To those who say that we don't have the capacity to grow enough new schools, I say that's because we have a system that was mistakenly built a century ago to populate schools by geography, to
keep schools open in perpetuity, to homogenize offerings, and to own and operate all public schools in a designated area.
Is student generation too low to justify
keeping a school open in the area?
Not exact matches
The truth: I was a freshman
in high
school and I wanted to
keep my options
open, including the option to date the cute guy
in my history class.
Word is that she attended High
School in Valparaiso, Indiana so let's
keep an
open mind, shall we?
If we are wholly
open to him he will use us to achieve great things be it spending ten years
in India fighting to build and
keep Catholic
schools or bringing up one's own children to know Christ.
In early October he changed his commitment to a «soft verbal» — new recruiting terminology indicating that a player has expressed his intent to sign with a
school but wants to
keep his options
open.
We tried to
keep an
open mind about
school, but when we attended a magnet
school fair last year, we realized that the current climate
in the
schools that were available to us was completely incompatible with our values.
And you raise a good point about
open campuses — once kids are
in high
school, if they have transportation and funds, there's nothing to
keep them from eating fast food every day, just as you say.
Whittier said
keeping the outdoor pool
open in the fall is a stopgap measure at best, and the high
school swim teams need an indoor pool for meets and practice.
Whether it is the beginning of August and you are attending
Open House, or if it is April and you are touring for the following
school year, take a look around and
keep these considerations
in mind.
«My experience at the Waldorf
School of Baltimore continues to follow me through life -
in my good friends,
in the community,
in keeping an
open and creative mind.
If you are wanting to show what your child is learning I would suggest
keeping a diary of all of the things you do
in a day - and be
open minded about what counts as «
school type» learning.
I still don't like to see sugary milk offered
in schools and I believe that after a time the consumption of plain milk would go back up, but I am
keeping an
open mind.
He made the assertion
in Ibadan, Oyo State capital
in an address at the
opening session of the Training Workshop on the Use of Curriculum Guides, Record
Keeping, Guidance and Counselling and Multigrade Teaching Techniques for Nomadic
School Teachers
in the South - West Zone.
This represents everything that is wrong with government - can't
keep schools or hospitals
open, can't remove snow, can't do upkeep, but self - aggrandizement - sure, we've got all the money
in the world do that!
Nearly 100 students from Legacy
School for Integrated Studies on 34 W. 14th St. gathered in Union Square Wednesday afternoon to ask the Department of Education to keep the school open despite its poor
School for Integrated Studies on 34 W. 14th St. gathered
in Union Square Wednesday afternoon to ask the Department of Education to
keep the
school open despite its poor
school open despite its poor marks.
The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when
school is not
in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to
keep it
open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.
Alfred Higley, a member of Shandaken town board read a one - page resolution passed by the town board
in support of
keeping Phoenicia
school open.
By contrast, Moskowitz
kept her
schools open for one reason:
In a city where the overwhelming number of black and Latino students are failing their proficiency tests, she believes students can not afford to miss the precious education they get.
Bill de Blasio found himself a lonely man Thursday as he tried to defend his decision to
keep the city's
schools open in the midst of a Nor» easter that ended up dumping about 10 inches of snow on the city.
«Do you believe that the policy of routinely closing
schools after what seems
in a lot of cases deliberate policy by the department to let these
schools deteriorate until they are not worth
keeping open, do you think that is policy that should be part of your vision?»
At the board's behest, Dr. McGill effected the change
in the district's configuration, creating primary
schools at Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate
school at Bennett, and
kept the Phoenicia
school open.
In a blow to Bloomberg, a state appellate court ruled NYC must
keep 19 failing
schools open.
The Buffalo
School Board reversed itself Wednesday night
in voting to
keep Martin Luther King
School open.
School board member Carl Paladino has been accused of his own invested interest
in some of the area charter
schools, while minority members are fighting to
keep the
schools open.
In the last mayoral election, most of the Democratic wannabes vowed to
keep open dysfunctional city
schools, just to preserve jobs for staff and cater to unions.
The governor's proposal also calls for federal support to
keep Brooklyn's ailing hospitals
open, changing the controversial Common Core
school curriculum, ending standardized testing for grades K - 2, begin construction of four new casinos
in the fall, allow public funding of political campaigns and reforming the state's ethics policy.
Apart from whatever generous state aid is likely to be negotiated by Cuomo and lawmakers
in an election year, set aside $ 3 million
in annual funding to
keep open the STEM high
school and the Long Island High School of the Arts run by Nassau
school and the Long Island High
School of the Arts run by Nassau
School of the Arts run by Nassau BOCES.
Also
in the race are attorney Marc A. Landis, who represented Upper West Side parents
in their fight to
keep a charter
school from
opening in a public
school building, and Community Board 7 member Mel Wymore, who would be New York's first openly transgender City Council member if he won.
Boettiger has
kept an
open notebook since his third year of graduate
school,
in 2010, and will start a faculty position
in July.
Allegedly, kung fu master Wong Jack Man wanted him to close his
school down, and so Bruce challenged him to a fight
in 1965 citing that if he won, he would be allowed to
keep the
school open - while if he lost, he'd honour the result and walk away from teaching.
Two of her three students at the Salund
School in McLeod are expected to graduate from 6th grade next spring, and school officials in the town, population 60, are unlikely to keep the school open, she
School in McLeod are expected to graduate from 6th grade next spring, and
school officials in the town, population 60, are unlikely to keep the school open, she
school officials
in the town, population 60, are unlikely to
keep the
school open, she
school open, she said.
A network of
schools in California is designed around the idea that career preparation and college preparation should blend seamlessly,
keeping all doors
open for students.
I introduced blogging to my juniors, reminding them to
keep an
open mind about this experiment (they could relate to that; I teach
in a STEM
school that focuses on life science and experimental research).
In response to the funding cuts, the DfE has encouraged
schools to
keep the summer classes
open using the money from pupil premium.
We may need to
keep schools open late
in the evening so children have a safe environment
in which to do homework or access computers.
The 2010 PDK / Gallup poll reported that, when asked whether they preferred to
keep a low - performing
school in their community
open with the existing teachers and principal and provide comprehensive support, to temporarily close the
school and reopen it with a new principal or as a charter
school, or to shutter the
school, 54 percent chose to leave the
school open.
Normally, you have a bias toward
keeping schools open and
keeping kids
in schools.
The third finding, which is fundamental for us, is about recognising there's a willingness on the part of philanthropy to
open that conversation and
keep that conversation going; that they want to know what's happening
in schools.
JE: At a
school level,
in terms of females choosing those subjects at senior secondary level, is the worry that they're not
keeping their options
open, that this is a broad skillset and we should be encouraging them to go into these subjects?
In an e-mail alert last year announcing community meetings about the
school district's problems, the superintendent wrote: «The Reading School District is facing a financial crisis that could threaten the ability to keep our schools open the entirety of next
school district's problems, the superintendent wrote: «The Reading
School District is facing a financial crisis that could threaten the ability to keep our schools open the entirety of next
School District is facing a financial crisis that could threaten the ability to
keep our
schools open the entirety of next year.
In fact, they cite with contempt the fact that in some instances «teachers, students, and parents successfully lobby to keep their charter school open» when authorizers attempt to shut them down, often for political rather than academic reason
In fact, they cite with contempt the fact that
in some instances «teachers, students, and parents successfully lobby to keep their charter school open» when authorizers attempt to shut them down, often for political rather than academic reason
in some instances «teachers, students, and parents successfully lobby to
keep their charter
school open» when authorizers attempt to shut them down, often for political rather than academic reasons.
The first
school, offering grades 3 — 6,
opened in 2001, and the academies
kept expanding
in grades and students.
«Time is at a premium and both
schools and teachers need to
keep their eyes
open for new and innovative ways
in which to work, making learning more engaging and effective and optimize time spent on tedious admin.
Because it's an
open - source system, the platform will
keep improving,
in the view of Mark Kushner, who heads + Impact
School, a private Expeditionary Learning high school in Lake Tahoe, California, that use
School, a private Expeditionary Learning high
school in Lake Tahoe, California, that use
school in Lake Tahoe, California, that uses SLP.
Other tips to avoid squandering power
in the
school kitchens include
keeping fridge and freezer doors closed, and defrosting them regularly to save energy and prolong the equipment's life; reducing drying times on dishwashers and allowing residual heat to finish the drying process; moving storages fridges and freezers into well ventilated areas; and to avoid using
open boiling water steriliser systems because they can be dangerous and wasteful.
«Interest groups do all they can to
keep new
schools from
opening up
in neighborhoods where there are other
schools existing — not because of what's best for kids, but because of what they perceive is best for adults.»
In order to
keep the
school open and preserve its small class sizes, 62 kids embarked on a letter writing campaign to the local community describing the value of the
school and explaining to community members exactly how they could help.
If enough avail themselves of those alternative opportunities, especially if the neighborhood
school is bad (
in any of a dozen ways, including safety, physical plant, etc.), there won't be enough kids left to justify
keeping it
open.
The authorizers themselves have financial incentives to
keep schools open and may know little about what is happening
in the
schools themselves if their offices are located hundreds of miles away.