Sentences with phrase «large number of districts»

Upon reviewing their plans, TCTA became increasingly concerned about the large number of districts exempting themselves from teacher certification and class - size limits, and pointed this out in testimony to the Senate Education Committee.

A large number of districts in 2011 also requested relief from enhanced qualification standards on educational interpreters for the deaf.

In the past decade, at least 20 states and a large number of districts have instituted some form of pay for performance for teachers, including California, Florida, Minnesota, Texas, and the cities of Cincinnati, Denver, New York, and Charlotte, N.C., according to Donald Gratz, Ed.M.»

The Sept. 19 JPS School Board meeting was eerily empty, save a large number of district officials.

Not exact matches

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The day before, on April 2, I had gone to a Goodwill store in the city of Orange and purchased a disguise, clothes that would have suited any bum wandering around nearby MacArthur Park or the broken - bottle district of downtown L.A.: a $ 5 pair of baggy brown pants, marked down to $ 2.50, whose cuffs scraped the floor; a large gold shirt for $ 3; a white tie, with a bright yellow stain, for 15 cents; a pair of brown shoes, which I wore without socks or laces, for $ 5; and the ugliest sports coat in the store, a black number with red and white flecks, for $ 2.50.

Leeds is the second largest metropolitan district in the UK; The City of Leeds has a population of 770,000 and is one of the fastest growing cities in the UK, with the number of residents set to rise to 1 million.Leeds is the second centre of banking in the UK employing 12,700 people in the industry.

Marquette Park Lagoon on 71st Street and California has consistently produced the Park District's largest number of fish, in size and total numbers.

But park district officials responded that, so far, the increased risk has n`t translated into a large number of serious head injuries such as those suffered by an 8 - year - old Northwest Side boy when he fell from a spiral slide in a Chicago park in 1978.

While Burdette Court residents and their neighbors are only a fraction of the 1,250 families in the park district, a larger, undetermined number of taxpayers might be allowed to bail out of the park district if a bill were drafted and passed.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Park District on Friday banned swimming at seven Chicago beaches and extended a ban at an eighth, the largest number of swimming bans in one day this summer.

She argues that only a small number of Naperville residents are using this large, beautifully wooded chunk of park - district - owned land and that it should be used for something with a wider appeal.

Frontier Days is organized and run each year by the Arlington Heights Festival Committee, a large organization of volunteer citizens, with the cooperation of the Park District, the Village and a number of local businesses.

Because the Crystal Lake Park district is bringing the largest number of campers, it was given the honor of choosing one of their participants to throw the first pitch.

Especially in districts with large numbers of needy students, federal subsidy dollars can more than pay for breakfast, meaning extra cash to help support the entire meal program.

When Chicago citizens were asked about the parks during five community forums convened by the Mayor «s Drug and Gang Task Force, the largest number of negative comments by far were about the district «s failure to make its programs known to the public.

In the New York City Department of Education, the largest school district in the country by number of students, cups are «generally available to all students,» but spokesperson Margie Feinberg can not say in which of its schools cups are available only upon request.

If the electoral districts are large enough (possibly nationwide), a party does get a weight in parliament roughly equivalent to the number of votes they received in the election.

as an immigrant of color who has large numbers of undocumented economic refugees in her district she will be helpful to communities of color and immigrant, refugee communities esp.

But it is the 2019 local elections that will tell us more about the long - term viability of the party, since those will concern a larger number of English districts where the Lib Dems will be seeking to reclaim ground lost to the Conservatives since 2010.

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

«In the summer of 2014, we had a large number of special ed [ucation] students move into our district that were not budgeted for, which caused us to expend more than half - a-million dollars in additional funds to cover the cost of these students» tuitions and additional transportation for those students,» says Burnell.

Related to that sentiment is the conservative inclination of the district's voters, which includes a large number of police officers.

Indeed, Ferreras - Copeland — whose district has the largest number of registered IDNYC users — said all New Yorkers should be applying regardless of their situation.

Hikind, whose assembly district is home a large number of Holocaust survivors, has long been considered a champion of Israel.

The plaintiffs claimed that the commission placed a disproportionately large number of non-minority voters in districts dominated by Republicans; meanwhile, the commission allegedly placed many minority voters in smaller districts that tended to vote Democratic.

The Democratic wave this year had much less impact than the Republican one in 2010 primarily because despite the large Republican majority in Congress, very few Republicans actually represented Democratic - leaning districts — in sharp contrast to the number of Democrats representing Republican districts in 2010.

Since then, lawmakers who represent areas with large numbers of state workers in their districts — the Capital Region and Long Island — have written to the Cuomo administration urging them to take action on the issue.

My district currently has the largest number of residents attending community college outside of Erie County and the greatest amount of chargeback fees paid annually.

Some board members cited the large number of students of color in the city school district and the impact the comments will have on them, as well as the poor example they set.

Texas currently counts everyone in the state, including illegal immigrants, before carving up districts of proportional population size, but the challenge argues that only eligible voters should be counted because the current system creates some districts with much larger numbers of eligible voters than others.

Among large school districts, Buffalo's numbers were behind New York City and Yonkers, but ahead of both Rochester and Syracuse.

As the Democratic Party under President Lyndon Johnson began to support civil rights, the formerly Solid South, meaning solidly Democratic, became solidly Republican, except in districts with a large number of Black voters.

«We have large numbers of our neighbors in this district living in poverty, without access to opportunity, health care, or a great education.

He said in - spite of the challenges the region recorded the largest number of trainees from all the districts in the region.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schools.

Ron Hardy Office: Common Council District: At - Large City: Oshkosh County: Winnebago Election date: 04/05/2011 Elected: No Number of Votes: 4,562

Brooklyn, which has the largest number of all - important congressional districts crucial to both parties» delegate allocation.

Farias attributes her loss in the South Bronx district to a number of advantages benefitting Diaz, Sr. «Name recognition, having a similar name as our borough president for example, these are things that definitely played a large role in the folks that came out and either weren't touched enough or came out to vote and didn't get enough information on anyone in the race,» said Farias, in reference to Diaz, Sr.'s son, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..

«She and I have had a disconnect on how to govern for a number of years,» said Anthony Picente, the executive of Oneida County — the largest county in the district.

«New York has some of the largest numbers of hidden predators in the United States and we're just going into their districts and telling the truth,» said survivor Kathryn Robb.

Williamsville, the Buffalo area's largest suburban school district, is tied for the second - highest number of candidates running for School Board out of the 37 districts in Erie and Niagara counties.

In vacating her seat, which she has held since 2005, Arroyo creates uncertainty about who will represent her Bronx district, but also brings to the forefront a larger issue about political representation in New York City: the number of women in the City

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled.Elections officials expect a large number of write - in ballots for candidates in two districts who are running write - in campaigns after being disqualified from the ballot, and it could take an extra day or two to hand - co...

This was a citywide total compared to a district, but larger numbers of votes means greater name recognition and wide - spread support of my candidacy and our platform against poverty.

Democrats still hold the enrollment edge in the 24th Congressional District, but with a large number of unaffiliated voters and more registered Conservatives, there is a level playing field for the race between U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse, and Republican challenger John Katko.

Denying all wrongdoing, Mr. Lopez forged ahead with his council bid and drew upon the large number of loyalists that still lived in the district and cared little for the tabloid reports that would have immediately ruined most candidates.

«That may explain why these two newcomers to electoral politics in the district remain unknown to a large number of voters.»

The decision is widely seen as favoring districts with large numbers of poor students, such as New York and Syracuse.

«We have large numbers of our neighbors in this district living in poverty, without access to opportunity, healthcare, or a great education.