Sentences with phrase «high school seats»

The fact is that while the number of high - performing high school seats in Denver is growing there are very few open seats (most are filled at the sixth grade for the good 6 - 12 grade schools).

The concern stems from a working session on April 12 centered on the Arlington Public Schools Capital Improvement Plan, in which School Board members briefly discussed the costs of potentially converting the Education Center into elementary school space rather than up to 800 high school seats.

Some members of the Washington - Lee High School Parent - Teacher Association are concerned that the Arlington School Board may re-purpose the adjacent Arlington Education Center into an elementary school instead of adding high school seats, as was previously decided.

The time has come for the DOE to use this last space to fulfill our local Lower Manhattan needs for high school seats, which our community can and will use.»

The city has already leased 100,000 square feet of space at 26 Broadway — former home of the Sports Museum of America — for up to 660 high school seats.

«We believe the real need in this district is for unscreened high school seats, not selective seats,» Speiller said Thursday at a meeting of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's school overcrowding taskforce.

The city, though, plans to expand Millennium in Brooklyn rather than lower Manhattan, because Brooklyn has a greater need for selective high school seats.

That's scarcely enough to provide middle and high school seats for charter children now in grades K - 4 — let alone provide for even a minimal expansion of the program.

Not exact matches

Just about every time I went out with friends during high school, my mom would tell me on the way out: «Be in the driver's seat.»

Buffett admitted that in high school and college he held a deep - seated fear of public speaking.

«Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever been done to prevent this, we call BS,» said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzales in a speech that went viral this weekend.

Ellery Schempp, at 16 years of age in 1956, stayed in his seat while the rest of his high school class stood to recite the Lord's prayer; he flipped through the Koran while his homeroom teacher recited ten verses from the Bible.

We attend a junior high school band concert or a New York Yankees baseball game where a seating area is separated from a performance area.

I can not attend official religious services, and anything I sit on is considered unclean, so I've taken to carrying around my Rhea County High School Golden Eagle stadium seat cushion everywhere I go.

Even though he's handsome, his affinity for comic books, video games and Death Cab For Cutie have landed him an outside seat to the goings - on of his rich counterparts in his high school.

Pastors and parents need a seat at the table for district and state decision making so we can advocate for high academic standards in every school.

The facilities would discredit the average high school: the track is often as hard and baked as a sandlot infield: the locker rooms, built in the 1920s, have been condemned several times; the permanent stands consist of a half dozen rows of splintery, sun - bleached wood, plus a few well - warmed and precarious seats on the tin roof of the locker rooms.

The prospect of all those whales, baby whales and, say, a minnow or two, brought the town down to the high school gym — gradually filling it up on Saturday and taking all 1,800 seats for the monster finale Sunday night.

A native of Mitchell, S.Dak., small forward Mike Miller played his high school games in the Corn Palace, a 3,500 - seat amphitheater whose exterior murals are made from 300,000 ears of maize.

Settle into your seat to watch the four - star softball program at Alhambra High School in Martinez and prepare to be dazzled.

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Steve has missed only one game in Tyler's high school career, giving him a front row seat to the maturation of a young man.

It's why a 18,000 - seat high school football stadium was built in Allen, Texas, just a couple years ago.

Until a 2,700 - seat field house was opened in the fall of 1977, Central Florida was forced to play in local high school gymnasiums or at places such as McCoy Air Force Base, 17 miles away.

The full plan calls for 17 NBA regulation courts, one 5,000 seat Arena, 34 high school courts, 38 volleyball courts, six indoor turf fields, 15 batting cages, beach volleyball courts, racquet ball courts, a track, a martial arts and boxing center, two fitness centers, a water plyometrics training center, dance studio, banquet hall, sports bar and grill, four restaurants, retail stores, and a full service academic / tutoring center.

16:55 After a narration touting sophomore defensive end Rashan Gary's commitment to academics in high school, we're treated to a scene in which Gary explains his favorite seat in his most important college class:

In many high schools, learning takes a back seat to peer pressure concerning what students look like or who their friends are.

The high seat weight limit of 55 lbs should last you till high school.

So, school buses have high, padded seats to absorb the impact of a collision and prevent kids from flying around the bus.

about the booster seat situation... we found an old school wooden high chair at goodwill that was missing the tray.

This seat is a fantastic choice for parents who want something that is a high - quality car seat for the years through preschool and early elementary school.

My seat mate told me she's a teacher at Milby High School, an almost 100 % Hispanic, relatively low income school in far east Houston, near the city's Ship ChSchool, an almost 100 % Hispanic, relatively low income school in far east Houston, near the city's Ship Chschool in far east Houston, near the city's Ship Channel.

Jona Augustyn, an 18 - year - old senior at Buffalo Grove High School, is trying to get a seat on the Arlington Heights Park District board (Handout)

From the death of a physically worn down NFL retiree, to that of a straight - A high school football player, America's favorite sport has increasingly been on the hot seat for risking the life of its dedicated players.

This luxurious and high quality model comes with HEAPS of fantastic features... * Suitable from birth to school age * Pneumatic - assist, easy - lift height adjustment * A unique shape that cocoons your baby in comfort * A sleek and modern design to complement your home * Made with food contact grade plastic, chrome and stainless steel * Multiple - position reclining seat * Enclosed castor wheels in base so the high chair will «lift and glide'UK

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

Hizzoner's offenses range «from evicting Harlem's highest - performing middle - schoolers to stonewalling parents for months on end, only to offer inadequate temporary solutions, despite the 144,000 empty seats across the city,» said the spokeswoman, Nicole Sizemore.

The lead operator of Ghana's Jubilee Field, Tullow Ghana Limited has handed over a 1,500 - seater auditorium to the Half Assini Senior High School in the Jomoro municipalit...

In 2014 he won a seat in the election of the Buffalo School Board as an At Large member and had the highest vote total of all candidates.

Another contender for the 7th CD seat is Mark Otto, assistant principal of a «socially conscious» high school, for whom education is a prism on politics.

Nicodemo, who's been Saunders Trades and Technical High School's head boys basketball coach for the last nine years and a social studies teacher for the last 13 years, is seeking a state seat that represents most of Yonkers.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The Onondaga County Democratic Committee selected a Camillus high school teacher to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by Rep. John DeFrancisco (R - DeWitt), Syracuse.com reported on Saturday.

The Onondaga County Democratic Committee selected a Camillus high school teacher to run for the New York State Senate seat being vacated by Rep. John DeFrancisco (R - DeWitt), Syracuse.com

EMERSON HILL — A new addition to Susan Wagner High School will bring new space for performing arts, including a small concert venue and a 250 seat performance space.

«Pre-K for All will offer free, full - day, high - quality pre-K to every four - year - old in New York City who wants a seat and families should register as soon as possible,» said Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña.

High - profile members of that profession ejected from their Commons seats on May 7 included business secretary Vince Cable, pensions minister Steve Webb, schools minister David Laws and — in a small - hour moment that signalled the turning tide — shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

Demand is high for pre-K at charter schools: Spencer Robertson, the executive director of PAVE Academy in Brooklyn, which offers pre-K through a nonprofit affiliate, said he has 140 applicants for 36 pre-K seats.

Say what you want about «redeeming» the holiday for our Christian youths, the fact of the matter is that when you're a Christian kid in a secular high school and all your peers are getting Valentines and «getting laid,» Christianity and the «redemptive» nature of Valentine's Day tends to take a back seat.

A high school student with labor support is challenging former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino for his seat on the fractious Buffalo school board, saying it desperately needs «some adult behavior.»