Sentences with phrase «debating over district»

That's just what we need - a group of fictional characters debating over district lines.

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Debate over this action has become entangled with the perennial argument over the power of the District to govern itself without Congressional supervision.

Last month, Park District of Highland Park commissioners were told the cost to renovate Rosewood Beach would cost an estimated $ 5.58 million — about $ 920,000 more than the estimate from July 2012, amid a contentious debate over the project.

PARK RIDGE — A split Park Ridge Park District Board heard continuing debate recently over lights at Centennial Park, at Western Avenue and Garden Street.

In recent months, the Park District and the village have been embroiled in a debate over use of the Yunker Farm, including where the proposed recreation center should be built.

In recent months, the Park District and the village have been embroiled in a debate over the use of the Yunker Farm site, culminating in the Village Board's vote in December against annexation.

Lengthy debates over the Crystal Lake Park District's acquisition of the Colonel Palmer House ended last week, as the board agreed to lease the property.

Here's some footage of Sen. John DeFrancisco railing against the Democrats during a debate over budget extenders yesterday for sending what he deemed «deceptive» robocalls into the districts of Republican senators.

At the end of a debate over a measure to institute a monitor in the troubled East Ramapo school district, for example, Silver voted against the bill, which passed.

And starting next year, he'll go through several politically thorny issues such as a possible veto of newly drawn state and federal district boundaries as well as the debate over hydrofracking.

As the Buffalo Public School District works to improve its failing schools debate is growing over the strength of charter schools.

But in the process, it laid the groundwork for another debate in the Legislature over what has become a contentious mix of ethnic and racial politics playing out in a diverse suburban district, which may preview similar fights in other locations.

The Assembly bill, which was defended during floor debate by its lead sponsors, Rockland County Democrats Ellen Jaffee and Kenneth Zebrowski, would require state education officials to appoint a monitor who would have broad authority over district leaders» decisions for five years.

Tenney said she supports taking a look at the federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not change the dynamics of the debate over gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.

A debate over distributing $ 9.9 million worth of so - called «bullet aid» erupted on the floor of the state Senate late this afternoon after Democrats decried a resolution that sent the money to schools Republican - controlled districts.

Whoever wins will quickly become immersed in budget crises and the debate over school consolidation as the district looks to downsize.

Uber has gone on the offensive over the legislation, challenging de Blasio to a live stream debate, sending mailers to the districts of council members who support the plan, hosting rallies and adding a «de Blasio feature to its e-hail app that shows a 25 minute wait time for a vehicle that the company says will occur if they are constricted from growing.

The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for the First Congressional District seat in a primary argued over who has better job creation ideas during a debate held by the Southold Democratic Club Tuesday night at Southold High School.

While this is a local election - the Democratic mayoral primary - the race is being closely watched far beyond the District because the outcome could carry significant implications for the national debate over education reform.

Interviewed Sunday in Woodstock, where the six Democrats seeking their party's nomination in the 19th District had gathered for a debate, Neal noted she has advantage over others seeking the House seat because she already has gotten the better of Donald Trump.

NYT:»... the election followed a fierce, if brief, campaign in which a debate over same - sex marriage, which Mr. Peralta favors and Mr. Monserrate opposes, often overshadowed discussions on issues that are vital to many of the largely Hispanic district's working - class and immigrant residents, like affordable health care and school overcrowding.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, brandished his trademark dry wit, questioning why if Republican state Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer's Western New York district is the birthplace of Jell - O, yogurt was voted the state snack in 2014 — a reference to the infamous nearly hourlong debate over that simple distinction which became the butt of jokes on «The Daily Show.»

The Syracuse City School District is revisiting the debate over how far children should have to walk to school.

Two Bronx Democratic legislators with bordering districts are on different sides of a debate over a bill that would require higher nutritional standards for any meal packaged with a toy.

Watch for heightened debate - and finally some decisions - about recurring issues: the state's Brownfield Tax Credit program, justice reforms (see below), renewing the New York City mayor's power over its massive school district, and, of course, school funding.

Ritvo describes the 19th - century clash over the fate of a Lake District valley in England and its importance to continuing debates on conservation.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed late last week to step into the contentious legal debate over when school districts may be held liable for sexual harassment of students.

Mr. Morello joined the 1.1 million - student district on April 1, amid turmoil stemming from the resignation of two key school district officials and debate over Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's control of the city school system.

Continuing debates over merit pay programs in districts in Tennessee and beyond indicate that efforts to find such a replacement are under way.

In school district after school district, the debate over class size comes up at budget time almost every year.

A familiar debate over the origins of life — this time centered on a science - textbook sticker — is playing out in a Georgia courtroom, where parents are challenging their school district's written description of evolution as «a theory, not a fact.»

It's sadly familiar turf for district and school leaders, who faced the same concerns after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, stirring calls for beefed up school security and debates over gun laws.

The variety of approaches will help inform Congress when it resumes debate over reauthorizing the NCLB law in 2009, and help it address complaints that the current law doesn't offer enough flexibility to decide what actions states and districts may take in addressing individual schools» needs.

Washington, D.C. — With the debate over standardized testing reaching a fever pitch, a new report from the Center for American Progress finds a culture of testing and test preparation across many schools and districts, with students in analyzed school districts assessed as many as 20 times per year in the classroom.

«A Time for Sight: The Debate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK inDebate over Color Blindness and Race - Consciousness in School Integration Policy,» Curriculum Connections In light of the 2007 Supreme Court decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, ADL offers this comprehensive lesson that examines the debate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK indebate over school integration within the broader context of the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 and the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

In the recent debate over NCLB reauthorization, for example, Democratic senators sought to create a new program allowing districts to apply for funding to help teach about climate change.

For school - board leaders and others charged with implementing those man - dates at the district level, the legislative activism has renewed an old debate over the governance of public education and the degree to which the tradition of «local control» is being eroded.

Much of the hourlong arguments in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee (Case No. 07 - 1125) were spent debating whether the parents who sued a school district over their...

Third, I assess the effect of charter proximity on historically underperforming students at district schools, a population often referenced in debates over charter expansion.

The question at the heart of this year's debate over the future of Indianapolis Public Schools is whether the district should be placed in the hands of Indianapolis» mayor.

What's at stake is the classroom experience and outcomes for over 40 million kids, as states and local school districts find themselves caught in the middle of this debate and continue to face troubles transitioning to a complex new system.

The debate over school facilities has been going on for more than 20 years in the community, Bregy said, and the district has reached the point where it can not sustain all buildings.

Another state - operated school district, another broiling debate over the Christie administration's reform plans.

Now his dispute with the school district has become part of a statewide debate over guns in schools that has exposed a rare split among firearm owners.

A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration's legal fight with North Carolina over the issue.

L.A. Unified School District's Academic Growth Over Time measurement system, based on students» progress on standardized tests, spurs debate over fairness, accurOver Time measurement system, based on students» progress on standardized tests, spurs debate over fairness, accurover fairness, accuracy.

Maybe most contentious has been the debate over the state's long - term takeovers of districts like Newark and its recent takeover of Camden schools.

The continued debate over charter schools, which are now permitted in 40 states and the District of Columbia, has political overtones.

Most districts with teacher contracts extended them for one year last spring because of the uncertainty during the debate over the state's new collective bargaining law, said Miles Turner, executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators.

Nowhere else in California has the debate over the use of student test scores to grade teachers gained more attention than in the Los Angeles Unified School District.