The hearing will focus on
a complaint by other school board members that Paladino violated policy by disclosing information that was discussed in executive session.
Not exact matches
In one of the three
complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four
other defendants were accused of bribing high -
school athletes to play at universities sponsored
by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the case).
Other complaints include lost class time (about 45
school hours a year), kids eating a second breakfast unapproved
by parents and huge amounts of food and packaging waste.
It goes on to say that «the Department has received concerns from two parents surrounding the treatment of their mixed - race child at a Steiner
school, including racist abuse
by other pupils which the
school allegedly failed to act upon despite repeated
complaints, and the use of racial epithets
by teachers.
Administrators at Bullard Elementary
School in Kennesaw, Georgia, implemented yoga and
other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, but they received an onslaught of
complaints from parents who felt they were promoting non-Christian beliefs
by «allowing this Far East mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise of stress release meditation.»
Most of the cases contend that
school officials ignored or shrugged off repeated
complaints from students or their parents about inappropriate sexual behavior
by other students.
One of the primary
complaints I hear from teachers is, «I just don't feel appreciated» (echoed often also
by principals and
other administrators in our
school system).
The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any
school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent
complaints to the department
by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified
by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of
school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high
school and high
school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas
other than those for which they possess certification.
Still, while North Carolina has yet to publicly release any standardized testing scores on the
schools» first year, virtual charter programs have been besieged
by complaints of lagging student performance in
other states.
In fiscal 2013 — 14, the Office of Civil Rights «received more than 580
complaints brought
by parents, students, or
other individuals concerned about possible civil rights violations involving
school discipline systems.»
Last week, I filed two additional
complaints, one against Excel Bridgeport and the
other against the Great New England Public
Schools Alliance, the front group set up
by Michelle Rhee's organization, StudentsFirst.
The information from the CRDC is used
by OCR as background and context for investigations into
complaints of discrimination, and is also used
by other offices in US ED,
other federal agencies, lawmakers, and various members of the public who are interested in understanding more about the state of educational equity in the nation's
schools.
(a) Whenever the Attorney General receives a
complaint in writing signed
by an individual to the effect that he is being deprived of or threatened with the loss of his right to the equal protection of the laws, on account of his race, color, religion, or national origin,
by being denied equal utilization of any public facility which is owned, operated, or managed
by or on behalf of any State or subdivision thereof,
other than a public
school or public college as defined in section 401 of title IV hereof, and the Attorney General believes the
complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such
complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly progress of desegregation in public facilities, the Attorney General is authorized to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section.
To counter criticism of the business community from college campuses, business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce should support scholars who will defend the free enterprise system, develop speakers and support speakers» bureaus that will counter the liberal rhetoric coming from college campuses, subject textbooks to ideological review, insist on equal time for speakers exposing the views of the business community for speakers on campuses, insist that college faculties be balanced
by those who will defend the free enterprise system, request that graduate
schools of business include courses that support the free enterprise system, encourage local chambers of commerce to provide the views of the business community in high
schools, establish staff who work with the media to communicate to the general public the views of the business community, monitor and criticize television programs that unfairly criticize the free enterprise system and where appropriate file
complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, monitor radio and
other media and pressure them to cover the views of defenders of the free enterprise system, support scholars who support the free enterprise system to publish in scholarly journals, establish incentives for scholars to publish defenses of free enterprise in books, papers, and pamphlets, spend more money on advertising that expressly supports the free market system.
Complaints with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind requesting investigations of nine law
schools for violating the civil rights of blind and
other print - disabled law
school applicants by requiring applicants to apply online through the inaccessible Law School Admissions Council we
school applicants
by requiring applicants to apply online through the inaccessible Law
School Admissions Council we
School Admissions Council website.
Aggressive behaviour Conflict with peers and / or difficulty making and keeping friends Social withdrawal Tantrums and excessive / intense emotional upsets Low mood or persistent sadness Frequent stomachaches, headaches or
other physical
complaints School refusal Reduced academic functioning and / or significant upset at school Excessive accommodation by parents Increased family
School refusal Reduced academic functioning and / or significant upset at
school Excessive accommodation by parents Increased family
school Excessive accommodation
by parents Increased family stress