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This document contains a brief, tailored overview of The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- the 114th Congress's effort to update the antiquated NCLB — for school board members with key information (e.g., effective date of existing waiver terminations) about how Congress has overhauled the law in favor of restoring local governance and community leadership in public education.

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With an active commitment to service, Jennifer is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Castilleja School and is Chairman of the Board of the Somaly Mam Foundation.

The Park Board has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school distBoard has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school distboard President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school distboard to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school district.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

School board member Greg Okon noted the district had discussed installing cameras for a while and credited Hughes, and his experience with law enforcement, for making progress and helping keep district security up to date.

In a New York Times Magazine investigation into the politics behind the current school lunch battle, it is reported that SNA's CEO Patricia Montague, invited Pat McCoy, vice president for sales at the $ 3 billion Schwan Food Company, to address the SNA members drafting the association's legislative positions, along with the executive board.

With 14 applicants vying for a seat left vacant by outgoing board president Sam Black in Glen Ellyn District 41, school board members this week selected Cathryn Wilkinson, the former associate dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage to fill the spot.

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.

Buffalo School Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capBoard member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capboard and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capital.

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.

Under her plan for mayoral control over Syracuse schools, Lavine said she would pick school board members with the advice and consent of the Syracuse Common Council.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the premises of the school located in a swampy area covered with bush around 9.20 pm on Friday and made away with eight persons including three regular students and two others who were preparing for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board exams and three members of staff.

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.

At the Batavia City School District Board of Education meeting on Feb. 6, several students and staff members were presented with achievement awards for their exemplary work and contributions.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last week, the attorney for Buffalo Public School Board Member Carl Paladino filed a request with the state education commissioner to allow new evidence in three appeals for his removal from office.

Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal of school board member Carl Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve as a role model for the school community.

The day after feisty elections upset the balance of power on the Buffalo School Board, its members got back to the business last night of coming up with a budget for the next schoolSchool Board, its members got back to the business last night of coming up with a budget for the next schoolschool year.

With just days left before the Buffalo School Board makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciBoard makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciboard makes its decision.

With control of the Buffalo School Board at stake — or perhaps no five - member majority emerging — candidates already are scrambling for support in the May 3 election in which the six district seats on the nine - member board will be up for gBoard at stake — or perhaps no five - member majority emerging — candidates already are scrambling for support in the May 3 election in which the six district seats on the nine - member board will be up for gboard will be up for grabs.

And there was the discordant thud last Wednesday night, when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, declared they were sending their members home without doing one of the few things that actually came with a deadline: extending mayoral control for New York City's schools, a system that both houses and parties view as a vast improvement over the old system of board control.

The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools in New York.

In a statement from the School Board, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard, Nate Kuzma, general counsel for the district, stated: «The Buffalo City School District, Board of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard of Education and six individual board members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl Palaboard members were served tonight with a federal complaint filed by Park District Board Member Carl PalaBoard Member Carl Paladino.

The move would eliminate elections for the school board and allow Lavine to appoint board members with the help of the Common Council.

Buffalo parents in the District Parent Coordinating Council have filed a petition with the State Department of Education demanding the removal of School Board Member Carl Paladino for what they call «his history of racist, incendiary and destructive behavior,» including his most recent published statements about the Obamas.

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.

A group of Indian River Central School District Board of Education members and administrators met with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik on March 20th, as a part of the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) conference to discuss the critical need for continued Impact Aid funding.

With the proposed Buffalo school budget slated to pull millions of dollars out of thinning reserves to balance the spending plan, board members spent several hours Wednesday night looking for savings.

Prior to that change in who was responsible for choosing the replacement, the Committee to Fill Vacancies had three candidates for the slot: New Paltz Central School District Board (NPCSD) member Dan Torres, Independent candidate Steve Greenfield, along with Ken Wishnick.

Each of the candidates expressed their appreciation for the endorsement, one at a time, starting with Colin Smith, an attorney based in Peekskill and a member of the Peekskill City School District Board of Education who says he will step down if elected to Common Council

On Wednesday the Board of Education was reconstituted (with seven members, one appointed by each borough president and two by Bloomberg himself) and met for a nine - minute session, wherein they voted to retain Joel Klein as schools chancellor, and to disband themselves for good if and when the State Senate (ever) passes mayoral control for real.

«We're dealing with two days» notice for a task force meeting which has been billed as a way of seeking meaningful input from school board members and others on Common Core concerns,» said Lorraine Deller, executive director of the Nassau - Suffolk School Boards Associschool board members and others on Common Core concerns,» said Lorraine Deller, executive director of the Nassau - Suffolk School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Under state law, the Education Commissioner may remove a Board member for office for a violation of the law or willful neglect of duty; the Board argues that Paladino's statement violates the Dignity for All Students Act, «which requires school districts to provide students with an environment free of discrimination, harassment and bullying.»

The annual Longwood meeting, which brings school superintendents and board members together with state and federal lawmakers, provides a regional kickoff for the annual school budget season.

The vote comes a month after some board members questioned whether the position, which involves lobbying state and county lawmakers for funding, should be filled as the school grapples with funding shortfalls and the search for a full - time president.

Bill James talks with Susan Ellenberg, member of the San Jose Unified School District Board and current candidate for Santa Clara County Supervisor District # 4.

Take the desperate situation involving the school district in East Ramapo, where a school board dominated by Orthodox Jewish members is at odds with the parents of a student body that is largely black and Hispanic, in a situation that seemed to be crying out for some resolution at the state level.

Both Timbs and Charles Borgognoni, executive director of the School Boards Association, urged audience members to meet with their state legislators and explain to them the need for more funding for the district.

Mayor Michael R. White, along with an appointed nine - member school board and a superintendent of his choosing, will take over the Cleveland schools, returning the district to local control for the first time in nearly 25 years.

To make sense of the opt - out phenomenon, Education Next spoke with two public school parents: Scott Levy, a local school board member in New York State, and Jonah Edelman, cofounder and CEO of Stand for Children.

The project, which they produced with an outdated version of Flash on an old computer, so impressed school board members that they gave him funding for more computers and improved software.

After visiting the schools, Gustafson reported that all four — each an independent «mom - and - pop» operation with no links to national groups — faced a host of challenges, including strained budgets, low enrollments, curriculum problems, inexperienced staff, weak professional development for teachers, and board members ignorant of testing and other academic essentials.

Faced with a $ 1.6 million deficit requiring major cuts in programs, members of the North Chicago city school board were ready to close the district's nine schools in March, until Gov. Jim Edgar of Illinois promised emergency operating funds for the 4,300 - student district.

The students held an unveiling ceremony for the plaque in front of their principal, a handful of members from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, teachers, school board members, a federal judge with a personal connection to internment, a former detainee, and a few of the relatives of the individuals commemorated on the plaque.

The Green Brook Township (N.J.) Board of Education last week formally halted discussions with a for - profit school - management firm after voters turned out several school - board members who had held discussions with the comBoard of Education last week formally halted discussions with a for - profit school - management firm after voters turned out several school - board members who had held discussions with the comboard members who had held discussions with the company.

Fagen resigned at the end of the 2015 - 16 school year, and no board member associated with her tenure is running for re-election this year.

No chief academic officer ever got fired for choosing an intervention deemed ineffective by the What Works Clearinghouse, but plenty have lost their jobs after a dispute with a school board member or after a committee of department chairs complained.

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.

Education Next's Mike Petrilli talks with Gene about his experience as a school board member — and now, school board president — and whether he sees a future for this last bastion of local control.

On Jan. 24, readers questioned three members of the Teacher Leaders Network — Corrina Knight, a 6th grade language arts / social studies teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoSchool in Apex, N.C.; Linda Emm, an educational specialist with Schools of Choice in Miami, and a consultant with the National School Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoSchool Reform Faculty; and Carolann Wade, the coordinator for national - board certification and liaison for Peace College's teacher education program of the Wake County, N.C., school district — about their work with teacher - directed professional develoschool district — about their work with teacher - directed professional development.