Sentences with phrase «district school board decision»

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State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon says her concerns about Verletta White's ethical conduct and questions about Baltimore County schools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintSchools Karen Salmon says her concerns about Verletta White's ethical conduct and questions about Baltimore County schools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintschools contracting practices are so great that she must reject the county board's decision to hire her as the district's permanent superintendent.

An Orland Park Village Board committee delayed a possible decision on the matter until its Feb. 26 meeting, saying it wanted to ask the Orland Park - based school district to agree to allow the larger Sandburg High School campus to be annexed asschool district to agree to allow the larger Sandburg High School campus to be annexed asSchool campus to be annexed as well.

The decision to tear down the school built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sschool built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sSchool Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new schoolschool.

Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.

School districts are typically responsible for top - level decision - making when it comes to food: they oversee the food services group that determines breakfast and lunch menus; they set the district - wide wellness policy, which usually covers the food that may be sold or distributed during the school day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of educaSchool districts are typically responsible for top - level decision - making when it comes to food: they oversee the food services group that determines breakfast and lunch menus; they set the district - wide wellness policy, which usually covers the food that may be sold or distributed during the school day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of educaschool day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of education).

A new code of conduct for the Rochester City School District was passed Thursday night in a unanimous decision by the Rochester City School Board.

In the decision, Elia writes that Paladino «disclosed confidential information» from the board's executive sessions regarding collective bargaining negotiations with the school district's teachers union.

Elia left her superintendent post in January after she was fired by the district's school board in a close vote, which ultimately proved to be a controversial decision.

In a letter sent to SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman H. Carl McCall on Oct. 14, officials and education advocates criticized the state's decision to allow Success Academy to change its application to site a school in District 2 — which covers Lower Manhattan, much of the west side and the Upper East Side — so that it could open in Districts 1 or 6.

The Massapequa school board on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, authorized a lawsuit in connection with the state education commissioner's decision last week barring the district from canceling plans to move sixth - graders into Berner Middle School in Septschool board on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, authorized a lawsuit in connection with the state education commissioner's decision last week barring the district from canceling plans to move sixth - graders into Berner Middle School in SeptSchool in September.

The state Board of Regents, which sets education policy, already decided in February to advise school districts against using results of Common Core tests in decisions regarding students» promotion and class placement.

The Massapequa school board Tuesday authorized a lawsuit in connection with the state education commissioner's decision last week barring the district from canceling plans to integrate sixth - graders into the middle school.

Paladino last month tried to get a temporary restraining order to prevent the School Board from appointing someone to the Park District seat he held while he appeals the commissioner's decision.

Legislation signed in December by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that made school tax exemptions for available to certain veterans took effect with little advance notice, making it difficult for school boards tasked with deciding whether their districts would participate in the program to make well - researched and educated decisions.

Concerns stem in part from a majority of students in the district attending religious schools, while the Board of Education is largely dominated by Hasidic men making decisions for a largely black and Latino student body.

Decision No. 17,147 Application of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of BufBOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of BuSCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO for the removal of Carl Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of BufBoard of Education of the City School District of the City of BuSchool District of the City of District of the City of Buffalo.

Area school district kept their increases close to the state cap, Only Stamford in Delaware County failed to get their budget passed, and a decision by their School Board will be made shschool district kept their increases close to the state cap, Only Stamford in Delaware County failed to get their budget passed, and a decision by their School Board will be made shSchool Board will be made shortly.

Should Paladino win his appeal decision and return to the school board, it raised questions over who would truly represent the Park District.

The State - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo school district wants a legislative intervention that would give an appointee veto power over the board's «bad decisions.»

Judge John E. Jones III wrote in the 139 - page decision for Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, named for one of the parents who brought the suit, that ID was not only unscientific but was also a front used by those on the school board with a religiously motivated, pro-creationist aSchool District, named for one of the parents who brought the suit, that ID was not only unscientific but was also a front used by those on the school board with a religiously motivated, pro-creationist aschool board with a religiously motivated, pro-creationist agenda.

After the proposition passed, state union representatives immediately lobbied the state attorney general to issue a «clarification» explaining that performance pay actually meant an across - the - board bonus for every teacher in a school or district, regardless of performance, and that funding classrooms directly actually meant passing the funding through the district first so the district, rather than the school, can make the major funding decisions.

The board's decision to commission a study on the issue was driven by frustration with trying to improve schools for the district's 44,000 students as funding dwindles.

A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local boards, and taking over schools and districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.

The Boston school board is unlikely to make any dramatic changes to the district's student - assignment plan until the 2006 - 07 school year, a decision that comes after months of heated community meetings that explored ways to retool the policy.

The Court's 5 - to - 4 decision in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico affirms an appellate - court decision returning the closely watched censorship case to federal district court foDistrict No. 26 v. Pico affirms an appellate - court decision returning the closely watched censorship case to federal district court fodistrict court for trial.

In a decision designed to spark a transformation of New Jersey's school finance formula, the state board of education concluded last week that poor rural districts have been shortchanged in a state known nationally as a leader for providing billions of dollars in extra aid and programs to its poor urban districts.

We are a small district in a small town, but her concern raises a number of questions that go to the heart of public school governance: How involved should the school board be in hiring and firing decisions?

In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision by a local school board to deny a charter school application may be appealed to the state board of education or another institution, thus curbing school districts» control over the approval of charters even where school districts are given a role.

These decisions, typically made with school and district administrators, require board policies that can be turned into procedures.

That decision must now be approved by the state board of education and made official in a three - year contract with the school district.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

Split Decision: Two Incumbents Losing in Denver School Board Elections, Two Supporters of District Policies Prevail (Chalkbeat) Quotes Martin West: «There are signs in the national election results this week that Democrats may make significant headway at the state and local level next year when many more seats are in play, and that typically makes it harder to pursue the traditional reform agenda.

Soon after, and as part of a broader school - board decision to expand school - choice options, the district launched a science and technology middle school, a dual - language immersion elementary, an all - digital high school, an arts - centered grade school, a virtual school starting at grade 3, and more.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

Because districts» budgets have already been trimmed elsewhere in the past few years, many school boards now face the difficult decision of whether to lay off teachers in order to balance their books.

The district pointed to a 1982 Supreme Court decision, Board of Education v. Rowley, which held that schools must merely provide «some educational benefit» for children with disabilities.

After the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, called for the desegregation of schools in the United States, districts worked to begin integration, but many areas, like Little Rock, Arkansas, remained resistant.

Just 50 years ago, such decisions were dictated largely by district superintendents and elected school boards.

The Rochester City School District and CUBE commemorated the anniversary of the year that the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown vs. the Board of Education through this online discussion.

NACSA Members — including school districts, education agencies, independent boards, universities, and not - for - profits — work to increase the number of great charter schools across the nation, and some must make tough decisions to close poor - performing schools.

A decision by the New Jersey board of education to take control of the Newark schools was delayed last week as the state's largest district asked the state supreme court for a stay.

In the event that a high school equivalency program has demonstrated the progress necessary to be removed from high school equivalency program review, the commissioner shall make such determination and notify the school district or board of cooperative educational services of the decision.

«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 inSchool 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 inSchool 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 inschool 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 inSchool in Little Rock, AK in 1957.

The July 26 decision by Judge Kenneth Springer clears the way for the state to replace the district's superintendent, school board, and top administrative staff, perhaps as soon as October.

The school board for the 102,000 - student district voted 5 - 2 to appeal the decision issued on Jan. 13 by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper in district voted 5 - 2 to appeal the decision issued on Jan. 13 by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper in District Judge Clarence Cooper in Atlanta.

Alexandria, Va. (February 1, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) applauds the recent Nevada District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, halting the state's Education Savings Account Program (ESAP), that would divert general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuSchool Boards Association (NSBA) applauds the recent Nevada District Court decision granting a preliminary injunction in the case of Lopez v. Schwartz, halting the state's Education Savings Account Program (ESAP), that would divert general funds appropriated for public schools to fund private school tuschool tuition.

Virginia O'Neil, chairwoman of the Sequim School Board, said Superintendent Kelly Shea made the decision to return a letter of intent, which was due by last Monday, to give the district the option of having a say in charter schools around Sequim.

The district school board sets and monitors the attainment of community standards, and it establishes a small number of policies and regulations that ensure the choice - driven decision - making system promotes equity, diversity, excellence, and other community values.

«If the Court of Appeals affirms the lower court's decision, it will create a precedent where a district can be found liable based solely on wrongdoing by a school official, regardless of how vigilant a school district is in monitoring employees, and without the district being given the opportunity to address the harassment in question,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Associschool official, regardless of how vigilant a school district is in monitoring employees, and without the district being given the opportunity to address the harassment in question,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Associschool district is in monitoring employees, and without the district being given the opportunity to address the harassment in question,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.