Sentences with phrase «keeping schools open in»

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, sheSchool 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, sheschool officials in the town, population 60, are unlikely to keep the school open, sheschool 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 nextschool 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 nextSchool 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 reasonIn 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 reasonin 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 useSchool, a private Expeditionary Learning high school in Lake Tahoe, California, that useschool 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.