Sentences with phrase «n't keep any school open»

Clinton's glib use of «wouldn't keep any school open» shows a limited understanding of just what is involved in «closing» a school.

Now, I wouldn't keep any school open that wasn't doing a better - than - average job.

Not exact matches

Because he's a year removed from his high school class, Diallo is eligible for the draft but he hasn't signed with an agent yet and is keeping his options open.

I still don't like to see sugary milk offered in schools and I believe that after a time the consumption of plain milk would go back up, but I am keeping an open mind.

This represents everything that is wrong with government - can't keep schools or hospitals open, can't remove snow, can't do upkeep, but self - aggrandizement - sure, we've got all the money in the world do that!

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

By contrast, Moskowitz kept her schools open for one reason: In a city where the overwhelming number of black and Latino students are failing their proficiency tests, she believes students can not afford to miss the precious education they get.

«Do you believe that the policy of routinely closing schools after what seems in a lot of cases deliberate policy by the department to let these schools deteriorate until they are not worth keeping open, do you think that is policy that should be part of your vision?»

But Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who remained cool and collected throughout the hearing, argued that it wasn't right to keep schools open if they are failing kids with consistently low test scores and graduationSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, who remained cool and collected throughout the hearing, argued that it wasn't right to keep schools open if they are failing kids with consistently low test scores and graduationschools open if they are failing kids with consistently low test scores and graduation rates.

The proposed buffer zone is similar — but not exact — to what the state Liquor Authority does to keep bars from opening near schools and churches.

Reddi, now the dean of the graduate school at Florida International University, realized early on that «hundreds of opportunities that could connect my research to other areas» would have been lost if he had been only focused on his own day - to - day activities as a researcher and not on also keeping his eyes open to new opportunities.

The custodial staff doesn't work for the principal, who must get permission from the custodian to keep a building open beyond the regular school day.

As long as charter schools aren't kept from opening or expanding because of arbitrary state caps, parents will continue flocking to them.

«We're sticking with our school, and use our time and resources to help improve it — not just for our own kids, but for all the students there,» said Hewson, who regularly attends board meetings to fight to keep the school open.

JE: At a school level, in terms of females choosing those subjects at senior secondary level, is the worry that they're not keeping their options open, that this is a broad skillset and we should be encouraging them to go into these subjects?

«We can not create more good schools for our children by accepting more failing schools,» Mary Bradley, CPS top officer responsible for charter schools, told the commission before it decided to keep the South Side charters open.

«I'm not so sure our legislators are committed enough to keep schools open, and that's scary for me,» she said.

«Interest groups do all they can to keep new schools from opening up in neighborhoods where there are other schools existing — not because of what's best for kids, but because of what they perceive is best for adults.»

Instead of deflecting potential concerns, it aggravated them, opening a festering sore about funding for district schools, which local officials say are straining to make do under an outdated state financing formula that has not kept pace with spiraling costs.

If enough avail themselves of those alternative opportunities, especially if the neighborhood school is bad (in any of a dozen ways, including safety, physical plant, etc.), there won't be enough kids left to justify keeping it open.

To those who say that we don't have the capacity to grow enough new schools, I say that's because we have a system that was mistakenly built a century ago to populate schools by geography, to keep schools open in perpetuity, to homogenize offerings, and to own and operate all public schools in a designated area.

«The existence of a traditional school that is worse is not a good reason to keep a bad charter school that's not meeting standards open,» Medler says.

The all - day event meant that more than 1 million public school students had the day off because schools couldn't find enough substitute teachers to keep schools open.

While the debate rages on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14 academic year.

Flanagan told a state panel last week it's not clear if the Muskegon Heights school district, or the for - profit charter company that ran it the last two years, will face any consequences for running up a deficit big enough to require an emergency loan worth $ 1.4 million and two cash advances to keep schools open through June.

In spite of that, establishing open lines of communication with your child's school, especially their classroom teacher and paraprofessionals, will help to ensure that you are kept aware of what occurs when you can not be with your child.

They asked philanthropists and private funders to support not only their political campaign, but to ensure there were sufficient funds available to pay to keep the schools open.

The State Board's decision to keep failing schools open in Aurora does not bode well for its ability to make difficult decisions around school closures and school turnaround.

But speaking at the weekend, Mr Hunt told BBC One's Andrew Marr programme that although Labour would not open new free schools «along the Michael Gove model», the bulk of existing free schools would be kept open as his party wanted to «keep the good free schools».

Mr Hunt told BBC One's Andrew Marr programme Labour would not open new free schools «along the Michael Gove model», but that the bulk of existing free schools would be kept open as his party wanted to «keep the good free schools».

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligSchools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligschools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

«Orleans Parish School Board really hasn't decided if they're going to keep the building opened as a school,» said Patricia Perkins, principal of MorrisSchool Board really hasn't decided if they're going to keep the building opened as a school,» said Patricia Perkins, principal of Morrisschool,» said Patricia Perkins, principal of Morris Jeff.

While Bill and Hillary Clinton have been charter supporters going back to his presidency in the 1990s (when the first schools opened), late last year Hillary Clinton recited some of the critic's points in a speech where she said too many charters «don't take the hardest - to - teach kids, or if they do, they don't keep them.»

A spokeswoman wouldn't say whether OPSB plans to keep the school open.

«Again, that doesn't excuse it, but that means that [Trinity Christian] was constantly in a position where they were trying to keep the doors open and keep staff paid and keep students housed and schooled while at the same time trying to fulfill obligations to the government.»

But community members rallied to keep it open, in part because of its auspicious beginnings — it was the first public school for black students in Brooklyn, opening the same year that slavery ended in New York, 1827 — and in part because parents weren't convinced that a new school would solve old problems.

He chronicles the broader political and religious tensions in the area (it would be impossible not to) but also focuses on the day - to - day nature of acclimating to a new city and culture, depicting the madcap adventures of getting the kids to and from school, the endless search for a good playground, and the difficulty of keeping the schedule straight of which days Jewish, Muslim, or Christian shops are open.

We don't hear much of this from school officials as they focus intensely on keeping their doors open.

The bank account you opened high school may or may not have kept up with your needs.

I remarked that I went back to school around 24 months ago and that my new area doesn't have a Chase branch, so I made new relationships with other banks while keeping my Chase accounts open for the future.

As for PSO while I only had the Gamecube version the Splitscreen kept me, my cousin, and my brother (who used a Action Replay and cheated the lazy bastard) and Good lord the hours we put into it, sadly after about 3 years, and a week long PSO Binder, we finally turned off the console then about 5 minutes later we heard this loud snap, looked around the room for what might have caused it, till one of us (I think it was my cousin) popped open the gamecube and the disc was split in half, by the time we finally found another copy we found out our save data for PSO was corrupt data, 3 and a half years all gone, which sadly by that point with school and what not we couldn't find the time to play it anymore........

I thought about a low residency MFA or traditional program but by then, I had started to make a mature body of work and since I didn't come through an art school for my undergrad, I wasn't sure I'd like teaching or know how to play the game but I keep it open as an option, in the future, if I needed to do it.

But so too are lots of nonminorities who look to law school as a way to keep options open, as an entry to a career in the movies or business or to make tons of money, only to discover the harsh reality after graduation that law school isn't necessarily a ticket to financial success.

However, if you're still unsure about your career direction by the time you need to make applications for university or school leaver programmes (typically year 13 in England and Wales, unless you're taking a gap year) then you may well decide to apply to university to keep your options open rather than trying to convince recruiters to hire you onto programmes you're not sure you want to do.

Since these candidates do not have any prior working experience thus, the resume of the school student needs to focus on his objectives and also mention the skills and abilities possessed by him in order to keep variety of work options open.