Sentences with phrase «former school board member»

Credit goes as well to the six former school board members who served on the conference committee that drafted the final bill with the NSBA language intact.

This award is given annually and is open to any current or former school board member in a district in good standing with its state school boards association and CUBE.

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

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.

Vince Ford, former school board member for South Carolina's Richland County School District One, and Steve Gallon, a board member for Miami - Dade County Public Schools, were each awarded the 2017 Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award for advancing urban education.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

«This is an opportunity,» said former school board member Marlene Canter, who served on the task force, «for the school district to push forward the idea that every child needs a good teacher.»

Former school board member Forrest Van Camp lost his re-election bid and current school board member Dee Dee Rasmussen is facing two challengers.

Critics such as Councilman Brian Coleman and former school board member Dwaine Williams see the city's public school system shrinking as education becomes more privatized.

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.

Presented annually by CUBE, this award is open to any current or former school board member in a district in good standing with its state school boards association and CUBE.

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.

«I don't know whether we're in an age of insanity or stupidity,» she told the capacity crowd, which included former U.S. Rep. David Obey, Madison School Superintendent Daniel Nerad, WEAC executive director Mary Bell, current and former school board members from around the area, UW scholars, students and many, many teachers.

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

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

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 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.

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.»

«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.

«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.

«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.

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.

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.»

He is not afraid to take risks and speak his mind, and that has caused challenges as well,» said Jay Schenirer, a Sacramento councilmember and former school board member who worked with Raymond in expanding summer programs for low - income youths.

Thurmond is a former school board member who is carrying a bill to tax companies that contract with prisons to pay for expanded preschool.

A former school board member, his research marries theory and rigorous research with the practical realities of schooling with publications ranging from the general interest journal Science to the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and others.

Montgomery County Council member Nancy Navarro (D - Mid-County), a former school board member, said increasing Hispanic enrollment points to a need to take a close look at early education efforts, English - learner programs and the «scaling up» of best practices in schools.

To those former school board members in the Congress who stepped up to make that happen in this case, we say «thank you» for a job well done.

The former school board members now serving in the Congress proved to be a critical asset in ensuring that local governance was strengthened in the final bill.

I am a former school board member of a large urban school district and very familiar with Florida politics.

Oakland's charter movement can be traced to 2003, when the state took over the financially troubled district and concerned parents clamored for more choices for their children, according to Gary Yee, a self - described charter skeptic and a former school board member who was interim superintendent before Antwan Wilson took over as superintendent.