Sentences with phrase «meeting on city schools»

There wasn't a big turnout Tuesday night in Lafayette High School for a meeting on city schools» new code of conduct.

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Now, there were two aspects to the night life of Shady Hill; there were the parties, of course, and then there was another side — a regular Santa Claus's workshop of madrigal singers, political discussion groups, recorder groups, dancing schools, confirmation classes, committee meetings, and lectures on literature, philosophy, city planning, and pest control.

After moving from the Crescent City to attend The Art Institute of Houston, Chef Dominick serendipitously met James Beard Award - winning chef Chris Shepherd on a behind - the - scenes tour of Underbelly during his first quarter at cooking school.

In Los Angeles, on South Fairfax Ave., below where it meets Wilshire Blvd. in the city's west end, sits the Orthodox Shalhevet High School, a three - story brick and glass private sSchool, a three - story brick and glass private schoolschool.

Michael Roe, principal of Poly High School, meets with students McKenna Elton, 16, left, and Deborah Platt, 15, from the Poly Social Justice Council, in Roe's office on Feb. 16, 2016, in the city of Riverside.

Also at 12:30 p.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito holds a press conference prior to the Council's pre-stated meeting where members are expected to vote on a private school security bill, Red Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

During a private breakfast meeting at Gracie Mansion, de Blasio, his top attorneys and a senior advisor encouraged a group of lawyers to work with the city on a pro-bono basis, provide internships and other mentoring opportunities to low - income high school students and assist in the bid to win the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

In a tweet early Friday, Richard Carranza referenced reporter Lindsay Christ's coverage of a recent meeting on the Upper West Side at P.S. 199, one of the city's whitest schools with many students from wealthy families.

Off topic questions included his speech tomorrow to Britain's Labour Party, Chirlane McCray's attendance at an NYPD CompStat meeting, whether ISIS and the recent U.S. military strikes will cause a ramped - up security / counter-terrorism effort by the City, Governor Cuomo's efforts at supporting a Democratic state senate, Congressional approval of military strikes ordered by President Obama, the City school system's policy on student cell phones and continuing problems at Rikers Island.

Carvalho stunned City Hall on Thursday when he revealed at a meeting of the Miami - Dade school board that he would be rejecting the job.

The NCOs have also been attending events in their individual sectors to get the word out and show their faces, and cops who showed up unexpectedly at a meeting of the Battery Part City School PTA on April 13 earned accolades from parents enthused by the idea of the old - fashioned beat cops, according to one member.

Hundreds of upset parents showed up last night at contentious meeting in Manhattan where a city panel was going to vote on closing 13 public schools this summer.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Against the backdrop of city and state budget - cutting teacher layoffs, Rep. Michael Grimm weighed in on LIFO with Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, calling it «unacceptable» during a meeting with her in his Washington office.

Enraged at the mayor's threat to close 33 «persistently lowest achieving» schools and remove half the staff in each school, more than 1,000 UFT - represented educators descended on a Jan. 18 meeting of the city's Panel for Educational Policy at Brooklyn Technical HS, disrupting the proceedings with whistles and chants before walking out in protest.

Silver says the Assembly's budget plan, due out March 11, will restore $ 260 million dollars Cuomo cut to New York City schools, after they failed to meet the governor's deadline to agree on a teacher evaluation plan.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

«They were told on the morning of the meeting that the governor's office would not meet with the Utica City School District delegation, but they would meet with the other school districts.&School District delegation, but they would meet with the other school districts.&school districts.»

Current board members Craig Stallings and Juan M. Hernandez joined Ayesha Clarke on the Democratic slate, while Shontá Browdy, a parent advocate who is no stranger to city school board meetings, was endorsed by the Working Families Party.

Councilmember Justin Brannan is calling on local officials to meet funding levels mandated for New York City public schools under the terms of a decade - old legal settlement and thanks to the efforts of the Campaign for Fiscal Equality (CFE).

At the Batavia City School District Board of Education meeting on Feb. 6, several students and staff members were presented with achievement awards for their exemplary work and contributions.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Also at 2:30 p.m., the Buffalo School Board will hold a special meeting to discuss the possible forced removal of one of its members, Carl Paladino, who does not plan on attending, City Hall, Common Council Chambers, 13th floor, Buffalo.

The Kingston City School District saw its $ 161.6 million budget proposal meet with overwhelming success at the polls on Tuesday,

(CNN)- New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio was with President Barack Obama in a meeting on Friday when the President received a note about a school shooting in Colorado.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, who joined the city school system this month, fanned the flames Friday by retweeting a news story on the meeting headlined: «Watch: Wealthy white Manhattan parents angrily rant against plan to bring more black kids to their schools.schools.»

The Republican leader sent a letter to de Blasio on Monday, claiming the city has failed to meet a state requirement by filling out a form that shows, building by building, how schools spend local, state and federal tax dollars.

Members of the Board of Education of the City School District of New Rochelle will hold the following meetings on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Administration Building, 515 North Avenue, Second Floor, New Rochelle, New York:

Degruy has visited and worked in a number of Rochester City schools, saying at first her methods were met with resistance, some thinking that focusing on one group of students meant neglecting another.

On Tuesday, during a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News, she delivered some harsh criticism against the Bloomberg administration's effort to close poor - performing schools, saying it had led the city to «warehouse» struggling students in schools where they «don't have a shot» at succeeding.

State lawmakers said they are doing their best to meet the often - competing financial needs of schools on Long Island, in New York City and elsewhere in the state.

Grossi protested at a rally last week before the Buffalo School Board meeting, where he appeared with other protestors on the steps of City Hall.

While last night's meeting in Saint Joseph University Church occurred only days after the massacre in Las Vegas, the panel discussion focus was the effect of violence on kids in city schools.

Two of the city's most prominent charter school leaders criticized the de Blasio administration on Saturday, after a meeting with schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and about 100 city charter officials on Saturday morning.

After meeting privately with a bipartisan group of business leaders at City Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakCity Hall on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio told members of the media that there is widespread agreement mayoral control of city schools must be extended by Albany lawmakcity schools must be extended by Albany lawmakers.

Lopes and other members of the city's all - Democratic legislative delegation say the figure seems far out of line for an elementary school renovation, and complained that they didn't learn about the estimate until it was listed on an agenda for the common council's monthly meeting.

The new majority on the Buffalo Public School Board went into special meeting Wednesday afternoon with the five votes needed to make Donald Ogilvie, former Erie 1 BOCES superintendent, the interim city schools superintendent.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studeCity Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

A group of Brooklyn teachers, chapter leaders and UFT representatives met on June 7 at a local diner with City Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positiCity Councilman Vincent Gentile to make sure he understood the severe problems facing overcrowded District 20 schools and how much more severe those problems will become if the city lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positicity lays off 4,200 teachers and cuts another 1,500 teaching positions.

Mayor Byron W. Brown is pledging an extra $ 500,000 for the city schools after meeting with Buffalo parents on Thursday.

She is meeting with the New York City Charter School Center and leaders from many charter schools and networks in a closed press meeting on Saturday.

That's why the Brooklyn legislator made it a point to be one of nine area senators who met with concerned UFT members and parents on June 5 to discuss the potentially drastic cutbacks facing New York City schools.

The school board will meet in special session at noon at City Hall to vote on Dr. Kriner Cash as the next superintendent.

About the Parent Advisory Board The Parent Advisory Board gives Queens public school parents an opportunity to be heard on education issues and concerns and provides a forum to meet with senior city and state DOE officials.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Supporters of Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras made their voices heard at a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday night.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

«The UFT has been meeting with Bill de Blasio on education and other issues important to New Yorkers since he was on the District 15 community school board, a member of the City Council, and then Public Advocate.

Buffalo School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold has called for a special meeting on Wednesday, January 4th at 5:30 in the school board room at CitySchool Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold has called for a special meeting on Wednesday, January 4th at 5:30 in the school board room at Cityschool board room at City Hall.

At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the City Department of Education will holds its 2016 - 17 Educational Policy Meeting at Prospect Heights High School in Brooklyn.

David M. Steiner, the New York State education commissioner, center, met with a panel on Tuesday on the question of recommending a waiver for Cathleen P. Black to become schools chancellor in New York City.