Sentences with phrase «districts in the country»

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD)-- the second - largest school district in the country — closed its more than 900 campuses and 187 public charter schools Tuesday after receiving an electronic bomb threat, keeping about 640,000 students out...

(CNN)- Tuesday's special election to replace scandalized New York Rep. Anthony Weiner is happening in one of the most Jewish and most Democratic congressional districts in the country, but the frontrunner is neither a Democrat nor Jewish.

The coalition recently sent out a booklet to all 14,700 public school districts in the country attacking those who contend that teenagers can and should resist or redirect, rather than act upon, their homoerotic desires.

In addition, to consumer events, National Kale Day has touched 10 countries, retailers, restaurants and schools with some of the largest school districts in the country including New York Public Schools and Los Angeles Public Schools planning to serve up kale.

Established in 1956, Clark County School District is the fifth largest school district in the country, educating almost 75 percent of all students in Nevada with more than 320,000 students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade.

The employees of this and every other school district in the country are paid from the Food & Nutrition Service Enterprise fund in each district which derives its funding from the operation of the program.

For a long time I've wanted to write on TLT about School Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve school food.

That's a great goal but Houston ISD, arguably one of the leading districts in the country when it comes to improving school food, has been struggling for years to source local produce and it has yet to meet its stated goal of sourcing 25 % of the produce from local farms.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091, [email protected] CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, -LSB-...]

... Indeed, SNA was the leader in child nutrition, a position I do not believe we can claim today,» added Wynn, who used to oversee school meals in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for one of the largest school districts in the country.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jose Oliva, 773.612.2559 Rodger Cooley, 773.354.2091, [email protected] CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO ADOPT GOOD FOOD PURCHASING POLICY The fourth school district in the country to adopt such a policy, the Good Food Purchasing Program will shift nearly $ 80 million annually in public procurement dollars toward food that is sustainable, -LSB-...]

According to those officials present, despite the fact that Houston is the seventh largest school district in the country and therefore a major consumer of milk, the profit margins for dairies supplying schools (as opposed to private entities) is extremely low and would be wiped out by the manufacturing costs associated with making such changes.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school... [Continue reading]

«It felt great because we were one of the two districts in the country that fully institutionalized the program.

Well, here in San Francisco, like a lot of school districts in this country, we don't.

I'll bet that there is no district in the country that wouldn't put more money into healthy options for student lunches if they had it.

The gathering was a chance for some of the largest school districts in the country to get together to learn and share the work they're doing to procure more healthful, locally sourced, and sustainably produced food for school meals.

Six of the largest school districts in the country have banded together to revamp school lunches — and they're starting from the plate up.

This is an image of the new school lunch plate that some of the largest school districts in the country are using instead of polystyrene trays.

We are a collaborative of some of the largest districts in the country — those who serve 40,000 children or more — that leverages their knowledge and procurement power to make school meals nationwide more healthful, regionally sourced, and sustainably produced.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

In the New York City Department of Education, the largest school district in the country by number of students, cups are «generally available to all students,» but spokesperson Margie Feinberg can not say in which of its schools cups are available only upon request.

New York's 25th Congressional District had a PVI of D +5, which was the 151st most Democratic district in the country.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

Considered one of only 10 Tossup districts in the country by the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call, both parties have made winning the seat a top priority.

The EC has also made clear its intentions to revoke the licenses of parties, which do not have offices in two - thirds of districts in the country, a regulation which has been severally contested by some parties.

The policy which seeks to create at least one factory in each of the 216 districts in the country will be driven by the private sector, with the government playing facilitating and supervisory roles.

His $ 157,000 haul was notably low for the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who represents one of the wealthiest districts in the country.

He indicated that the NPP had carefully done its feasibility studies and was convinced the factories could be built in each of the districts in the country.

The most Democratic congressional district in the country is New York's 15th, located in the Bronx, with a PVI of D +44.

If you say you want to put up factories in each District in this country, how will your dream materialise if there are no roads to convey both raw and finished products to and from the factory?»

There's a very low voting history, it's the poorest congressional district in the country.»

He believed that with the 216 districts in the country, at least a total of 216 factories are expected to be established across the country.

He also explained that the policy will add value to the various raw materials available at the various districts in the country.

Government on Thursday November 16, 2017, laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the creation of some new districts in the country.

President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at opponent Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo over the latter's promise of ensuring that each district in the country gets at least one factory if he becomes president.

It is aimed at building a factory in each of the 216 districts in the country.

New York City spends more money on fringe benefits for teachers and other education personnel than any other school district in country, according to a new study.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the country.

Chicago is the third largest school district in the country.

We're the fourth - largest business district in the country and we're actually one of the most visited tourist destinations as well.

He said 100 districts in the country were benefiting from the training programme sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Ministry of Education with an amount of 170 million US Dollars.

In one of the most Jewish districts in the country, Democrats have struggled to hold a wide lead as the campaign has turned into a competition over who's a better friend of Israel.

In Washington, D.C., where I was chancellor, IMPACT teacher evaluations are among the strongest in the country and have helped that school district go from the worst urban district in the country to the one making the biggest gains in student achievement.

New Jersey's 7th District (R): Rep. Mike Ferguson's (R) retirement stunned House Republicans who now must defend one of the most expensive Congressional districts in the country (the 7th is entirely within the New York City media market).

The exercise, which will take place across all 216 districts in the country, will have enumerators collect data of households and institutions engaged in crop production, livestock, aquaculture and tree planting.

While the numbers are not in Deacon's favor, she is running in one of the few remaining swing districts in the country, said Christopher Faricy, a Syracuse University political science professor.

The new provisions will be particularly burdensome for New York City, which has the largest school district in the country, with 1.1 million children and 1,800 schools.

Speaking when he received Ugwuanyi and other stakeholders from Enugu East Senatorial District in his country home, Chime said, «If the governor tells us to remain in the PDP, we will do so, but if he tells us to move elsewhere, we will sit together, discuss and then decide to either move or not.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schools.