Sentences with phrase «community board system»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

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As long as there have been online communities, beginning with bulletin board systems, there have been trolls.

She served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2008 to 2013, where she served as Chair of the Federal Reserve's Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs and as a member of its Committee on Bank Supervision and Regulation, the Committee on Bank Affairs, and the Committee on Board Affairs.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

Additionally, she Chairs the University of California African - American Advisory Council, serves as a Board Member for the National Children's Defense Fund and the Bay Area Economic Council Institute, is a fellow for the MIT Community Innovators Lab, and formerly was Director for the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve System.

During the crisis, the global community came together to address weaknesses in the international monetary system: creating the Financial Stability Board and European Stability Mechanism, strengthening central bank swap lines, and carving out a more prominent role for the G - 20.

He serves on the board of the following not - for - profit organizations: the American College of Corporate Directors, Massachusetts General Hospital (President's Council), Boston University (Trustee Emeritus), The Boston Foundation (Director Emeritus), The Boston Center for Community and Justice (Honorary director), Wilson Center's Canada Institute (Advisory Board) and Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust (Chairman) and Partners HealthCare System, board of the following not - for - profit organizations: the American College of Corporate Directors, Massachusetts General Hospital (President's Council), Boston University (Trustee Emeritus), The Boston Foundation (Director Emeritus), The Boston Center for Community and Justice (Honorary director), Wilson Center's Canada Institute (Advisory Board) and Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust (Chairman) and Partners HealthCare System, Board) and Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust (Chairman) and Partners HealthCare System, Inc..

The Board also benefits from Mr. Dean's substantial finance, systems operations, service quality, and community affairs expertise, which he gained as a result of his responsibilities with Dignity Health, and from his extensive banking and related financial management expertise acquired as a former member of the Company's Audit and Examination Committee and as a current member of the Credit Committee.

A Board of Directors consisting of ten local community members acts to improve the quality of life for people utilizing the park system.

«Blue Coat's Community Outreach Program and free K9 Web Protection software gives parents the educational materials and tools they need to make decisions to keep their families safe online,» said Laurie Coffin, director of marketing communications at Blue Coat Systems and FOSI board member.

All four of the Democrats running would continue and build on Stringer's exemplary system of screening, appointing and training community board members — which has pretty much ended the cronyism and conflict of -LSB-...]

Adonis has worked for a number of think tanks, is a board member of Policy Network and is the author or co-author of several books, including several studies of the British class system, the rise and fall of the Community Charge, and the Victorian House of Lords.

Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU Local 726, ATU Local 1056, ATU Local 1179 ATU Local 1181 - 1061, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Asian Americans for Equality, Center for Working Families, Citizens Committee for NYC, Common Cause / NY, Construction Industry Council, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, DC 37, DC 37 Local 375B, DC37 Local 1655, Empire State Transportation Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, General Contractors Association of New York, League of Women Voters of the City of NY, League of Women Voters of New York State, Long Island Contractors» Association, Inc. (LICA), MTA Coalition of Unions, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, New York Building Congress, NY League of Conservation Voters, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, NYS Council of Machinists, NY State Legislative Conference Board, NYS Transportation Equity Alliance, PCAC to MTA, Pratt Center for Community Development, Regional Plan Association, Reinvent Albany, Teamsters Local 808, Transit Riders Action Committee, Transportation Alternatives, TWU Local 100, TWU Local 252, TWU Local2001, TWU Local 2054, Transport Workers International Union of America, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, UPROSE, We Act for Environmental Justice, Women's City Club.

Cuomo says by not voting to extend the Bill de Blasio's authority over the public schools, they essentially voted for a return to the dysfunction of the old system of multiple community school boards.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board is considering a Cop Stat program, based on the NYPD's effective Comp Stat system, to help review how police are interacting with different communities throughout the city, director Richard Emery said.

Combined with the governor's restructuring board, which he sits on, and an early warning system for fiscally distressed communities, DiNapoli said state officials hope to avoid any municipalities officially going broke.

Also at 11 a.m., members of 24 social justice and immigrants» rights groups, community - based organizations and good government groups call for improved voting systems and a more transparent Board of Elections in light voter roll purges that affected the presidential primary elections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Back in 2001, the Partnership for New York City worked closely with legislative leaders to design the laws that replaced a dysfunctional and highly politicized system of central and community school boards with a governance system that holds the Mayor accountable for running the city schools.

«Hubert Keen is a seasoned higher education professional whose leadership within our university system as well as the Long Island community makes him ideally suited to serve as Nassau Community College's next president,» said SUNY Board Chairman H. Carcommunity makes him ideally suited to serve as Nassau Community College's next president,» said SUNY Board Chairman H. CarCommunity College's next president,» said SUNY Board Chairman H. Carl McCall.

Mr. de Blasio today called the old community school board system — in which the mayor got his political start --» a proven disaster» after a press conference in Boston, and again called for its renewal.

The community strongly values the role of our public libraries,» said Library System Board Chairman Jack Connors.

The city has estimated that, between new positions that would have to be created and the expense of holding community school board elections every three years, a return to a decentralized system would cost the city $ 125 million to $ 160 million a year.

This neighborhood is more than just the court system and stadium — it's a community that is thriving with a transit rich corridor,» said Jose Rodriguez, District Manager of Community Bcommunity that is thriving with a transit rich corridor,» said Jose Rodriguez, District Manager of Community BCommunity Board # 4.

«While we are extremely thankful to keep doors open for the community in 2005, this level of funding still forces us to make very difficult decisions and reduce library services throughout the entire B&ECPL System,» said Board Chair Rebecca Pordum.

During the recent interview with Gotham Gazette, Lander highlighted that he supports reforms to community boards, as well as reforms to the city's «fair share» system, which is supposed to distribute helpful services and infrastructural burdens evenly across the city.

NEW YORK, NY (05/01/2012)(readMedia)-- Agnes Rivera, co-chair of the Community Voices Heard Board of Directors, provided the following statement regarding the release today of a new report by Citizens Union of the City of New York on recommended reforms to the New York City Council discretionary funding system:

«The mayor came forward and joined the issue of affordability with long - term capital support of the subway system together, and I think he appropriately, obviously at that time, focused on the incredible wealth that's available to a select few New Yorkers and really this would be a very modest imposition on them,» David Jones, an MTA board member appointed by de Blasio and president and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York, who supports the tax, said.

While neighborhood residents and preservationists are up in arms over the planned construction of a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, an aggressive lobbyist effort by Major League Soccer is working the system by targeting everyone from local Community Boards right up to Mayor Bloomberg himself.

«Although some of these changes represent modest improvements, we're very disappointed that after months of discussion the city fails to recognize that we can't create a stronger Midtown if we don't reliably invest in the transit system, predictably fund public space improvements, protect landmark worthy buildings, and make sure that New Yorkers have a real voice in the future of their skyline,» Lola Finkelstein, chairwoman of a multi-board task force comprised of Community Boards 1, 4, 5 and 6, said in a statement.

Should the governor, Assembly and State Senate fail to reach a consensus by the month's end, control of the city education system would revert to the old community school boards — widely criticized for their uneven, inefficient and decentralized structure.

Further on he warns that in the oversight committee's next funding round in July, «negative decisions» about peer - reviewed grants awaiting the board's final approval «would have a fatal impact on CPRIT's peer review system» and would «be extremely harmful to the research community's view of science in Texas, and thus on the ability to recruit scientists to the state.»

More than 1,100 board - certified physicians staff four university hospitals, 10 community clinics and a number of specialty centers in the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics system.

Kofi Essel, MD, FAAP is a board - certified community pediatrician and general academic pediatric fellow at Children's National Health System,...

, «Launched in 1985 as a simple bulletin - board dating system, Matchmaker.com is now a thriving community of more than 8 million registered members, with 50,000 new sign - ups each week.»

Localsinglemoms is a single parents dating site as well as a friendly community that offers message boards, flirts and an easy to use messaging system that makes it easy to find a date online.

Linamen credits some of the school's achievements to the Somerset County Public Schools, which she says has the support of wonderful parents and community members, a central office staff that is supportive of new initiatives, and board members and a superintendent who care about each and every child in the system.

A columnist for the Sacramento Bee goes further, charging that such «a fuzzy, nonspecific «accountability» system completely undermines the ability of parents, especially in poor communities, to demand improvement in underperforming schools, including the creation of charter schools to seize control from school boards, superintendents and their union allies.»

The Board of Higher Education defines the mission and sets policy for the Massachusetts system of public higher education, including fifteen community colleges, nine state universities and five UMass campuses.

Recognize that DPS is at risk for financial collapse and develop a plan to replace DPS with a community «portfolio manager» board and superintendent who will see their role as overseeing a citywide system of high - quality schools rather than operating schools directly.

And a number of community groups proposed other changes in the system's governance — including the suggestion that Mayor Michael R. White appoint the school board.

In a similar vein, Jennifer Vranek and her colleagues at Education First write, «Past accountability systems were the darlings of policy makers, think tanks, foundations, editorial boards, and advocates; they rarely had the support of educators, school communities, and the public writ large.

The Performance Assessment Review Board, an external group of educators, test experts, researchers, and members of the business and legal communities, monitors the performance - assessment system and evaluates samples of student work.

If the study circles are going to discuss an education issue, the steering committee might include people from different areas of the education system (such as teaching, administration, the board of education, and building employees) as well as other sectors of the community — such as municipal government, community organizations, and business.

The School Board welcomes comments from Fairfax County residents and believes that strong community engagement and outreach are important components of a successful school system.

Local communities provide youth activities and services in partnership with the WIA One - Stop Career Center System and under the direction of local Workforce Investment Boards.

* A draconian law denying government grants and loans to people with even a minor drug offense should be repealed, the New York Times Editorial Board writes: http://nyti.ms/1p4r1De * A coalition of community groups is asking for more money to help cover college costs for youths who have been in New York's foster care system,...

SharePoint already has a full social system from blogs, communities, Wikis, discussion boards and RSS feeds.

The three open seats on the regional board went to: John Clearwater, an independent, who had 801 votes; Richard Godfrey, who had been appointed to the board earlier in order to fill a vacancy and won 428 votes; and David Robbins, a member — but not a formal candidate — of a newly formed parent group in the community that is calling for revisions in the school system's mathematics curriculum.

Tunxis Community College has announced that Arthur Simoes, adjunct lecturer in photography, is a recipient of the Connecticut Board of Regents System's Adjunct Faculty Teaching