Sentences with phrase «less a school district»

A charter school is one less school a district needs to bond for.

Not exact matches

As most would guess, kids with more disadvantages, such as poverty and less educated parents, come to school less prepared, which pulls down average test scores at districts where more kids face these challenges.

So if you're in love with a house in a «less good» neighborhood or within a «less good» school district, before you write it off as an option, do a little more digging.

By converting teacher work days into regular school days the district is less likely to have to make up missed days during the summer.

The company works closely with the Boulder Valley School District to provide gluten - free, whole grain breads for school lunches to help families worry less about their children's food alleSchool District to provide gluten - free, whole grain breads for school lunches to help families worry less about their children's food alleschool lunches to help families worry less about their children's food allergies.

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

The perception in the media right now is that school meals are going to be less healthy, and parents won't know which districts are still meeting the standards [and which have sought waivers].

While some school districts already serving better food might appear to be «doing more with less,» they usually have extra funding or costly resources, such as a central kitchen for scratch cooking, which other districts lack.

Schools applying for the grant program must have support from their school principal, district school nutrition director and school nutrition manager, have school enrollment of at least 500, have a breakfast participation level less than 40 % and demonstrate an opportunity to raise breakfast participation.

(And these donuts actually have less sugar than a lot of other sweetened grain items served for breakfast by schools around the country, at least before the frosting and sprinkles are added by the district.)

No contract for 2016 - 17 food services in the District's public schools has been approved yet — less than two months before school begins again in August.

If we rely on local communities to raise funds to improve food, we'll soon have a patchwork of wealthier (or more committed) districts with good food, and poorer districts (where, I would note, more children are reliant on school food) with less healthful offerings.

Cosmas, the Buffalo Grove mother of two, was instrumental in getting her school district and park district together after an acquaintance, a single father, told her how much less he was paying for child care through a school - park program in a neighboring community.

The decision to tear down the school built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sschool built in 1962 was made this year after the New Lenox Elementary District 122 School Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new sSchool Board learned repairs and drainage requirements for an addition would be less economical than a new schoolschool.

Unfortunately, the ratio of male parent volunteers to female is still less than half in most school districts.

When Taylor left SMMUSD, he was eager to apply his salad bar model to a school district that was three times larger and far less affluent.

The report also shows that American Indian students, who account for less than 2 percent of the student population statewide, received more than one - third of all corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools, although most of that disparity was driven by one school district, Robeson County.

Nearly all of the state's 54 school districts have signed up for the program, and the schools are buying Alaska food they couldn't afford when they received only federal support amounting to less than $ 2 a meal.

Currently, many school districts charge less for the paid lunch than the government reimbursement.

Specifically, in the Munster, ID and Caroline County, MD school districts where percentages dropped off after the prices went up — Did those students switch to a la carte and spend less than $ 2.72 on food that was nutritionally worse?

Yes, Piedmont is one of the very, very rare districts with 0 % F&R eligibility, but we're talking about a 6 school district with less than 1,100 students.

This may appear to be a cheaper method of dealing with a food service provider, but in fact the school district would have much less control over the individual meal items Aramark is serving.

Stacy: While I have in the past pushed my district to end its arrangement with Aramark (including a 2011 op - ed in the Houston Chronicle, I'll admit that in more recent years I've become less certain that Aramark has been the obstacle to bettering our school food.

This move will create a two - tier school lunch program, forcing less affluent school districts to purchase the less expensive, pink slime beef.

The second method, called «Nutrient Standard Menu Planning» allows a school district pay less attention to the foods served, so long as the requisite number of nutrients are offered over the course of an entire week.

The USDA updated its regulations for school lunches 3 years ago, requiring districts to offer more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and less sodium and fat.

Milk is one of the required components of a school meal, and milks with two different fat contents must be offered; our district pays less for chocolate milk than for white, so the industry here does not benefit from the sale of chocolate milk over plain milk.

So, by looking at all the menu items collectively and then discounting ones which are eaten less often, the district can say it has made an overall reduction in the sodium in our school food.

School board officials said The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 requires them to change pricing because the law states that schools must charge on average no less for paid student meals than the district receives in federal free meal reimbursement.

Furthermore, many public schools lack the facilities for cooking and food storage that Chef Boundas has at his disposal, and while I didn't find out exactly what Chef Boundas pays his labor, it may well be less than labor costs would be in a highly unionized district.

Finally, the big savings from P2 are really only realized if your entire district is very low income; implementing it in just a few very low income schools within a district which is less than 85 % low income may not save much.

We are told over and over that there's not enough money to fix school lunch, yet we live in a country where we consistently spend 2, 3, 4 or even 5 times more for our daily coffee than we do on food for our children's school lunch, which in most school districts amounts to less than a dollar.

Every now and then, an article will appear somewhere touting a «school food miracle worker» who is able to serve what appears to be healthier, higher quality food than what is typically found in school lunch programs, and sometimes the claim is made that the meals cost no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal.

The measure would establish a school district and local government property tax levy cap that would limit tax levy growth to the lesser of four percent or 120 percent of the annual increase in the consumer price index.

The Empire Center's Ken Girardin: «School budgets were approved at a record - high rate of 99.3 percent, adding to evidence that districts can live within a property tax cap set at either 2 percent or the prior year's average rate of inflation, whichever is less.»

At an annual cost of $ 410 million, the Family Tax Relief Rebate provides $ 350 to households with children under age 17 and annual income between $ 40,000 and $ 300,000; the Property Tax Freeze Rebate provides an amount equal to the annual increase in property taxes to homeowners earning less than $ 500,000 in tax cap - compliant local governments and school districts and costs $ 783 million annually.

Local school districts are preparing for another tight budget season this year, with minimal state aid increases projected in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tentative spending plan and a cap of less than 2 percent on tax levy growth.

The cap law, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's major initiatives, limits school districts and other local governments to basic annual tax increases of 2 percent or the inflation rate, whichever is less.

Enacted in 2011, the cap limits the annual growth in total property - tax levies to 2 percent or the rate of inflation, whichever is less, in all fiscally independent school districts and all counties and municipalities outside New York City.

Calls for altering the cap are back again this year as school districts face the prospect of setting budgets that allow for less than a 1 percent increase in the levy, or the amount collected in taxes.

Flanagan has been less receptive for state oversight when it came to installing a monitor in East Ramapo schools, where tensions have flared over the district's leadership from the Orthodox Jewish community.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Flanagan's measure limits annual growth of property taxes levied by local governments and school districts to two percent or the rate of inflation - whichever is less.

«The only reason I can think to do this is [is that] when real numbers come out in June and show less - than - positive results, it will be Bill de Blasio's administration's fault and not on Bloomberg's twelve - year legacy running the schools,» charged Miriam Aristy - Farer, President of District 6's Community Education Council (CEC).

With no discussion and in less than two minutes, the state's Smart Schools Review Board approved the second round of funding allocations to 36 districts from the $ 2 billion Smart Schools bond act approved by voters in 2014.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

Actual increases in tax collections imposed by districts may end up being more or less than 2 percent, depending on local factors such as bond issues to fund school reconstruction or repairs, which are exempt from the cap.

Susan Schnebel, superintendent of Islip schools, said that next year's downward fluctuation in the cap could leave her district with $ 1.1 million less in operating funds than it has this year.

This morning, the New York City Independent Budget Office released data showing charter schools housed in private space receive 16 % less funding per student than district schools.

The schools in the Syracuse City School District have about $ 11,000 less funding for each student than wealthier schools in the state, according to a WSKG news article.