Sentences with phrase «first charter school votes»

I stood up and proudly stated, «The great state of Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes, and home of the nation's very first charter school votes — YES.»

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Administrative attempts to close charter schools are often met with fierce parental opposition and lawsuits, but when parents don't like a school, they can simply vote with their feet, either by withdrawing their children from the school or by not choosing it in the first place.

As to the proposed policy of requiring a union vote in every charter school's first year, I have two problems.

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Last week, the Hartford Board of Education voted to expand its nationally recognized collaboration with Achievement First Charter Schools, and parents and students stand to benefit [Aug. 28, news, «Charter Gets Green Light»].

Conversely, the first vote on SB 2161 in the Senate would have allowed any student in the state to cross district lines and would have permitted charter schools to open in school districts rated «C.» The compromise bill that ultimately passed, SB 2161, allows students in school districts rated «C,» «D,» or «F» to cross district lines to attend a charter school.

The brave group of four, faced with the hardest part of the job of a school board member, voted to forever close the doors to the city's first charter school — led by a nun.

On the day of the vote, we saw first - hand the incredible power of collective advocacy as 1,500 charter school parents rallied in front of LAUSD with the board ultimately voting down this misguided resolution.

The last day to vote will be Monday, October 3, 2016, the first day of the 2016 Texas Charter Schools Conference.

In January, the School Board voted 6 - 1 to turn IMA into a public charter school, the first in the district, starting in the 2018 - 19 schoolSchool Board voted 6 - 1 to turn IMA into a public charter school, the first in the district, starting in the 2018 - 19 schoolschool, the first in the district, starting in the 2018 - 19 schoolschool year.

Madison School Board members are poised to vote Monday on a five - year contract for a first - of - its - kind public Montessori charter school in the Madison School District, despite continuing concerns from some meSchool Board members are poised to vote Monday on a five - year contract for a first - of - its - kind public Montessori charter school in the Madison School District, despite continuing concerns from some meschool in the Madison School District, despite continuing concerns from some meSchool District, despite continuing concerns from some members.

Imagine the national perception that would have been created if Georgia became the first state to vote against a constitutional amendment that sought to expand public charter school options for parents.

Legislators voted in bipartisan favor for equitable funding for charters schools and the state's first private school choice program — an impressive feat in a predominantly blue state.

On April 10, hundreds of people on both sides of the charter - school question gathered outside the second - floor committee room where the House Education Committee was set to vote on whether to send the Senate's charter - school bill to the House floor for debate and, ultimately, the first vote to ever take place on charter school legislation in the chamber.

At last night's New Haven Board of Education meeting, New Haven Board of Education President Carlos Torre and member Alicia Caraballo, «peppered proponents with skeptical questions and declared themselves unprepared to vote yet» on the plan to divert even more New Haven and Connecticut taxpayer funds to Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company with operations in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.

The Easton Area School District school board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Easton's first charter school, Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter SSchool District school board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Easton's first charter school, Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter Sschool board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Easton's first charter school, Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter charter school, Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter Sschool, Easton Arts Academy Elementary Charter Charter SchoolSchool.

Press Release from Druid Hills Charter Cluster, Nov. 12, 2013 By a vote of 5 - 4, the DeKalb County Board of Education denied the state's first parent and teacher - driven petition for an autonomous, public charter school cCharter Cluster, Nov. 12, 2013 By a vote of 5 - 4, the DeKalb County Board of Education denied the state's first parent and teacher - driven petition for an autonomous, public charter school ccharter school cluster.

The Orleans Parish School Board voted to accept the plan Thursday night, for example, but first added an amendment essentially saying that no building could be given to a Type 2 charter unless the Orleans Parish School Board declared it surplus first.

Last week, the Hartford Board of Education voted to expand its nationally recognized collaboration with Achievement First Charter Schools, and parents and students stand to benefit [Aug. 28, news, «Charter...

Buffalo's District Parent Coordinating Council Votes Unanimously to Include First - Ever Charter School Representatives Charter schools now have a seat at the table alongside parent reps from district schools

In a quiet effort that could help mitigate the proliferation of charter schools, the LA Unified board is scheduled to vote tomorrow on what would be first two gifted / highly gifted high school magnets in the San Fernando Valley.

The San Carlos Charter Learning Center, California's first and longest - running charter school, voted this week to become a nonprofit Charter Learning Center, California's first and longest - running charter school, voted this week to become a nonprofit charter school, voted this week to become a nonprofit entity.

Bennett also plans to create an advisory board for his office that will vote on his recommendations to authorize charters — though Bennett will retain the power to overrule that board — and a study committee that first will score each charter school request that comes to Bennett using a standardized format that will be publicly available.