Sentences with phrase «fighting over district»

The portfolio strategy calls for being committed to results and recognizing that the challenges in our cities are too great to be fighting over district or charter.

Not exact matches

The Pennsylvania school district that faced a social media backlash over news that it armed students with rocks to fight off mass shooters now says it will be adding good guys with guns for protection.

With the Alberta flag firmly draped over her shoulders and not a bottle of BC wine to be found, Notley should take the political fight out of Edmonton's government district.

But in the days since it was revealed that the course is up for sale, it has become the center of a nasty fight between neighboring park districts over who has the right to buy the land.

The Cary Park District voted unanimously to annex about 85 acres of the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm, which Cary and Lake in the Hills officials have been fighting over for several years.

CARY — The Cary Park District voted unanimously to annex about 85 acres of the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm, which Cary and Lake in the Hills officials have been fighting over for several years.

A growing number of cities, school districts and non-profit groups are offering meals over school breaks, said Crystal FitzSimmons, director of school programs for the Food Research & Action Center, another national group that works to fight hunger.

Intense fighting over control of Rangel's potential new district between Assemblyman Keith Wright — a potential Rangel successor and chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party — and Assemblyman Carl Heastie, chair of the Bronx Democratic Party — has reportedly been holding up the Assembly Democrats» efforts to draw their House map.

Further proof of my assertion not long ago that education is developing into a serious sticking point between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver came in the form of a statement from the governor that blames «Assembly - led» legislation passed in 2010 for the current fight between the teachers unions and school districts over the creation of teacher evaluation systems.

In that fight, the 41st Senate district became a proxy war over the new law restricting online advertising of multi-family dwellings in New York City.

Former Yonkers Inspector General Dan Schorr on Thursday announced his bid for the 37th Senate district in Westchester County, a seat that is at the center of a fight over control for the chamber.

But the destruction caused by Sandy to the Queens district over which Addabbo and his Republican opponent, New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich, are fighting has thrown this race into limbo.

As in many races around the country, female voters are being fought over in Washington state's 1st district, where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week launched a $ 250,000 ad buy targeting GOP nominee John Koster's strong opposition to abortion.

A legal fight between the Buffalo Public School District and Buffalo Teachers Federation over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by District and Buffalo Teachers Federation over a plan to transfer teachers from City Honors will return to court next week, when the district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by district will file papers challenging a restraining order obtained by the BTF.

The Buffalo School District may have hired three dozen new gym teachers for this year but there's already a fight over their future.

After the months spent in the last school year in a fight over teacher evaluations, the district stands to lose nearly $ 59 million in this year's fight over evaluations.

In 2012, Republicans re-drew the congressional map following the decennial redistricting process, making several fought - over House districts less competitive.

As many school districts around the region struggling with the fight over high - stakes testing, Buffalo School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meeting.

The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime - fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple...

That makes things complicated for the Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a big fight over control of the chamber next year — a battle that will be waged with all legislators representing newly - drawn districts.

The district has been fighting for some time over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.

The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime - fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple witnesses in the past few weeks.

But in the process, it laid the groundwork for another debate in the Legislature over what has become a contentious mix of ethnic and racial politics playing out in a diverse suburban district, which may preview similar fights in other locations.

That's a shame, because putting up a fight with the chance of getting a North Fork representative in the Assembly majority would be beneficial to the region, and Mr. Deegan's work as a Mattituck Parks District commissioner has been admirable (though a recent issue over whether or not he swore an oath of office has him off the board).

The NYS AFL - CIO will coordinate a grassroots effort over the coming weeks and months to ensure that Congressman Owens can continue to fight for the working families of the 21st district in Congress.»

The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime - fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple witnesses in the past few weeks, sources told The Post.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver handily won his only reelection fight in over twenty years yesterday when he toppled upstarts Paul Newell and Luke Henry with 68 percent of the votes in his district.

Squinting into a bright noon sun, the former LaFayette School Superintendent reiterated the main talking points that have defined her candidacy up to now: more police on the streets to fight crime, mayoral control over a struggling school district, and ethics reform.

«Congratulations to Zephyr Teachout on a hard fought race that was closely watched not only by those living in the 19th Congressional District, but by people all over the nation.

West is trying to put to rest the fight out in NY - 26 over which candidate can legitimately claim the Tea Party mantle, coming down squarely on the side of Assemblywoman Jane Cowin with a robocall that is being sent to about 30,000 households across the district.

In 2012, Espaillat pushed hard to have a Latino congressional district drawn uptown, saying a political «war» could break out if blacks and Hispanics had to fight over the same congressional seat.

The money has been delayed as part of a long - running fight over parental involvement in district decisions.

Given his work in the school district, McWilliams found natural allies with Preserve Ramapo, which has been active in campaigns to change school district administration, and fight overdevelopment and political corruption which they claim favors Ramapo's Orthodox community over non-Orthodox residents.

Melissa Mark - Viverito is the first member to announce she will not support Quinn for mayor following a bitter public fight over the new lines of her East Harlem district, which now stretches deep into The Bronx.

«Charlie Rangel has fought for the people of his district for over 40 years.

(CNN)- Iconic Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York district, after an over four - decade long congressional career that made him one of the most high profile lawmakers and almost culminated after he was censured on the House floor in 2010.

She won election to the Hudson Valley 19th Congressional District in 2006 in a hard - fought battle against incumbent Republican John Sweeney, who had been tainted by a report that police were called to his home over spousal abuse.

The mayor then spoke of the underdog status he and Hochul have shared over the years, and highlighted some select aspects of her record, including her fight against the opening of a Walmart in her district and her support for the Affordable Care Act.

Democrat Susan Boyle and Republican Dave Barrette will fight over a vacancy for the 3rd District left by Democrat Bob Dougherty.

Let's fight instead over a cultural center in a commercial district in downtown Manhattan — after Congress cuts back funding for anti-terrorism security measures in NYC so they can defend Montano and other high risk places.

December 27, 2014 • A fight over the use of a soccer field in San Francisco's fast - changing Mission District pitted Latino youth against tech workers.

The fiery California atheist who last week lost his bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to get «under God» stricken from the Pledge of Allegiance vows to continue the fight with new plaintiffs, preferably in cases against school districts all over the country.

When we talk to school providers there, they say they can still get charters authorized but the politics of district finance, combined with the saturation effect of having so many charter operators fighting over the same buildings, kids, and talent, are forcing them to look to other communities.

Where once it was unsafe to roam outside of a few limited commercial and government sections, today the District of Columbia is one of the most desirable cities in the nation to live and work, drawing diverse communities of people fighting over real estate, office space and schools.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groOver the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groover 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

What one education advocate describes as a «perfect storm» over school finance is brewing in Georgia, as a top lawmaker pushes to replace local property taxes for education with a statewide sales tax, even as the state gears up to fight a lawsuit from school districts over the current funding formula.

The approval, along with the ouster last November of two of the Adelanto Unified School District board members who fought unsuccessfully to stop the families from taking over the school, completes the effort of the families to become the first in the nation to use a Parent Trigger law to take control of a school — and show other families how they can become lead decision - makers in education as they should be.

Your self - serving argument may apply to the 30 - year union rep who has fought long and hard in district negotiations over decades.

A letter to school districts will go out Friday, adding to a highly charged debate over transgender rights in the middle of the administration's legal fight with North Carolina over the issue.

These were hard - fought wins, achieved over the staunch opposition of the education establishment — namely the teacher's union and school districts.