Sentences with phrase «former school board»

But the developer and former school board member has also earned a reputation as someone who takes his time making decisions.

«I appreciate that the criterion for removal is very narrow, however, I believe that to remove an elected school board member, overturning an election, it should be done by the Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sampson.

Former School Board candidate John Fernandez is among a handful of voices urging to teachers to vote against the tentative agreement struck between UTLA and LAUSD regarding teacher evaluations earlier this year.

So far they've said former school board member Jeff Smith was elected to the open seat with 79 write - in votes, but no other results have been disclosed.

Greuel, who was endorsed today by former School Board President and ardent school reformer Yolie Flores and current School Board members Nury Martinez and Dr. Richard Vladovic, took up the reformer position as well, praising Superintendent Deasy («He came in taking no prisoners») and criticizing UTLA.

His opponent, Tony Thurmond, is a social worker and former school board trustee who was elected to the state Assembly.

Other Burke mailers linked Bohen to South Buffalo's Carl P. Paladino, the controversial former School Board member and 2010 GOP candidate for governor.

A jury found former school board member Olga Hernandez not guilty of taking bribes from an insurance contractor doing business with the San Antonio Independent School District, but that doesn't mean she is innocent.

Competing to replace him are two Holbrook residents: Doug Smith, a Republican and former aide to Mr. Graf, and Deborah Slinkosky, a Democrat and former school board member who twice tried to unseat Mr. Graf.

«It has highlighted the highly charged politics of the district and the forces that control the school board — none of which focus primarily on the education of children,» said former School Board President James Sampson.

It is rumored that former school board candidate Austin Harig and Masten District Councilman Ulysses Wingo are considering the contest as well.

It happened in 2008 in Clayton County, Georgia, and «it was devastating,» said former school board member Charlton Bivins.

A former school board trustee, Wynne said she made the jump to provincial politics to stop the cuts imposed by the Tories under Mike Harris.

«George would always take the extra 45 minutes or hour to talk to a parent about a student's progress,» said Randy Enos, a former school board president and assistant principal at El Cerrito.

The daughter of Phil Gentry, a founder of Central DuPage Hospital and a former school board president, Mrs. Renfro was especially proud to be named Jaycee Citizen of the Year in 1993, an honor her father had received in 1965.

The latest to enter the race for the nomination is Bruce Miller, a Port Jefferson Village trustee and former school board member.

Former school board member Mary Gay Scanlon won a crowded Democratic primary in the 5th District on Tuesday.

Former school board member Mary Scanlon won the crowded 5th District primary and Chrissy Houlahan had already cleared the Democratic field in the open 6th District.

In the safely Democratic 4th and 5th congressional districts, state Rep. Madeline Dean and former school board member Mary Gay Scanlon, respectively, emerged victorious from their hotly contested fields.

In district - 1, former school board member Michael MacIssac is on the Democratic line facing three - term Republican legislator Mary Wawro.

In that race, the former Republican assemblyman came off as a sharply - dressed successful businessman (his family owns Amedore Homes in Guilderland) and political insider, while Tkaczyk, a former school board member and farmer, was the political newcomer just trying to fix a broken government system.

As a former school board member who is a product of public schools and whose three children all attend public schools, he has always been a fierce advocate for a strong public education system.

Jessie Hamilton is an attorney, former school board President, and community board member who is running because he believes Camara to be an instrument for the discredited Norman organization to retain power.

Former School Board President Dr. Gerald Patterson voted for East Aurora's budget, as did his wife, Kathleen.

The appointments, which began immediately after Gallo took office and have continued since, include Gallo's campaign manager, former school board member and president and family law attorney Dan Gartenstein.

Jacobs, who defeated challenger Kevin Stocker in the Republican primary, looked to his experience as a former school board member.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, a Democrat from Albany and a former school board member who was openly critical that more regents weren't replaced last year, said Tuesday's elections were «exceptionally gratifying.»

Three candidates are vying to be the nominee who will attempt to pull that off in November: former school board member Joseph Fritz, law student John De Vito, and former Suffolk County legislator Richard Montano, who lost a race in a neighboring Senate district in 2012.

Another name getting mention as a possible town - board candidate is that of former village trustee and former school board member Don Tucker.

«Having advocated for children for over 20 years, as a founder of the Bison Scholarship Fund and a former school board member, I am sickened by the stories of child sexual abuse.

The candidates include the Rev. Edward Mulraine of Mount Vernon, pastor of the city's Unity Baptist Tabernacle; Pamela Hamilton - Johnson, a former school board president in the Bronx; Jamaal Bailey, an aide to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronxite; and Dr. Alvin Ponder, a politically active physician from the Bronx.

Pamela Hamilton - Johnson (4A)-- Is a Community Advocate, Parent Leader and former School Board President (2013 - 2015).

«Rob Astorino is a product of public schools, a father of three children in the public education system and a former school board member who was recruited to serve by teachers,» spokeswoman Jessica Proud said in a statement.

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out

Incumbent Democratic Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former school board member and owner of a sheep farm, is fighting what's turning out to be our region's most expensive state race for the large, oddly - configured 46th state Senate district against Republican George Amedore, a former Assemblyman and owner of a second generation Rotterdam - area homebuilding company, who she defeated by 18 votes in a tense recount two years ago.

He was father of Alan, former city councilmember for the First District, which covers Lower Manhattan, part of the Village and the Lower East Side and Soho, Noho and Little Italy; and husband of Sophie, a former school board leader and community board member.

«It's especially good for the students in the schools and, of course, the teachers,» responded Darius Pridgen, former school board member and President of the Buffalo Common Council.

Since then, Superintendent Kriner Cash has taken over as superintendent and cut ties with a controversial attorney brought in by the former school board majority to take a hard line on negotiations.

As of July, Tkaczyk, a farmer and former school board member from Duanesburg, already had nearly $ 70,000 in the bank.

Both sides had an interest in settling, but four key moments paved the way to a deal that had been unattainable since 2004: A critical election After years of tense talks — driven largely by the former School Board...

Another former school board member, Lupinacci knows the town's schools well but is less informed in other areas and seems incapable of presenting a concrete agenda.

As previously reported, former school board member Jeff Smith was the clear front - runner with 79 votes, which turns out to be more than double that of any other nominee.

BTF president Phil Rumore, in an interview with WBFO's Eileen Buckley, said the union is endorsing school board president Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold, incumbent John Licata and former school board member Ralph Hernandez.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Two recent New Rochelle school board candidates have violated Regulations of the New York State Education Commissioner in a voter fraud Appeal to the Commissioner filed by a former school board candidate.

Speaking about the consultant's study predicting further decline in the population of Clarkstown's public schools, the Journal News reported: «The reality is, this report can not define the future of Clarkstown,» said parent Sean Magee, of Congers, a former school board candidate.

Although there have been charter schools in Los Angeles since the early 1990s, the movement took flight early in this decade behind such figures as philanthropist Eli Broad, former school board president Caprice Young, former Mayor Richard Riordan and a long list of teachers and principals who were fed up by the ever - shifting reform agendas of Los Angeles Unified — and by what many saw as a recalcitrant teachers union, the powerful United Teachers Los Angeles.

Senator Fischer, a former school board member and past president of the Nebraska Association of School Boards, introduced the amendment with Senators King and Tester to «ensure that communities have ultimate authority over their school districts,» and «strengthen the relationship among local school board members and parents.»