Sentences with phrase «for school board members not»

The stakes are simply too high for school board members not to engage in advocacy efforts.

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Anyone who has a school - aged child knows the familiar, not - so - gentle pull of on - campus organizations, asking for Book Fair volunteers, Teacher Appreciation Week organizers, PTA / PTO board members, tech experts, and room parents.

Thus far, Masterson said, Park District board members have refused the residents» request, saying that children attending nearby Dirksen School should be able to use the path, though it was not originally intended for bicycle use.

Huge data sets were shared with IDEO staff for their project, but even members of the SF Board of Education have no access to files showing how many students at each school have not yet returned a meal application, or how many ate school lunch in October, or how much cafeteria debt each school is accumulating.

The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.

It is not unheard of for education commissioners to remove school board members from office.

Lavine said the school board can not do consistent work if board members are up for election every two years.

While members of the not - for - profit have been regular critics of Paladino and his role on the Buffalo Public School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable housing.

The president of the Buffalo Teachers Federation does not believe the school district should be responsible for board member Carl Paladino's legal fees.

The protest comes as Paladino, a real - estate developer and school board member in Buffalo, is considering a run for governor on the Conservative Party line should the state GOP not coalesce around a candidate who doesn't support ousting the Republican leaders in the state Legislature.

Members of the new majority elected to the Buffalo School Board Tuesday do not appear to be looking for a major reset regarding Superintendent Kriner Cash and the agenda he has laid out for the schools, but there are some major issues on which they will likely take a different approach — especially when it comes to the teachers union contract.

Protesters critical of Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino are calling for his removal trial to be held in Buffalo and not Albany next month.

It's not unusual for a petition to be filed with the commissioner to remove a school board member, but it's typically done by submitting papers.

McIntyre, who ran unsuccessfully last May for an at - large - school board seat, said it's important for the Buffalo Teachers Federation and its members to realize advise from the parent group is not against teachers or administrators.

Earlier this year, members of the North Rockland Central School District School Board bemoaned the influx of unfunded mandates from the state, as a major, though not the only, financial stress factor for the district.

Frank W. Miller, the attorney for the six School Board members seeking Paladino's removal, was not available for comment after Monday's proceedings.

The board is divided on whether Ciminelli should be held more accountable for how it spent $ 1.4 billion in taxpayer money, but all members Monday agreed that the supplemental information requested in previous months by school board members Larry Quinn and Carl Paladino was not provided to the board early enough for a careful review.

Removing an elected official from office, however, is not an easy task and the rules for ousting a school board member have been subject to different interpretations and precedents.

«We do not want the search for superintendent to be limited to those individuals who have applied to be the deputy,» said Minority School Board member Barbara Seals Nevergold.

«We do not want the search for superintendent to be limited to those individuals who have applied to be the deputy,» said Barbara Seals Nevergold, Minority School Board member.

Steve Krieg, a member of the Plattsburgh, N.Y. City School Board vying to unseat Stefanik, came under fire after calling Stefanik a «child» who can not think for herself on Wednesday.

Krieg, a member of the Plattsburgh City School Board, then turned to Stefanik, describing her as «a child» who can not think for herself.

Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

(She said she heard about a case, for example, in which a school board member walked into a building and couldn't get anyone to make eye contact.)

And though the authors of this report acknowledge the «countless intervening factors» that «no doubt affect a school board member's ability to influence district achievement» and which they haven't covered in this report, they nevertheless provide an invaluable guide to policymakers for making a few simple changes in board governance that could effect major improvements for student academic performance.

School board members who try to work on broader issues often become discouraged by board politics and decide not to run for re-election, Houston added.

Whilst well meaning, it is not unusual for boards to find themselves encountering conflicts of interest by either using board member's companies or close contacts to support the school.

Even when we estimated the probability that an incumbent won a majority of the votes in each precinct, or accounted for test - score changes and levels as a function of dollars spent on students, or measured the relationship between an incumbent's vote share in one election and the previous election, the overwhelming weight of the evidence indicated that school board members were not being judged on improvement or weakening in school test scores.

On October 7, the day of the next school board meeting and with the board still unaware of Moran's plans (she had e-mailed the plan to her colleagues the night before, but according to Education Week, some board members and Acting Superintendent Watson said they hadn't had a chance to read the application before the meeting), New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin announced that he would ask the governor for help in creating a citywide charter school system.

Notwithstanding the requirements of clause (b) of this subparagraph, members of the professional development team employed in or representing a school under registration review, pursuant to subdivision (p) of this section, including but not limited to teachers, administrators, curriculum specialists and parents, shall not be designated for appointment as prescribed in clause (b) of this subparagraph but shall instead be recommended by the chancellor for appointment by the board of education of the community school district in the case of community school districts, and appointed by the chancellor without being designated by any other party in the case of high school divisions, special education divisions and the chancellor's district.

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.

Mr. Carvalho has joined other superintendents and school board members in the state in calling for a delay in the use of new tests, including the not yet validated Florida Standards Assessment — a Common Core variant, with tougher standards than the last assessment used — to grade the state's schools, teachers and students.

The three open seats on the regional board went to: John Clearwater, an independent, who had 801 votes; Richard Godfrey, who had been appointed to the board earlier in order to fill a vacancy and won 428 votes; and David Robbins, a member — but not a formal candidate — of a newly formed parent group in the community that is calling for revisions in the school system's mathematics curriculum.

In Washington, D.C., Mayor Williams now has some voice in school affairs rooted in his ability to select some of the school board members, but he can not appoint a leader for the school system.

Governor Hogan's original executive order — which the attorney general's office said he may not have had the authority to issue in the first place — established such limits, creating an unbroken summer break for Maryland public schools from June 15 to Labor Day, but also allowing the State Board of Education (to which the Governor appointed me and — so far — eight other members) to issue waivers to districts that present «compelling justification» for exceeding those limits.

Lois Thibault, coordinator of research for the Access Board and a member of the ANSI subcommittee on classroom noise, is also puzzled that the negative impact noisy classrooms have on learning doesn't alarm school administrators and the general public.

Board member Rob Johnson criticized a draft proposal of the charter school application, saying that, except for a mission statement, it did not specifically address how the charter school would meet the needs of disadvantaged or challenged students.

(District of Columbia) It might not be surprising to learn that some school board members across the country paid for their services — most are not, but almost half, 48 percent — spend between 15 and 40 hours per month on district business.

Although not a part of state government, IASB is organized by member school boards as a private not - for - profit corporation under authority granted by Article 23 of The Illinois Schoolschool boards as a private not - for - profit corporation under authority granted by Article 23 of The Illinois SchoolSchool Code.

«If the Court does not rule against these voucher schemes, it will strengthen efforts that seek to erode school board members» ability to prepare all students for success in the 21st century.»

For example, during the June 2017 meeting, ASBCS board members did not query several startling financial actions by the school.

But one new school board member has not been shy in supporting educational opportunities for families beyond public school, arguing that it should not matter where children are being educated at - as long as they are being educated.

«At a time when budgets are under pressure across the board, boroughs can not continue to subsidise the cost of school places in London,» said Peter John, London Councils» executive member for children, skills and employment.

Legislatures haven't wanted to pay for high - level staff, and haven't wanted state officials to take actions that annoy their local superintendents, unions, and school board members.

But at its last board meeting, Keric Ashley, deputy superintendent for the District, School and Innovation Branch of the California Department of Education, said board members shouldn't feel «tied» to this timeline regarding the new science assessments.

For parents, community activists, teachers and school board members involved in determining goals and spending priorities for a district's annual Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, the dashboard offers detailed information on whether performance on each indicator is progressing — or nFor parents, community activists, teachers and school board members involved in determining goals and spending priorities for a district's annual Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, the dashboard offers detailed information on whether performance on each indicator is progressing — or nfor a district's annual Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, the dashboard offers detailed information on whether performance on each indicator is progressing — or not.

For example, in Adelanto, Calif., where a group of parents this year became the first to use a parent trigger, a not - for - profit called Parent Revolution, led by former Clinton White House staffer and former California State Board of Education member Ben Austin, has provided the parents with significant support, including an extensive, multi-week curriculum for parents taking over the schoFor example, in Adelanto, Calif., where a group of parents this year became the first to use a parent trigger, a not - for - profit called Parent Revolution, led by former Clinton White House staffer and former California State Board of Education member Ben Austin, has provided the parents with significant support, including an extensive, multi-week curriculum for parents taking over the schofor - profit called Parent Revolution, led by former Clinton White House staffer and former California State Board of Education member Ben Austin, has provided the parents with significant support, including an extensive, multi-week curriculum for parents taking over the schofor parents taking over the school.

Except in the case of excessive force or cruel and unusual punishment, a teacher or other member of the instructional staff, a principal or the principal's designated representative, or a bus driver shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any action carried out in conformity with State Board of Education and district school board rules regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of students, including, but not limited to, any exercise of authority under s. 1003.32 or s. 100Board of Education and district school board rules regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of students, including, but not limited to, any exercise of authority under s. 1003.32 or s. 100board rules regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of students, including, but not limited to, any exercise of authority under s. 1003.32 or s. 1006.09.

Develop, in consultation with school district staff including, but not limited to, district school superintendents, district school board members, and district human resources personnel, a long - range plan for educator recruitment and retention.