While
the majority of school board members voted for the contract, they did vow to be tougher in ongoing salary negotiations.
Parents who want to effect change in the district school system often need the support of
a majority of school board members, which means that parents who disagree must vie against each other in a political process to have their preferences expressed.
Not exact matches
A
majority of Buffalo
School Board members met in a secret meeting Tuesday to discuss getting Carl P. Paladino removed from office — while excluding two
of their colleagues.
A similar bill (A2699) introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple
majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent
of school board members voted to authorize it.
-RRB- introduced by Assemblyman Philip Steck (D - Albany) would require simple
majorities to approve an override, provided that 60 percent
of school board members voted to authorize it.
Buffalo
School Board member Carl Paladino's resolution to fire interim Superintendent Donald A. Ogilvie on Wednesday is not only likely to fail, but it also appears that no members of Paladino's own majority on the board will suppor
Board member Carl Paladino's resolution to fire interim Superintendent Donald A. Ogilvie on Wednesday is not only likely to fail, but it also appears that no
members of Paladino's own
majority on the
board will suppor
board will support it.
A
majority of Buffalo
School Board members voted to retain the law firm
of Frank W. Miller, based in the Syracuse area, to assist in filing a formal petition with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia seeking the ouster
of their colleague, Carl Paladino, who called the effort «a waste
of time and money.»
Members of the new
majority elected to the Buffalo
School Board Tuesday do not appear to be looking for a major reset regarding Superintendent Kriner Cash and the agenda he has laid out for the
schools, but there are some major issues on which they will likely take a different approach — especially when it comes to the teachers union contract.
With control
of the Buffalo
School Board at stake — or perhaps no five - member majority emerging — candidates already are scrambling for support in the May 3 election in which the six district seats on the nine - member board will be up for g
Board at stake — or perhaps no five -
member majority emerging — candidates already are scrambling for support in the May 3 election in which the six district seats on the nine -
member board will be up for g
board will be up for grabs.
And there was the discordant thud last Wednesday night, when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, and Senate
Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, declared they were sending their
members home without doing one
of the few things that actually came with a deadline: extending mayoral control for New York City's
schools, a system that both houses and parties view as a vast improvement over the old system
of board control.
On Thursday, the
board voted 6 - 2 to demand Paladino's resignation, with
members calling him «unambiguously racist,» «morally repugnant,» and a person with «a pattern
of racist and negative behaviors» whose words would have an «incalculable» impact on the children
of color who constitute the
majority of Buffalo's public -
school students.
«My client feels very strongly that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech have been violated by the actions
of the
majority members of the
Board, the
Board of Education and the
school district as a result
of a resolution that was passed seeking to remove my client from elected office,» Vacco said.
The New York State
School Boards Association surveyed its
members, and found that the
majority of schools, 92 %, are proposing budgets that are within the limits
of the new tax cap.
Majority members of the Buffalo
School Board are reportedly moving to fill the position
of superintendent with Emerson
School of Hospitality Principal James Weimer Jr..
The petitions
of current
school board president James Sampson and
member Jason McCarthy, however, did not make the cut — putting the
board's Paladino - aligned
majority in jeopardy.
The minority group
of Buffalo
School Board members sent a letter to the State Education Commissioner dated July 31 calling for the ouster
of majority Board Member Carl Paladino.
(WBEN) During a state education department hearing Thursday to decide if Buffalo
School Board Member Carl Paladino should be removed from office, his defense attorney Dennis Vacco spoke
of» «a shockingly, power hungry
majority not interested in dialog,» only out to «Get Carl» Paladino stands...
He has not attended
school board sessions since being ousted from the
board by state officials acting on a request from the
majority of his fellow
board members.
• All six
members of the new Buffalo
School Board majority believe lower class sizes should be the top priority.
(WBEN) During a state education department hearing Thursday to decide if Buffalo
School Board Member Carl Paladino should be removed from office, his defense attorney Dennis Vacco spoke
of» «a shockingly, power hungry
majority not interested in dialog,» only out to «Get Carl»
When control
of the Buffalo
School Board shifted two years ago,
members of the new
majority signaled they would attempt to reset the direction
of the district.
He has organized pickets at the homes
of former Regent Robert M. Bennett, as well as now - departing
members of the Buffalo
School Board majority.
The
majority of members on the Buffalo
School Board remain in an executive session discussing a proposed Buffalo teachers contract, but not everyone agreed to having the conversation behind closed doors.
Those being sued include: Superintendent Joel Klein, Assistant Superintendent for the Office
of Special Student Services and Funded Programs Elie Wizman, the district attorney, Albert D'Agostino, the five current
members who are part
of the Orthodox and Hasidic
majority:
school board President Daniel Schwartz, Vice President Yehuda Weissmandl, Moses Friedman, Moshe Hopstein and Eliyahu Solomon.
Some
members of Buffalo
School Board's
majority indicated they would like to select the next superintendent from within the city district.
Cash's remarks came after a
majority of Buffalo
School Board members signed off on a second attempt to petition State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia to remove Paladino from his position.
The
majority published it on their website and discussed it with staff, students, parents and
school board or
school council
members, but seven
of the 25 didn't discuss it with parents.
If their efforts prove unsuccessful, let's hope that the
members of the State
Board, a
majority of whom are Hogan appointees, nonetheless develop an exceedingly accommodating approach to handling
school districts» requests for flexibility.
Even when we estimated the probability that an incumbent won a
majority of the votes in each precinct, or accounted for test - score changes and levels as a function
of dollars spent on students, or measured the relationship between an incumbent's vote share in one election and the previous election, the overwhelming weight
of the evidence indicated that
school board members were not being judged on improvement or weakening in
school test scores.
The
board of education or BOCES shall appoint the
members of the team, a
majority of which shall be teachers, which shall include the superintendent
of schools or his or her designee in the case
of school districts or the district superintendent or his or her designee in the case
of BOCES;
school administrators upon designation by the administrators» collective bargaining organization; teachers upon designation by the teachers» collective bargaining organization; at least one parent upon designation by the established parent groups in the district or in their absence, by the superintendent in the case
of a
school district or district superintendent in the case
of a BOCES; and one or more curriculum specialists, meaning a teacher or administrator whose primary job responsibility involves the development or evaluation
of curricula, upon designation by the district or teachers» collective bargaining organization or both.
Meanwhile, a newly elected
majority on the seven -
member School Board touted UNO's progress at Capdau and said they are advocates
of creating more university - run
schools.
Notably, the
majority of current
board members have a vested interest in charter
schools, which brings into question their ability to provide objective oversight
of other charter
school operations.
Public Charter
School Board member Darren Woodruff spoke about the overall improvement in test performance by a
majority of the city's public charter
schools.
A
majority of the faculty and eligible staff at Chavez Prep voted to become
members of the AFT, which, pending certification
of the election by the National Labor Relations
Board, would make the
school the only charter
school in the District
of Columbia with a union.
«The
majority of the science department believes that this major policy decision affecting the entire student body, the faculty, and the community has been made without any notification, without a hearing,» said Mardi Sicular - Mertens, the senior
member of Berkeley High
School's science department, at last week's school board me
School's science department, at last week's
school board me
school board meeting.
The
majority of the seven -
member Oakland
school board supports Wilson's efforts to improve the district.
A conversion charter
school petition must be agreed to by a
majority of the faculty and instructional staff
members, and a
majority of parent or guardians
of students enrolled in the petitioning local
school, before the petition is presented to the local
board for approval.
What many do not know is that the nation's first charter
school law, enacted 25 years ago in Minnesota, required a
majority of the
members of the
board of a charter
school to be teachers at that
school.
Cobey says at least a
majority of the
board members for public charters should be North Carolina residents, but he argued that some expertise could be provided by residents
of other states with charter
schools.
Four
of the seven
members of the
school board were elected with the support
of charters, and they form a
majority that could reject the staff's recommendations and approve the
schools, even without the required language.
Baraka won re-election despite a last - minute campaign against her after she voted with a
majority of board members to suspend rather than fire Principal Carmen Perez Dickson for dragging kindergartners down the hallway at Tisdale
School.
This bill would thwart a core tenet
of charter
school independence by requiring
school districts to select a
majority of the nonprofit
board members of a charter
school.
L.A.
School Board Targets Garcia With Term - Limits Vote A narrow majority of Los Angeles Board of Education members voted Tuesday to set a limit of two consecutive years for the school board presi
School Board Targets Garcia With Term - Limits Vote A narrow majority of Los Angeles Board of Education members voted Tuesday to set a limit of two consecutive years for the school board presid
Board Targets Garcia With Term - Limits Vote A narrow
majority of Los Angeles
Board of Education members voted Tuesday to set a limit of two consecutive years for the school board presid
Board of Education
members voted Tuesday to set a limit
of two consecutive years for the
school board presi
school board presid
board presidency.
The four
board members in the
majority, who were elected with charter
school support, have told LA School Report that it's about time the second - largest school district in the country with the largest number of charter schools revamp its «District Required Language» (or DRL) that is necessary for a charter school to be authorized by LA Un
school support, have told LA
School Report that it's about time the second - largest school district in the country with the largest number of charter schools revamp its «District Required Language» (or DRL) that is necessary for a charter school to be authorized by LA Un
School Report that it's about time the second - largest
school district in the country with the largest number of charter schools revamp its «District Required Language» (or DRL) that is necessary for a charter school to be authorized by LA Un
school district in the country with the largest number
of charter
schools revamp its «District Required Language» (or DRL) that is necessary for a charter
school to be authorized by LA Un
school to be authorized by LA Unified.
Informed speculation suggests that Beutner has the easiest path to a four - vote
majority, and the core
of that support would come from the four -
member board majority elected with major financial backing from charter
school advocates.
The
majority of those
schools and their nonprofit
board members do an excellent job
of providing parents with a public
school choice.
The
school is nearly tripling its enrollment next year, and its plans for handling that growth formed the
majority of a public hearing on the 2012 - 13 budget Monday night that took the form
of a conversation between
board members, the
school business manager and a handful
of parents and reporters.
No
schools will close as a result of Richmond Public Schools operational budget shortfall, a majority of board members decided in a surprise vote late Monday
schools will close as a result
of Richmond Public
Schools operational budget shortfall, a majority of board members decided in a surprise vote late Monday
Schools operational budget shortfall, a
majority of board members decided in a surprise vote late Monday night.
From the lawsuit: «It appears that if one is not Orthodox Jewish, like the
majority of the LBOE
Board Members, and is not committed to diverting public
school funds to benefit the local religious schools, that individual does not get to remain as an employee in the Lakewood School District.&
school funds to benefit the local religious
schools, that individual does not get to remain as an employee in the Lakewood
School District.&
School District.»
Charter
schools are exempted from Illinois state laws that require a voting
majority of Local
School Councils to be parents, and in Chicago, less than 5 % of charter - school board members are pa
School Councils to be parents, and in Chicago, less than 5 %
of charter -
school board members are pa
school board members are parents.