Sentences with phrase «elected boards work»

88 % say that their elected boards work to serve the best interests of their communities.

«It's vital that the newly - elected Board works together to preserve the gains made by New Orleans public education and move forward to ensure each student can succeed through graduation and beyond.»

Not exact matches

«A lot of people think the president of the New York Fed works for the government,» Democrat Marcy Kaptur of Ohio concluded, «but in fact he works for the banks on the board that elected you.»

The market operates as a cooperative with an elected board of directors overseeing the internal business affairs of the more than 50 businesses and approximately 10,000 employees working in the market.

At every General Assembly, our members elect the World Board, who shape the direction of our work and appoint Affiliates to committees, working groups and task forces on topics like the development of standards or the facilitation of Organic Agriculture in developing countries.

It couldn't be that women have to work, struggled to establish a nursing relationship with preemies, had medication they elected not to expose their children to, had supply problems that couldn't be solved despite all the herbs / LCs / LLL message boards in the world.

Three newly elected board members in Northbrook / Glenview School District 30 emphasized working together to improve their schools.

Although an aquatic center would be run by the Park District, which is a taxing body separate from the village, elected officials from both boards agreed they should work together since their funds come out of the same pockets.

He worked as a union organizer fighting for good jobs and respect for workers and was elected President of the Community School Board for District 6, covering Washington Heights, Inwood and West Harlem.

Curran, 49, of Baldwin, was elected to the county legislature in 2013, after working as a daily newspaper reporter and serving one term on Baldwin's school board.

Democratic challengers Mary Eisenstein and Ron Rothman asked voters to elect a different voice to the all - Republican board, while incumbent Town Board member Jim Dinizio, a registered Conservative, and Republican challenger and current town Trustee Bob Ghosio touted their experience and working knowledge of the issues facing Soutboard, while incumbent Town Board member Jim Dinizio, a registered Conservative, and Republican challenger and current town Trustee Bob Ghosio touted their experience and working knowledge of the issues facing SoutBoard member Jim Dinizio, a registered Conservative, and Republican challenger and current town Trustee Bob Ghosio touted their experience and working knowledge of the issues facing Southold.

We must care for the most vulnerable among us, and work constructively in the best interest of all,» said Mr. Van Scoyoc, who was elected while serving a second term on the town board.

«It defies common sense that limits that work so well during the campaign should be set aside once the candidate has assumed elected office,» said Campaign Finance Board Chairwoman Rose Gil Hearn.

Mr. Bergen also understands just how much hard work it is to serve on the board, even though it only meets once a month and pays the lowest salary of any elected town office.

If elected, Gabrielli said his top priority is to «reassure the board, the staff and the committee members that we are all on the same team and need to work together.»

He was elected to City Council in a 2016 Special Election, and previously worked to expand healthcare access to low - income and working families as well as the District Manager for Bronx Community Board 2 and the President of the 41st Precinct Community Council.

«The property tax cap enacted in 2011, with support from the LIA and the statewide business community, is working,» wrote Kevin Law, the Long Island Association's president and member of the state's casino siting board, in a letter to the state's top elected officials on June 18.

«I trust this elected (school) board to work with the community for real reform much more than I trust a two - person junta of mayor and superintendent, with no checks and balances,» said Charlie Dee, a 34 - year Milwaukee resident and parent of a former MPS student.

The administration pledged to work with community boards and local elected officials to ensure the shelters were equitably distributed.

This makes it hugely important that the board of education work ever harder to maintain transparency, to get every piece of pertinent information into the hands and minds of the constituency that elects the members and pays the bills.

Community Board 12 chairman Shah Ally said the board was going to work with the university and local elected officials to provide cultural education and workshops, so that «we can continue defining the rich and wonderful cultural diversity of this neighborhood.&rBoard 12 chairman Shah Ally said the board was going to work with the university and local elected officials to provide cultural education and workshops, so that «we can continue defining the rich and wonderful cultural diversity of this neighborhood.&rboard was going to work with the university and local elected officials to provide cultural education and workshops, so that «we can continue defining the rich and wonderful cultural diversity of this neighborhood.»

In their brief, elected officials argued that the variance allowed «one municipal board to defeat over a century of collaborative work and investment by New York and New Jersey citizens, legislators, and courts, as well as by the federal government, to preserve the historic Hudson River Palisades north of the George Washington Bridge.»

With Vanselow unable to perform his elected duties due to his health, the Johnsburg Town Board worked with only four members for most of 2017.

«An organization that brings over 25,000 people to our neighborhoods should show us respect by sharing its routes with community boards and local elected officials and working together with us well in advance to determine how we can mitigate the negative impacts of this bar crawl on our local communities and small retail businesses, whose annual sales depend heavily on this time of year,» Hoylman added.

Many grassroots activists feel that they don't know enough about the National Conservative Convention and the work of the elected members of the Party Board on their behalf.

He was elected to the school board in 2009 and became vice president after working on the State Senate campaign of Democrat Brian X. Foley.

«My local law requires that all elected officials in Erie County disclose if they have family members working in government, serving on government boards, or active as officers of a political party.

Councilman Rafael Espinal, who represents East New York and Cypress Hills, told the crowd that while the process has ended in the community board, more work will be done by elected officials in conjunction with the community.

Borough President Diaz added, «I want to thank all of our elected officials, community boards, business community, non-profits, neighborhood leaders and our more than 1.4 million residents for their collective efforts to make The Bronx an even greater place to live, to raise a family, and especially to work.

When elected to the Saugerties Town Board, I'll use this expertise to work with my colleagues to develop new shared services plans with the hope of lessening our overwhelming property tax burden.

«We look forward to continue working with elected officials, the community board and other stakeholders to address this matter,» the DOT spokesman said in a statement.

His priorities, if elected as legislator, will include appointing members to the IDA board who will work for the best interests of the residents of Gardiner and Shawangunk; and opposition to attempts to site a landfill in Ulster County.

As for Nassau's Hub in Uniondale — the largest parcel of undeveloped property in the county — Curran said she would work with another Democrat, Hempstead Supervisor - elect Laura Gillen, and the Republican - run county legislature and town board to turn the property into a destination.

The Democratic Party and California need your efforts as we work to take our country back, elect a Democratic Congress, and support Democratic candidates for City Council and School Board seats.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Santa Clara County Democratic Party Central Committee is committed to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, through the creation of a Director position on the Executive Board dedicated to working with clubs, Directors and any other interested parties to implement this commitment and to be appointed by the Party Chair, and that this appointment will be made in collaboration with DAWN; and

As an elected board member, I will work with passion, respect and integrity while keeping the rural character of Gardiner, our beautiful town, intact.

Policy and practice in generating resources to support the work of Genetic Alliance UK (including that carried out as part of our projects SWAN UK and Rare Disease UK) is determined by the Trustee Board of the Charity, the members of which are nominated and elected by the patient organisations which comprise Genetic Alliance UK's membership.

An elected board puts the funds to work in a variety of ways.

Where I get hung up, though, is with the idea that great leaders can make schools — and especially school districts — work well, given the dysfunction of the larger system within which they must work, and the Gordian knot that's been tied by decades of contradictory, often compromising, laws and regulations, not to mention the impossible politics often created by unruly elected school boards.

«I know from personal experience how much headteacher boards help inform decisions and I'm looking forward to working with the newly - elected members to help make our school system even better.»

He made it clear that he worked for the control board and its emergency transitional board of trustees, not the vestigial elected school board or the mayor.

I would like to close with a finding from the Pew research study that shows the driving reasons why an elected school board will work best for students.

At Great Public Schools Pittsburgh we have worked hard over the last three years to elect education justice - minded candidates to the City School Board.

State Education Leader — The state education leader may be elected or appointed; they may also work equally with the state school board and governor, or independently.

Many of our supporters have spent months working hard to elect LAUSD's newest school board members.

After months of working hard to elect candidates who value a parent's right to choose the best school for their child, the unofficial results of the March 7 Los Angeles Unified school board elections are in and they show success for CCSA Advocates» endorsed candidates.

Their recent win in Los Angeles «portends a massive investment in the superintendent's race and the governor's race,» said Mike Trujillo, a Democratic political consultant who worked on campaigns for Kelly Gonez and Nick Melvoin, the newly elected Los Angeles school board members.

She predicts little loss in membership at MTI, where leaders will be working next year on membership engagement while supporting the new superintendent and a newly elected School Board, she says.

According to the Wheeler Report, Stroebel said he is frustrated with the current system in which locally elected school boards work within their communities to meet student needs.

They are uniform in opposing collective bargaining and they are also shadow forces working to eliminate local elected school boards.