Sentences with phrase «from elected school boards»

Shifting oversight responsibility from one entity to another - say, from elected school boards to mayors - opens the possibility that things will be done differently.

In an opening statement at a hearing in Albany to determine if Paladino should be ousted from his elected School Board position, attorney Dennis Vacco painted Paladino as a victim of an effort by fellow School Board members to punish him for making controversial, but constitutionally protected remarks about President Obama and his wife in another newspaper story.

Perhaps its most controversial elements involve the potential for increased public funding of charter schools, all of which hold nonprofit status, but some of which are operated by for - profit management franchises, and a proposal to transfer authority over the IPS district from an elected school board to a board appointed by the city's mayor and city - county council.

A mayor's attempt to wrest control of a school system from an elected school board might seem like a brave effort to shake up a recalcitrant education system, or it could be dismissed as a politician's power grab.

Not exact matches

Mr Martin is an NDP institution in northeast Edmonton, having been elected as an MLA from 1982 to 1993, a public school board trustee from 2001 to 2004, and once again as an MLA from 2004 to 2008.

The variety ranges from cases in which faculty elect some members of the board of trustees from among their number, to cases in which faculty as a group is formally charged with certain responsibilities (say, nominating new faculty, or establishing policies governing the academic program of the school), to cases in which faculty effectively have neither responsibility, authority, nor power in the school's polity.

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

For the third time in as many months, protesters once again interrupted the monthly meeting of the Buffalo School Board, saying they will continue to disrupt proceedings until Carl Paladino is removed from his elected position for making racially charged comments.

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.

Both state law and district policy prohibit elected officials from disclosing information discussed in executive sessions, and there has been at least one previous attempt to remove a member of the Buffalo School Board on those grounds.

There have been previous attempts to have Paladino removed from the Buffalo School Board who was first elected in 2013.

Such comments have led to a push by some community members and a few of his colleagues on the Buffalo School Board to have him removed from the elected position.

This summer, as you'll recall, the state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia removed Paladino from his seat for violating executive session rules, even though voters had twice elected the former Republican gubernatorial candidate to the school board despite his many controversial public statements.

Curran, a former newspaper reporter and Baldwin school board member, touted endorsements from Jacobs and nearly every elected Democrat in the county and has raised more than $ 1 million, including tens of thousands of dollars from developers and county vendors.

The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls to New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, whose spokesperson said she could not comment on the situation because she may be asked to intervene.

He has been active in the community all his life and has held elected positions as a member of the Coxsackie - Athens School Board and most recently as the Athens Town Supervisor from 2010 - 2013.

The hearing to remove Carl Paladino from his elected position offered even some insiders a more raw glimpse into the behind the scenes workings of the Buffalo board and school district.

Carl Paladino, now removed from his elected position on the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education, said «it's not over'til it's over» when reached by phone.

Members of the Buffalo School Board are expected tonight to consider a second resolution seeking the removal of Paladino from his elected position, saying he should be ousted because he violated district policy by discussing sharing information that was discussed in executive session.

Since the law changed from appointed to elected school board members, over 90 % of school board members have resided within elementary school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., Northschool board members, over 90 % of school board members have resided within elementary school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., Northschool board members have resided within elementary school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., Northschool districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., NorthSchool (i.e., North End).

«My client feels very strongly that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech have been violated by the actions of the majority members of the Board, the Board of Education and the school district as a result of a resolution that was passed seeking to remove my client from elected office,» Vacco said.

July 1: The school board elects trustee LaMont Johnson as president, ousting Cross from the position.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Carl Paladino, now removed from his elected position on the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education, said «it's not over'til it's over» when reached by phone.

An at - large voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.

Protesters once again interrupted the monthly meeting of the Buffalo School Board, saying they will continue to disrupt proceedings until Carl P. Paladino is removed from his elected position for making racially charged comments.

Key developments in effort to remove Carl P. Paladino from his elected position on the Buffalo Board of Education: Dec. 22: Paladino sends an e-mail to School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold about an issue discussed in executive session and copies members of the media.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Philip Rumore is testifying during today's continuation of the hearing to remove Carl P. Paladino from his elected position on the Buffalo School Board.

The petition to remove Carl P. Paladino from his elected Buffalo School Board position argues that he violated board policy when he disclosed confidential information discussed in executive sesBoard position argues that he violated board policy when he disclosed confidential information discussed in executive sesboard policy when he disclosed confidential information discussed in executive session.

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.

Adding to the pressure is new dynamics on the Buffalo School Board, which has several new members elected with heavy support from the union.

Those in support of the plan — including the current principal and PTA from the playground's adjoining school P.S. 166, elected officials, Community Board 7, parents and nearby residents — shared perspectives, bringing the commission up to speed on past debates and public meetings.

«Giving the mayor the ability power to appoint the school board members and remove the current publicly - elected board completely takes the democratic process away from the people.»

Although the appointees have local accountability to an elected board of outstanding head teachers, their existence points to a growing recognition that you can't run schools directly from Whitehall.

Upper West Side public school parents, elected officials and Community Board 7 fought for months to keep Upper West Success Academy from moving into an existing public school building.

«The DNC is committed to electing Democratic candidates in every zip code and in every office, from the school board to the Oval Office,» Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement Monday morning.

«So we can go back to local communities, elect more village mayors, town mayors, town council members, school board members, and build from there.»

The task force's mission is to help the district make the transition from an appointed school board to an elected one late this year, and to monitor its deficit - elimination plans.

The California Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a San Luis Obispo teacher from assuming the school - board seat to which she was elected last November.

But what made Levy's ascension so highly symbolic was its unique combination of all the elements of urban school drama: a mayor whose desire to wrest control from the city's elected school board was long voiced; a city fed up with failure on a grand scale and in the long term; a competition between city hall and school leadership to pass the blame; and the realization, finally, that a system the size of a Fortune 500 company might be better led by someone with the skills of a Fortune 500 executive.

Wong and his colleagues make a solid, if still preliminary, case for shifting power away from school boards to a single, elected leader who can be held accountable to a citywide constituency.

Three pivotal school board members, who were elected less than three months ago on a platform of keeping the Minneapolis - based company in Hartford, said last week that their support for the experiment had withered during more than two months of negotiations over how much money EAI should receive from the district.

Third, particularly in urban districts, shifting authority from school boards to an elected mayor may be a more effective reform strategy than trying to get school boards to step up.

Regardless of how one might feel about elected school boards, elections might discourage otherwise willing and capable individuals from serving on a board.

But the courts struck down the new law as a violation of a state constitutional provision prohibiting anyone but a locally elected school board from running the schools.

«I know from personal experience how much headteacher boards help inform decisions and I'm looking forward to working with the newly - elected members to help make our school system even better.»

Early 20th century Progressive reformers established elected school boards as a means of shielding public school systems from the politics and patronage of corrupt city governments.

We also help colleagues craft local policies that can be presented to their boards of education; and we frequently host study visits to our New York City community schools for delegations of elected officials from other cities and countries.

It was a beautiful dream until we woke up this month to discover that the Louisiana legislature is transferring responsibility for all schools in New Orleans from the Recovery School District, the city's Portfolio Manager, to the locally elected Orleans Parish School Board, which has repeatedly declared its hostility toward charter schools.

I would like to close with a finding from the Pew research study that shows the driving reasons why an elected school board will work best for students.