiative to provide the Rochester City School District with greater capability to meet the educational needs of its schoolchildren.

Her journey has taken her from the Julliard School in New York to the Royal College of Music in London and back to Rochester where, in 1975, she embarked on a thirty one year career as a music teacher with the Rochester City School District.

Albany City Schools superintendent Kaweeda Adams told the network about 1 in 8 students in the Albany City School District are immigrants or refugees, from 55 countries.

Jones is still uncertain whether or not her son will remain in the Rochester City School District next year.

Today, as a result of my effort, all official meeting of the City of New Rochelle and the City School District of New Rochelle are video taped, archived and broadcast online and / or TV.

If anything, the decision shows the association will not listen to ideas that do not fit into its narrow view of what the Syracuse City School District should look like.

More special education teachers and administrators could be coming to the Rochester City School District.

Children are served breakfast, lunch and a nutritious snack, compliments of the Binghamton City School District breakfast and lunch program.

I came across Dr. Samuel while doing another story for Black History and was surprised this is not taught in the Mount Vernon City School District.

«So we're losing millions from the Syracuse City School District this year to charter schools in the city.»