Sentences with phrase «meet the needs of school children»

«Due to either aging, outdated facilities, severe overcrowding, or new mandated class sizes, 75 percent of our nation's school buildings remain inadequate to meet the needs of school children,» the report asserts.

Not exact matches

My children's needs were more than adequately met by being at home with their father / grandmother (or later on preschool and then elementary school) during the 1/3 of the day that I wasn't with them.

You are determined to find a school and community that will welcome you openly and meet the holistic needs of your child and at the same time align with your family's beliefs and values.

Past winners have raised money for childhood cancer awareness, created «clothing closets» for students who need everything from formal wear to graduation gowns, and a chef who jumped into school nutrition with both feet, creating school breakfast programs, a school garden, and meet - the - chef events to raise the profile of his district's child nutrition program.

The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act recognized the need for USDA to establish education and training standards for all school nutrition personnel — including school nutrition assistants; managers; district supervisors and directors; and state agency directors as a means of helping to ensure that school nutrition programs meet the goal of healthy children ready to learn.

There are so many options that it is good to list what your child needs and see how these different types of schooling may meet the individual needs.

The competencies needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life in the 21st century are best cultivated through an education that fully meets and engages the developmental needs of children, which are fundamentally different in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school — in other words, «the right thing at the right time.»

Ask people who work with teen moms about what drives them to drop out of school and they can list a litany of barriers: exhaustion from taking care of the baby, trouble getting reliable child care, and a school system poorly set up to meet their new needs.

In order for a student to obtain a 504 plan, the child first needs to be evaluated for eligibility by the school as meeting the definition of «disabled» Parents can request in writing that their child be evaluated for eligibility under the process defined by Section 504.

The purpose of this report is not to argue for or against home schooling but to describe the provision and practice of a small school where an approach to «flexi - schooling» is widely acknowledged as successfully meeting parents» wishes and children's educational needs.

In order to meet New Legacy Charter School's mission of empowering teen parents with the skills needed to raise healthy children and graduate prepared for success in college and careers, developing a Coordinated School Health Program is a necessity.

Her public school internship had left her with the question of whether there was a form of education which would better meet the needs of children.

The best modality to meet the child's needs is chosen after a study of the child with the school's Care Group.

While many families in this area move east of the tunnel to attend better public schools, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School can meet their children's educational needs at an affordable tuition cost and reduce the relocation of local families away from their current neighborhoods and homes.

More than 31 million children in the United States participate in the National School Lunch Program, or NSLP, each school day, 1 and a large number of students consume up to half of their daily calories at school.2 Yet, many schools were built decades ago and face challenges as they strive to serve foods that meet children's dietary School Lunch Program, or NSLP, each school day, 1 and a large number of students consume up to half of their daily calories at school.2 Yet, many schools were built decades ago and face challenges as they strive to serve foods that meet children's dietary school day, 1 and a large number of students consume up to half of their daily calories at school.2 Yet, many schools were built decades ago and face challenges as they strive to serve foods that meet children's dietary school.2 Yet, many schools were built decades ago and face challenges as they strive to serve foods that meet children's dietary needs.

As a result, USDA issued final regulations aimed at providing lunches high in nutrients and low in calories that better meet the dietary needs of school children and required that they be implemented beginning in school year 2012 - 2013.

When the public school fails to meet the needs of a gifted child, parents can either homeschool or look for a private school.

Offered from 3 to 6 p.m., the program also aims to meet the needs of working parents by providing constructive, safe activities for their children after school, officials said.

Michigan: Custody is awarded based on the best interests of the child, based on the following factors: moral character and prudence of the parents; physical, emotional, mental, religious and social needs of the child; capability and desire of each parent to meet the child's emotional, educational, and other needs; preference of the child, if the child is of sufficient age and maturity; the love and affection and other emotional ties existing between the child and each parent; the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining continuity; the desire and ability of each parent to allow an open and loving frequent relationship between the child and other parent; the child's adjustment to his / her home, school, and community; the mental and physical health of all parties; permanence of the family unit of the proposed custodial home; any evidence of domestic violence; and other factors.

However, while the primary objective should be to raise the quality of all schools (while ensuring that the most gifted children have access to the materials they need to help them meet their potential), we need something more to create truly world class state schools.

To actually meet the needs of New York's children, the Governor will need to fully fund schools at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity levels, and we will press him to do so.»

About Mount Vernon City School District: With more than 8,000 students in 16 schools, the Mount Vernon City School District is committed to providing a quality education to its children as well as developing programs that meet the diverse academic and social needs of its students.

With more than 8,000 students in 16 schools, the Mount Vernon City School District is committed to providing a quality education to its children as well as developing programs that meet the diverse academic and social needs of its students.

In a letter to Congressmembers Lowey, Engel and Maloney, and Senators Schumer and Gillbrand, Latimer wrote: «It has recently been brought to my attention that the United States Department of Education denied the request of the New York State Education Department to provide a waiver which would allow our schools to better meet the needs of children with disabilities and those who are English Language Learners.»

Highly qualified school nurses are an integral component to meeting the myriad of needs children come to school with every day.

Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million in contracts without going through the bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13 school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion of the public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs children.

«Even if government policy included an acceptance of private schooling for those with special needs, the fact that the complainant did not feel that the current state system could meet her child's requirements raised questions about the nature of publicly - funded schooling and its ability to cater for children with special needs (including those whose families would not be able to pay for private schooling).»

«The current crisis in the recruitment, retention and morale of the teacher workforce is a further issue on which Ofsted and the NASUWT agree has real potential to undermine the ability of schools to meet the educational needs and entitlements of all children and young people.

«We will continue to stand with teachers and public school advocates to 1) oppose the corporate takeover and privatization of education and 2) expand education funding to meet our children's needs and so that teachers can teach,» said Howie Hawkins.

«Community schools are a model that works wonders for our children by meeting their needs both inside and outside of the classroom.

Eight weeks after the first review of the students» needs and again in the second half of the school year, site coordinators met with teachers to evaluate the plan and the children's progress.

So what we are hoping to achieve is a better understanding of the needs of adopted children in schools so that staff are aware as well as better equipped to meet those needs.»

After years of experiencing a one - size - fits - all federal approach to school accountability and intervention, ESSA provides states with an opportunity to excel by designing new systems that reach far more children with intervention strategies that meet their needs and the needs of their schools.

Five years of studies on charter schools prove they are meeting the needs of traditionally underserved children and forcing regular public schools to change for the better, the Center for Education Reform concludes in a report released last week.

Meeting this fifth challenge depends on better ways of: identifying children at risk of being locked into trajectories of low achievement at the earliest possible ages; enhancing levels of school readiness; diagnosing learning difficulties upon entry to school; and intervening intensively during the early years of school to address individual learning needs to give as many students as possible the chance of successful ongoing learning.

When I meet parents with children in Years 5 and 6 who are starting to plan their child's senior school, I try and paint a picture of the choices a learner will need to make for Year 12 study; six years into the future.»

Mr Perrottet said: «There is nothing more important than the education of our children, and this record investment by the NSW Government will ensure we have the schools and the resources we need to meet the challenges of the future.»

Over the next five years, Jones hopes to build a series of partnerships to design and test SEL kernels that meet the needs of specific schools and other community organizations working with young children.

REACH works with out of school children to design activities to meet their learning needs.

In other words, there are twin challenges: to support and promote the progress of all children — and particularly children who lag in their development — in the preschool years; and to ensure that all children make a smooth transition into the first year of school by meeting individuals at their points of need upon entry.

Parents would not want to go back to a system built on unequal access to schools, but they don't want to be denied options in the interest of maintaining quotas or forcing all children in a neighborhood to attend the same school whether it meets their needs or not.

That being said, online programs are a very cost efficient way for schools to meet the needs of gifted children — cheaper than hiring full time staff for a small group of children

One of the first things I'd ask when I go into schools and I'm supporting children with disabilities and the teacher is: are their needs being met?

The community school at IS 218, along with the other nine New York City schools with which the Children's Aid Society has partnered, is based on a simple but powerful notion: Children can succeed academically only when all of their health, nutrition, emotional, and developmental needs are met.

Moreover, even the highest - performing schools can not meet the needs of every single child.

Without appropriate planning, meeting their needs can over-stretch district budgets, especially in smaller jurisdictions (and free - standing schools such as charters), putting pressure on the education of other children, causing fiscal distress, and giving rise to political discord.

Threatened with buildings that are no longer fit for purpose, overcrowded classrooms and a school place crisis, the education sector needs sustainable and cost effective solutions to meet the needs of Britain's school children.

The overwhelming attention — people camped out to enroll — in the school only furthered Sanders» curiosity over how to scale schools and build systems that meet the needs of a whole child and leverage community assets to do so.

«Even though there are countless obstacles confronting today's urban schools, I firmly believe that parents and community members can have a profound impact on meeting the needs of children if schools engage them in the right way,» she says.

The SEND code of practice from the DfE and Department of Health says in deciding whether to go ahead with an assessment the local authority must consider whether there is evidence that despite the early years, school or post-16 institution taking action to meet the special educational needs of the child, the child has not made expected progress.