Sentences with phrase «district officials often»

He said the safeguards provided by the law were vital since school district officials often drag out contract talks long after the workers» contracts have expired.

Not exact matches

Districts participating in the federal school meal program have been required since 2006 to formulate a wellness policy to promote student health, but such policies often consisted of boilerplate language stashed in the drawer of a district official.

Though Tranter often praises today's park district in comparison to Kelly's, park officials tend to view Tranter and her group as relentless critics who fail to appreciate the progress parks have made during the last two decades.

Park District officials said residents who are surveyed often have asked why the district does not have a watDistrict officials said residents who are surveyed often have asked why the district does not have a watdistrict does not have a water park.

Ivy Ken, a DCPS parent and longtime advocate for more healthful food in schools, said she is «thrilled» that the lawsuit is bringing to light concerns people have had about the food program that were often dismissed by District officials.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney is often referred to as a Manhattan elected official, but her congressional district also stretches into Brooklyn, taking in parts of the northern end of the borough like Greenpoint.

As is often the case, the party has chosen an insider and aide to a current elected official to be its standard bearer in the upcoming November election: Daniel Rosenthal, district director for NYC Councilman Rory Lancman.

The Working Families Party has not endorsed candidates in recent district attorney races, but party officials say their line can often attract 2 to 5 percent of the vote at the polls.

Philadelphia's top prosecutor, Democratic District Attorney Seth Williams, was charged Tuesday with taking more than $ 160,000 in luxury gifts, Caribbean trips, and cash, often in exchange for official favors.

Although District Leaders have no legislative authority or budget, they are often successful in advocating for both legislation and funding related to community needs by working closely with neighborhood elected officials.

Upward of 100 animals have been seized in cases over the years, rescues often slowed down as shelter officials and authorities struggle over who has the money and space to take them, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said.

(Water district officials note that first - timers were often pleasantly surprised by the pure, clean taste.)

While schools often are required to ask students for proof that they live within a district, school officials essentially are barred from asking about immigration status and can not block a child's access to a public K - 12 school based on such status, under a landmark 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plyler v. Doe.

Similarly, when it becomes necessary to fill a classroom vacancy or to remove an ineffective teacher, district officials are often hobbled by contract language.

From Seattle to Baltimore, officials in big - city districts this spring are wrestling with balancing their budgets by shuttering neighborhood schools, a delicate, often controversial, task.

But doctoral student David Sherer is more interested in «informal» leaders — the people in a school or district who may or may not have official leadership roles but are nonetheless prominent, and often formidable, in the organization's social network.

Official Ohio Department of Education policy bans districts» use of flagging to harass the charter schools, but some charter operators complain that the state often looks the other way and insists that charter schools resolve the problem with the local districts.

Reading the formal culture involves observing the official, planned events, and reading district and school policies and procedures to learn how the formal organization — often the bureaucracy — operates.

In «Partnership Is a Two - Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.»

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS officials often point to the district's increasing graduation rates, climbing ACT scores, growing college enrollment rates and the numbers of high school freshmen projected to be on track to graduate.

But then, Smarick said, officials often don't know what to do with the district.

Instead, the lawsuit says, districts across the state suspend and expel special - education students at more than twice the rate of their peers — and further, school officials often send the children to «time - out» rooms or have their parents pick them up early, which results in their exclusion from an educational setting.

As we learned both from Adelanto and from the first - ever Trigger attempt in Compton, rescission drives are often backed by district officials (who have a financial stake in each of their campuses) and teachers unions (whose members stand to lose their jobs if new management finds they don't meet higher educational standards).

(District of Columbia) In an effort to increase economic and educational opportunities for Native American youth, federal officials are looking to unify resources available to often underserved communities with bipartisan support.

Though professional development is often taught by district officials or outside consultants, Celine Coggins, chief executive officer of Teach Plus, says teachers leading other teachers is a better model.

Although district officials have started to let the principals at traditional schools make their own hiring decisions, they are often far less flexible when it comes to curriculum, budgets and schedules.

Current and former officials cited decades of conflict between the northern suburbs and the countywide district, saying they've often been left with overcrowded schools and distrust of school board leaders.