Sentences with phrase «local schools choosing»

Where an academy trust, led by former LA employees has been established, we will want to avoid simply re-creating geographical monopolies and ensure that local schools choose to «opt - in'to the trust.

Not exact matches

Statistics Canada does have figures on total employee compensation by local governments but the CFIB chose to ignore these figures, no doubt because it doesnâ $ ™ t suit their claims.  Total compensation figures by local governments the data is only available from 1991 and also includes aboriginal governments and school boards, without separating them out.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation chose just a few locations for the board: Madison, Wisconsin, (where the organization is based), Dayton, Tennessee, (where the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 was held, of course), and Dover, Pennsylvania, (where a local school board sought to integrate the concept of intelligent design into science classes in 2005).

Developed by a local high school culinary student in partnership with Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, El Fenix's Kids Fit Menu allows kids to build their own meals by choosing from an array of delicious, low - fat / calorie entrées and sides, along with a glass of apple juice.

The families were chosen by guidance counselors at local schools — those the adults knew whose needs were greatest, and whose children could use a little encouragement, if not a little magic.

The ball boy had just been chosen from a local schools team to have the honour of collecting balls at Old Trafford during FA Cup matches.

If schools want to offer competitive foods, the revenue from the sales of such food (and any non-federal revenues that state or local governments or school districts choose to provide) should cover the costs, without federal cross-subsidies.

You'll find many camps, such as Vacation Bible School or kids» camps offered through your local university, run throughout the summer months so you have plenty of options to choose the camps that work best with your family's summer schedule.

The winners were chosen separately by the public and a panel of 12 judges comprised of village and school officials and local celebrities.

Case in point: in 2006, CPS issued a Local School Wellness Policy, and principals could choose to follow it or not.

If you are curious about the specific reasons your child's school community has chosen to be a part of the National PTA or an independent PTO, your local leaders should be able to answer your questions.

In the very small number of local authorities where there is information on religion, about 31 % of home educators belong to a faith group, although that may not be the reason they have chosen an alternative to school.

You can also get advice about choosing schools from your local council.

More than 1,000 promotions held by CCSD to encourage students to choose local foods in the school cafeteria and participate in school garden activities and farm field trips; and,

My way of adding a healthy treat to my kiddos lunch box is stopping by the local farmers market after school every day and letting my son choose the fruits and vegetables for the following days lunch.

Now that USDA has left the choice to use LBT up to each school district, and because individual grocery chains have always had the ability to chose to sell meat with or without it, it's been interesting to see that local efforts are starting to spring up to influence these potential LBT purchasers.

The education department, abiding by legislation passed in 2015, identified 144 schools (which became 145 after one split) as «struggling» or «persistently struggling» — 124 were listed as struggling, which had two years to turnaround, and 21 schools were identified as persistently struggling, which have one year to improve or face being taken over by an independent receiver chosen by local leaders but approved by the state.

In the wake of his victory in 1997 Tony Blair abolished what he derided as the «internal market» in the NHS, he scrapped fundholding GPs and deprived patients of the right to choose which NHS hospital treated them; in Education he scrapped Grant Maintained Schools, restored them to Local Authority control and abandoned the previous government's plans to give all schools a status similar to Grant Maintained SSchools, restored them to Local Authority control and abandoned the previous government's plans to give all schools a status similar to Grant Maintained Sschools a status similar to Grant Maintained SchoolsSchools.

New York State taxpayers should not be subsidizing private school transportation that is excessive and that financially benefits the private school investors, trustees, and parents who have chosen these as alternative to their local public school.

A local high school athlete is in a battle with his school's administration for not allowing him to play the sport of his choosing.

In addition to nominating their Democratic and Republican Senatorial candidates, Representative Ed Markey and businessman Gabriel Gomez, respectively, Tuesday was a day for Berkshire County voters to choose their selectmen and members of their local school boards.

Wednesday's decision states that although 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation can still be based on test scores, half of those tests must be chosen by local school districts through collective bargaining with their union.

«The tax cap is unfairly limiting the ability of communities to decide how much they can choose to invest in their local schools,» said NYSUT Vice President Andy Pallotta said.

District 25: Danny Dromm In the three - way race in District 25, voters will choose between the two - term incumbent Councilwoman Helen Sears; Danny Dromm, a school teacher and community activist; and Stanley Kalathara, an immigration lawyer who is a relative newcomer to local politics.

They would then choose their local superintendents and those school boards would decide which principals were fired and which were hired.»

«The governor's plan is essentially to strip away local control and turn a school over either to an outside entity of his choosing or to the state itself,» she told the committee.

Hawkins said he chose East High as the place for his announcement because the school is slated to be closed by the Board of Regents, and it's an example of the problems Gov. Cuomo has created by underfunding local schools and anti-poverty programs.

In many areas of the US people choose the place to live based on the quality of local schools.

But, you see, no matter which of those options I choose, the local school district loses: I have no choice to avoid the local school for my children because it's a bad school.

The deputy mayor and the teachers - union chief chose Cincinnati because of its «community schools» approach, which wraps schools in social services, from dental care to mental health, and partners with local businesses and community organizations.

Controversial New York City Schools chancellor Joel Klein has been mentioned as a possible secretary of Education in an Obama administration, which is why more than 1,000 locals have signed an online petition imploring Team Obama not to choose him.

While many local officials joined Bloomberg and Walcott at the Spruce opening, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew were notably absent — they chose to mark the first day of school at P.S. 187 in Washington Heights.

The city also has the option of turning the school into a charter under state receivership law, but the administration is highly unlikely to choose that option considering de Blasio's intermittent feud with the local charter sector.

The next governor and Legislature could create a set of new retirement - plan options for local governments, school districts and public authorities to choose from.

Andrea Stockton, who lives outside Boise and runs a nursery school in a local church, says she had never heard of the ACS when she was notified in December 2013 that she had been chosen.

Ok, so I originally chose this dress to wear to a rivalry football game at our local high school.

Mayor Michael R. White, along with an appointed nine - member school board and a superintendent of his choosing, will take over the Cleveland schools, returning the district to local control for the first time in nearly 25 years.

Politicians and policy wonks across the ideological spectrum have embraced the principle that parents should get to choose their children's schools and local districts should not have a monopoly on school supply.

She loves going to the Rainbows group in Boston Spa, the local village, and in school her favourite activity is going to the choosing room and playing with the cars.

Similarly, in North Carolina, local «More at Four Committees» choose providers of state - funded pre-K to at - risk children, according to the state's eligibility guidelines, from among public schools, Head Start programs, community groups, and private providers.

Each grade level chooses a theme for the year; this year's seniors, for instance, are focusing on local elementary schools.

It sheds more light on why more and more parents are choosing to home educate, if their local schools are struggling to find enough teachers.»

However, the underlying reasons for conversion are the same: more opportunity to realise better educational outcomes, independence from a local authority, greater flexibility in the organisation of the school and how it chooses to spend its funding.

The DfE will sample a number of schools in each local authority, with the schools chosen based on a mix of random selection and prior non-compliance with the online reporting requirements.

In today's economy, school specifiers and local education authorities are bottom line conscious, but surprisingly, not all are choosing the cheapest way of doing things, say many contractors and installers.

The Republicans who now control the South Carolina House chose a highly symbolic target last month in their quest to pay for local property - tax relief: They killed the cornerstones of a 1984 school - reform program championed by former Gov. Richard W. Riley, now the U.S. Secretary of Education.

(This follows the basic design in Florida, where students can chose between courses offered at their local district school or courses offered by a statewide school, Florida Virtual Scschool or courses offered by a statewide school, Florida Virtual Scschool, Florida Virtual SchoolSchool.)

In the first version of its «Public School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.&School Choice: Non-Regulatory Guidance,» published in December 2002, the department built on these basic statutory requirements to encourage districts to provide helpful information to parents: «The [local educational agency] should work together with parents to ensure that parents have ample information, time, and opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a different public school for their children.&school for their children.»

Such bricolage arrangements are simple guesswork and no substitute for a rational student - based funding policy that treats the same student similarly regardless of the local public school their parent chooses for them.

The researchers told one randomly chosen group of respondents the national ranking of their local school district, while providing no such information to another randomly chosen group.