Sentences with phrase «community school board elections»

But turnout in community school board elections was very low, usually well below 10 percent of eligible voters, giving groups like the teachers» union outsize sway.

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.

Not exact matches

Plans began to be made for the election of community school boards, which were to have been held in May 2010.

Since some panels — the Citywide Council on High Schools for one — attracted lots of candidates, other community boards did not have enough candidates to fill the available slots — let alone hold a competitive election.

Parents, along with Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal and Community Board 7, are lobbying for Primary Day to be made a staff professional development day — in which students get the day off from school — in the same way that students are not required to attend school on Election Day in November.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

Voters in New York City's 32 community school districts went to the polls last week to cast ballots in the most closely watched school board elections in recent history.

These advantages also apply in urban settings, where the unions have lots of potential competitors: business, community, ethnic, and religious groups that could (and sometimes do) get involved in school - board elections.

Union endorsements matter in school board elections, but so do the interests of general taxpayers and parents and everyone else who makes up the community.

To combat this and the wealthy outsiders working day and night to defund, overtest, and demean our schools, Pastors for Oklahoma Kids advocates for kids, encourages our teachers, supports our school support staff & school boards, and educates our communities on what issues face their local schools each election.

1975 — To facilitate community and parent involvement in the public schools, PEA published the first Candidate's Manual for the Election of Community School Boardcommunity and parent involvement in the public schools, PEA published the first Candidate's Manual for the Election of Community School BoardCommunity School Board members.

Media coverage and community outreach to increase voter participation in school board elections; and

LAUSD Urges Students, Community Members to Vote Like public school educators throughout the state, L.A. Unified officials and board members are urging students, parents and concerned adults to vote in next month's election and are working to inform them about Propositions 30 and 38.

School board elections offer community members the opportunity to reflect on the state of their public schools and make a choice on a vision for the future.

The next parent / community election and advisory staff polls for traditional Local School Councils and advisory parent and staff polls for appointed Local School Councils and Boards of Governors (military academy high schools) will be conducted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 for elementary schools and Thursday, April 14, 2016 for high schools from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Wake County, NC — Reflections on the election of a new school board, whose members promised to support neighborhood schools and keep kids closer to home, in a community with a longstanding school integration plan.

Ongoing community engagement, thoughtful school board governance, a community ecosystem of support and accountability along with great leadership over several election cycles are the necessary ingredients for the improvement of the district.

The source of data for the Education and Youth section is provided by the Baltimore City Public School System, the American Community Survey and the Baltimore City Board of Elections.

We are looking for qualified candidates from our school and community to run in the annual Board of Directors» election to be held online from Sunday evening, May 6 through Monday, May 14 at 4:00.

CCSA is proud to recognize these Los Angeles - area charter public school parents for the instrumental role they played in helping defeat SB 808 (Mendoza), which would have eliminated appeals for new charter school petitions and renewals, and their role in rallying families in their community to get involved in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board District 6 election, resulting in the election of charter public school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school school parents for the instrumental role they played in helping defeat SB 808 (Mendoza), which would have eliminated appeals for new charter school petitions and renewals, and their role in rallying families in their community to get involved in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board District 6 election, resulting in the election of charter public school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school school petitions and renewals, and their role in rallying families in their community to get involved in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board District 6 election, resulting in the election of charter public school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school School District (LAUSD) Board District 6 election, resulting in the election of charter public school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school bBoard District 6 election, resulting in the election of charter public school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school school supporter Kelly Gonez to the LAUSD school school boardboard.