Sentences with phrase «much bigger district»

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He also was involved in acquiring much of the land for the Lincoln Marsh and for the district's biggest purchase, the Arrowhead Golf Club.

From big bluestem, blackeyed susan, Indian grass, switch grass, and much more the Arlington Heights Park District continues to restore natural habitats.

In Dallas, Dora Rivas believes that her district's biggest obstacle to BIC expansion wasn't so much a lack of resources, but a lack of understanding.

Have you thought about partnering with a colleague from a neighboring district to team up and run a much bigger school nutrition program nearby?

Finally, the big savings from P2 are really only realized if your entire district is very low income; implementing it in just a few very low income schools within a district which is less than 85 % low income may not save much.

He has over one million dollars in his campaign war chest, much of it from other congresspersons in «safe» districts (like Pelosi and Hoyer) and big labor unions.

Calamia's complaint says that much of the big money that went to the Democratic committees on Long Island involved many of the same organizations Sugarman cited in her report as working with de Blasio, including Local 1199 of the powerful Service Employees International Union, Communications Workers of America District One, the state Nurse's Association and SEIU 32BJ.

After eight years running one of the biggest and most active public corruption operations as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara knows how to read indictments and plea deals, and with the big news out of the Mueller investigation, it looks to him like much more is coming.

«The biggest things for us have been the size of the world, the density of the world, the streaming spaghetti of getting everything working with no load zones and seamlessly streaming,» Jones described, «Also, how we build missions in a much larger world like that — how we send you to different districts and how we get you to explore all of these nooks and crannies in the environment.»

students who wish to pursue an entrepreneurial career, whether nonprofit or for - profit, by providing important tools and services to schools and districts, will develop a much deeper understanding of the systems and processes that exist in K — 12 education that they want to improve or replace, and are better at finding points of leverage that will make a big difference for educators and students.

That's how he frames his role as superintendent of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York, delegating much of the day - to - day work of running a high - poverty turnaround district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big District of Middletown, New York, delegating much of the day - to - day work of running a high - poverty turnaround district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big picture.

She doesn't view standards and accountability as I do (or as I think much of the country does) and is overly impressed by the achievements wrought by some big - spending interventions (such as New Jersey's «Abbott districts»).

Though the surface takeaway is that the Douglas affair is one of conservatives and reformers taking over an affluent district, there's a much bigger story here: We are likely to see many, many more episodes like this in the months and years to come, though there will be variations on the theme.

«The big problem is the district and the union have not figured out how much weight they will count for,» said Fernandez, who...

Among the big budget questions that have yet to be resolved by the state legislature is how much school districts will need to contribute toward teacher pensions, which could affect hiring.

The epidemic's effects are much bigger than student overdoses and districts handing out naloxone.

«The big problem is the district and the union have not figured out how much weight they will count for,» said Fernandez, who is also a former member of UTLA's Board of Directors and House of Representatives.

Some districts will, in the end, be much bigger winners (low - income and English Language Learners in this case) than say some suburban higher - income districts, but everyone needs to get something in order to have a deep and wide coalition to pass such a sweeping bill.

Melnick doesn't see that kind of work changing much under the new administration; instead, he thinks the big change will involve the practice of issuing «Dear Colleague» letters, which lay out the OCR's position on civil rights issues, to school districts and institutions of higher education.

Because there can be so much variation in poverty within a school district (just think about the socio - economic differences between Tribeca and the Bronx), the Department of Education is making a big push to calculate exactly how much each school spends on a student.

I set out to answer what I thought were a few simple questions: How much money has the state invested in the biggest districts with the highest concentrations of disadvantaged students?

As much as districts like Dallas» keep searching for the right combination of strategies, moving students toward high school graduation and post-high school education remains a big challenge.

Given the presence of these groups, along with the presence of Alliance for Educational Justice (another group backed by AFT), it is little wonder why so much of the «manifesto» focuses on opposing choice and Parent Power, as well as calling for districts to stop hiring recruits trained by Teach For America, the teacher quality reform outfit that has long been the bane of the Big Two's existence.

The district's own experts and its independent financial advisory panel have already identified numerous issues that are much bigger than charters, some of which you've discussed today.

Here's a look at the two central questions posed by «The Bee Keeper,» the new book about Michelle Rhee: Why do D.C. schools perform so much worse than many other big city school districts?

There aren't many big - city school districts that can regularly pitch and place good news stories with that kind of frequency, and without much skepticism.

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions played three big sold - out shows in Melbourne, but we didn't much care for the place, particularly the deathly dull Central Business District (CBD), where we were put up.

Villa Mahkota Seminyak, Bali the proverbial big chief of the little tribe of Bugis villas Bali, is located in Seminyak, just of the much envied Jalan Drupadi and Oberoi district.

They are big, bright, and anything but sleek, much as the new Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District looks from the outside like a hospital or a prison.

AR: Having moved to the Meatpacking District in 1997 and opening the bar Passerby a couple of years later, you moved downtown to Greenwich Street to a much bigger space, which opened in 2003, the same year that John Currin left Andrea Rosen for Larry Gagosian.

Downtown Big D has been enjoying a renaissance recently and much of the success can be largely contributed to its ever - burgeoning arts district.

Papers filed Thursday in Manhattan Federal Court claim Big Papi visited the sleek hotspot in the Flatiron District and liked it so much, he stole it like Jeter steals second base.

There is usually a gap in the range of housing types that a city or county's zoning districts allow, and more importantly encourage, in particular when the zones shift from upper (smaller lot) single - family zones that only allow single - family detached uses / homes and the lower end of medium density / multifamily zones that usually allow much bigger buildings (taller and wider) and also typically encourage lot aggregation and suburban garden apartment - type buildings.