Sentences with phrase «long as school boards»

However, as long as school boards are elected and school districts are political battlegrounds, it will be difficult to ensure that school systems manage their finances responsibly.

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The schools, long closed, have been boarded up or used as centers for adult education.

As the Chicago Board of Education prepares to approve a 2011 - 12 budget Wednesday, school officials and the teachers union are battling publicly over related issues of withdrawn raises and the mayor's push for a longer school day.

The state school board on Thursday asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the programs as long as the strike continues and expects an answer by Monday.

«These statements... past statements and past actions... go far beyond mere poor judgment,» she said, holding up an inch - thick file she said she has been collecting on Paladino's actions, «As long as he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquAs long as he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquas he remains on the board the entire school district, the city, the Erie - Niagara region, the country, the world is damaged and as a result our mission is compromised.&raquas a result our mission is compromised.»

Self - described «policy wonk» Laura Walls served one term as Gardiner town supervisor from 2000 to 2002 as well as several terms on the New Paltz School Board, and was long known in the community as co-owner of the municipal grantwriting firm Shingebiss Associates.

Lack of clarity can create problems later on, as schools can be surprised that they no longer have the power to make certain decisions which are now made by the board.

On education matters, he appoints the school board and lets the members run the Boston schools as they please — so long as they avoid upsetting the local teachers union.

The big difference: so long as School of One is a captive entity, the NYC chancellor has the right to name the board.

Across town at Sheldon High, building trades teacher Jeff Merker says lumber companies are more than happy to part with extraneous boards — as long as the school comes and gets them.

The superintendent of the Fairfax County, Va., public schools has opted to retire early at the end of this year in the wake of negative public reaction to a school - board plan to add his early - retirement benefit to his current salary as a means of keeping him on the job longer.

His long tenure with the Board enabled him to serve on the National School Boards Association in 2002 and was elected as the 62nd president of (NSBA) in 2009.

Any private school in the state can accept scholarship students as long as the State Board of Education is propoerly notified.

Harvard Project Gets Good Marks from Chappaqua School District Chappaqua - MountKisco Patch, October 14, 2011» «No longer do classrooms have to be isolated from the real world,» [Professor Chris] Dede was recorded as saying in his board presentation.»

Although there have been charter schools in Los Angeles since the early 1990s, the movement took flight early in this decade behind such figures as philanthropist Eli Broad, former school board president Caprice Young, former Mayor Richard Riordan and a long list of teachers and principals who were fed up by the ever - shifting reform agendas of Los Angeles Unified — and by what many saw as a recalcitrant teachers union, the powerful United Teachers Los Angeles.

After seven years as superintendent, he has been one of the longest serving superintendents of an urban school district with an elected school board in our country's recent memory.

«As a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach UnifieAs a huge advocate of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets of the corporate reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unifieas merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member of the State Board of Education, director of the Urban Leadership Program in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent of Long Beach Unified.

Madison schools are dominated by white staff, and the mostly white School Board and teachers union have a generally dim view of charter and voucher schools and anything else that veers too far from the traditional (white - dominated) model of Madison public education — even as that model has long been plagued by racial achievement gaps.

NSBA will continue to work with lawmakers to prioritize the interests of our nation's local school board members and public schoolchildren as S. 1177 heads to the Senate for a vote, and approaches the finish line for the long overdue ESEA modernization.

But one new school board member has not been shy in supporting educational opportunities for families beyond public school, arguing that it should not matter where children are being educated at - as long as they are being educated.

They may have to wait a bit longer to hear the good (or bad) news too, as members of the State Board came to understand that many of the charter school applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended misschool applications recommended by the Charter School Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended misSchool Advisory Board came with significant reservations about their ability to carry out their intended missions.

If Ross was as surprised as we were to read that school board members had the audacity to say that they had a right to micromanage the system, he will come to the conclusion that the state can no longer sit back and let the status quo prevail.

He is President of Monmouth / Ocean County Secondary Principals Association and serves as a member of the West Long Branch Boro Schools Board of Education.

In responding to a bill introduced in the Florida Legislature on September 23, 2013 by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz proposing that no high school begin morning classes before 8 a.m., School District of Osceola County School Board Chairman Jay Wheeler stated he is all for it, as long as Osceola County doesn't have to pay for it — a cost he believes would be in the dozens of milschool begin morning classes before 8 a.m., School District of Osceola County School Board Chairman Jay Wheeler stated he is all for it, as long as Osceola County doesn't have to pay for it — a cost he believes would be in the dozens of milSchool District of Osceola County School Board Chairman Jay Wheeler stated he is all for it, as long as Osceola County doesn't have to pay for it — a cost he believes would be in the dozens of milSchool Board Chairman Jay Wheeler stated he is all for it, as long as Osceola County doesn't have to pay for it — a cost he believes would be in the dozens of millions.

Students held a mock school board meeting and rally outside of Long Beach Unified's headquarters as the district's board held a budget - related meeting.

• El Camino Real Charter High School — The charter will remain, as long as a last - minute deal is ratified next week by the charter's board.

Homeschooling parents have long embraced a state - approved work around: They register as small private schools with their respective county boards of education.

Unlike their peers in most parts of the country, school reformers in the City of Angels have long understood the importance of backing strong candidates for L.A. Unified board seats (as well as for seats on smaller districts throughout L.A. County).

But one new school board member has not been shy in supporting educational opportunities for families beyond public school, arguing that it should not matter where children are being educated - as long as they are being educated.

In 2012 Governor Malloy proposed and the Connecticut General Assembly approved a revision to that statute so that Paul Vallas could become superintendent of schools in Bridgeport, despite his lack of certification, as long as he completes his probationary period as acting superintendent and completed a school leadership program, approved by the State Board of Education, at a Connecticut institution of high education.

What began as a breezy LA Unified School Board meeting on Tuesday turned, not surprisingly, into a long, tedious, sometimes rancorous session, with a host of issues discussed but rarely resolved.

As parents, we can not understand why a board responsible for a long - crippled school system voted against a clear pathway to educational success for our children, particularly for children of poverty and color.

The second response, based on my experience as a high school principal and assistant superintendent for instruction, is that some people take longer to get on board, needing evidence that the change will achieve the desired results and is therefore worth their time and energy.

PEAC includes representatives of a long list of groups, including CEA and AFT - Connecticut as well as organizations representing principals, superintendents, school boards, and higher education.

Transportation: If parents / caregivers choose to continue their child's education in the school of origin, the Board will provide transportation to and from the school of origin, and to all school - related activities, as long as the child or youth is in a temporary living situation, or if the student becomes permanently housed, until the end of the academic year.

While every state and school district differs slightly, below you will find useful detail surrounding some of the Math concepts children will likely be covering in 3rd Grade Math such as: Addition and Subtraction Math Facts, Adding and Subtracting Larger Numbers, Multiplication and Division Math Facts, Skip Counting and Using a Hundreds Board, Money, Place Value, Telling Time, Measurement, Shapes and Solids, Lines and Angles, Symmetry, Fractions, Data Management and Analysis, Estimating, Area and Perimeter, Capacity and Weight, Decimals, Patterns, Circumference and Diameter, Long Multiplication, Percentages, Ordered Pairs on a Coordinate Grid, and Probability.

Sauls said the school board plans to make good on its long - term financial commitments, such as paying its most effective educators under union contracts and rebuilding the district's school buildings.

For the past year, the majority on the board of the 167 - school district have been pushing to return to zoned schooling, essentially eliminating the array of magnet schools and other options created as part of a three decade - long desegregation effort.

Among the influential members of NAACP's 64 member board: Hazel Dukes, whose long (and often infamous) tenure as head of its Empire State affiliate included teaming up with the AFT's United Federation of Teachers in an unsuccessful effort to stop the Big Apple from renting space in half - empty traditional school buildings to charter schools.

Under the bill, school boards could sidestep those requirements as long as local emergency management officials agree their communities already have enough shelters available.

The GSBA has a long standing legislative position supporting,» the constitutional authority vesting exclusive control over public schools to local boards of education as the level of government closest and most responsive to the taxpayers and parents of the children being educated.

said, «We are incredibly disappointed in the Board's decision, as it will only hurt real kids who are longing for the type of high - quality education charter schools can provide.

«NSBA has a long history of serving as a bridge between the entrepreneurial community and the school leaders charged with making critical decisions,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director & CEO, National School Boards Associschool leaders charged with making critical decisions,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director & CEO, National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Alexandria, VA - With reauthorization of No Child Left Behind taking much longer than expected, the American Association of School Administrators and the National School Boards Association have proposed a request for a blanket waiver from the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind, which would effectively eliminate the need to comply with all No Child Left Behind provisions.

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director Yam Menon said, «We are incredibly disappointed in the Board's decision, as it will only hurt real kids who are longing for the type of high - quality education charter schools can pSchools Network Connecticut State Director Yam Menon said, «We are incredibly disappointed in the Board's decision, as it will only hurt real kids who are longing for the type of high - quality education charter schools can pschools can provide.

The budget would allow governing boards that open charter schools to open more schools so long as the first school governed by their initial contract showed high academic performance.

Gliding back and forth in time, Erdrich follows the long line of healers named LaRose, and reveals Landreaux's long - hidden past tied to a boarding school designed to sever Native American children from their roots, as well as his volatile relationship with a fellow student named Romeo, now a brooding, plotting, outlaw loner in the grip of substance abuse, poverty, and rage.

In addition, you can take distributions for room and board, as long as the beneficiary of the plan is attending the school at least part time.

Distributions are tax free as long as they are used to cover qualified educational expenses such as tuition, books, tutoring, related supplies, room and board, uniforms, transportation and computers for primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools

While some surf schools use even longer boards than this we feel that the longer and heavier boards are too cumbersome to paddle, maneuver and turn in a high performance point wave such as Las Flores, and using shorter longboards will also accelerate your progression to being able to surf on smaller equipment and eventually shortboards.