Sentences with phrase «devastated city school system»
While the immediate impetus for the charter school plan was money, these new schools promised hope to a devastated city school system.
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Bloomberg has repeatedly argued that failing to repeal the law and establish a system based on merit immediately would be devastating to schools as the city moves forward with a plan to lay off 4,666 teachers, which is set to begin as early as this spring.
«After Hurricane Katrina devastated our city, the cardiology department found that we had very busy on - call nights,» said Anand Irimpen, M.D., study lead author and professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and wiped out much of its school facilities, but the process of rebuilding it provided what then - Governor Kathleen Blanco called a «golden opportunity» to remake the entire school system.