Sentences with phrase «need districts sought»

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But the state is in a budget crisis, with school funding a central issue as Gov. Dannel Malloy seeks to overhaul the state formula to redistribute money to districts in need.

NWSRA seeks people who are willing to be called on to work various hours integrating individuals with special needs into Park District Programs.

Additionally, waiver requests must be made available to the public to ensure accountability and provide American farmers and food providers an opportunity to seek out school districts that need affordable American - grown food.»

The group recently succeeded in getting a Park District referendum on the March 19 ballot seeking to raise $ 3 million of the $ 6 million to $ 8 million its attorneys believe is needed to buy the land.

It all began when the Naperville Cemetery Association, needing more burial plots, decided to end Naperville Unit School District 203's lease of 4.7 association - owned acres for two athletic fields for Naperville Central High School School officials sought nearby land to replace the fields so athletes would not be bused to a far - flung site.

Of those (and there were many), four main issues were selected for further, immediate action: the issue of competitive foods and a la carte foods; the need for nutrition education; the need to coordinate with other groups in our community seeking similar goals; and the need for Food Services to do a better job communicating with the larger district community.

Nozzolio, R - Fayette, whose district includes Seneca and Wayne counties and parts of Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario and Tompkins counties, announced Feb. 2 he would not seek re-election because he needed to undergo heart surgery.

«To plan for the future, we need predictability,» said Ron Masera, superintendent of the Remsenburg - Speonk district, has written to area representatives in the legislature to seek their help.

School advocates insisted the boost in funding they are seeking is reflective of the need on the district level.

Through HPD's Summer Office Hours Program, HPD will hold office hours in each City Council District to address the needs of constituents seeking information about building maintenance issues, and code enforcement process and services.

Leaders of the Democratic Senate caucus have said Maynard persisted in his re-election campaign for the fifth term — in which he defeated a little - known local Republican — because of a desire to serve his district, and not because he was seeking the 10 years he needed for the medical benefits.

Elia delivered her speech to a number of area college presidents and members of higher education where she encouraged them to seek partnerships and work with districts, like Buffalo, to help make needed changes.

Without the pre-clearance protection, lawmakers will not need approval next time they draw district lines and the city Board of Elections can use the old lever - operated voting machines without seeking clearance.

The District has yet to remove a third false claim from their web site that the DOH determined that there was no need for students, staff or visitors to the school to take action or seek medical advice.

Coupled wiith the need to seek out the right weapon parts over every nook and cranny of the city's entertainment district, this means that Chuck's downtime between story missions quickly becomes an utterly compulsive cyclical reward for ploughing through the compulsory objectives.

Now, the Obama administration has sought to boost school improvement through Race to the Top by getting states and districts to compete for some federal dollars with promises to execute needed reforms.

Lecturer David Rose, Ed.D.» 76, hopes and believes that he and his colleagues are part of a revolution — a revolution called Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which is increasingly taking hold in schools and school districts across the country and seeks to design curriculum from the outset that can accommodate all types of learners, rather than retrofitting existing curriculums on an ad hoc, as needed basis.

So, if you are an urban district, you will have many statistics to work with to help you establish need for the funding you seek in your grant application.

Plano, a large district on the outskirts of Dallas, saw the power of online learning and launched its Course Access program in 2001, which focused on serving students with scheduling difficulties, students seeking to recover credits, and students who might have special learning or emotional needs.

But, the jury concluded, the ulti0 mate responsibility for the district's need to seek bankruptcy protection earlier this spring belonged to a school board that failed to control the district...

One such effort is being led by K - 12 systems like the District of Columbia public schools, which has sought to customize content to teachers» needs and deepen their understanding of academic material by giving them a role in developing it.

SDP created the rubric as a first step for districts seeking to gain control over their information — to take stock of what they have, where they are storing it, and what needs it might serve.

Instead, it focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs of their highest - need special - education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:

If one examines the context more specifically, one finds that the districts» plans reflect efforts to overcome a history of segregation, embody the results of broad experience and community consultation, seek to expand student choice while reducing the need for mandatory busing, and use race - conscious criteria in highly limited ways that diminish the use of race compared to preceding integration efforts.

A State Information System to Support Improvements in Productivity In this essay Marguerite Roza discusses the data needed to support districts and schools as they seek new, more productive solutions.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

The first four rounds of the Achievement School District's charter authorization process have been iterative, adapting to reflect not just our families» evolving needs, but the growth mindset we seek.

A story in the Oct. 25, 1995, issue of Education Week about school board elections in Wilkinsburg, Pa., misstated the size of a tax increase that a board member said would be needed to offset a pay raise sought by the district's teachers.

The program «gives districts the flexibility, through a rigorous screening process, to seek outside help that will meet their local needs,» Snyder said.

«America's 90,000 school board members seek a modernized ESEA that supports strong local governance and provides states, school districts and local communities with the flexibility needed to equip public school students with the tools they need to success succeed in both local and global economies.»

In this essay Marguerite Roza discusses the data needed to support districts and schools as they seek new, more productive solutions.

The report highlights the fact that while state policy decisions over the past 25 years have sought to help poorer districts meet the needs of its students, differences in funding levels still persist and those born into wealthier areas are afforded higher levels of investment in their education.

Talent Development Secondary, a comprehensive school reform effort, has emerged after over 20 years of research, applications and practices, well equipped to respond effectively to the needs of schools and districts seeking the strategies, tools, materials, supports and personnel needed to dramatically improve middle and high schools marked by low achievement and low graduation rates.

A district seeking certification exemption noted in its rationale that it was for CTE teachers «and others as needed.»

District human resource personnel then would analyze those rankings against their own needs to determine which candidate may actually possess the 21 leadership responsibilities being sought.

She is lead counsel on ACLU's education equity litigation, including lead counsel for Community Coalition v. Los Angeles Unified School District, a lawsuit seeking to compel LAUSD to provide the proper amount of funding and services to high - need students.

At the same time, more and more school districts are seeking more money through referendums — partially driving the need for the review, Kitchens said.

The project seeks to engage teachers, school and district leaders, teachers» associations and unions, and state and national education organizations in a much - needed transformation of our profession.

A search committee composed of the district's principals, as well as members of the curriculum and instruction and human resources teams, sought a professional development solution that would address the individual professional development needs of more than 3,500 staff members.

This could also lower districts» need to seek additional money through referendum or property tax levies.

Parental involvement, including efforts the school district makes to seek parent input in making decisions for the school district and each individual schoolsite, and including how the school district will promote parental participation in programs for unduplicated pupils and individuals with exceptional needs.

Indeed, questionable actions even prompted the Orange County District Attorney's Office to send a letter to Moreno, reminding him of the need for the district to not obstruct the parents» rights to lawfully seek school transfoDistrict Attorney's Office to send a letter to Moreno, reminding him of the need for the district to not obstruct the parents» rights to lawfully seek school transfodistrict to not obstruct the parents» rights to lawfully seek school transformation.

Program leaders are seeking additional funding that would allow them to provide bonuses to those who take jobs in critical needs districts.

For example, a focus on literacy across the content areas is now considered best practice and is standard in many school districts, but many programs need to strengthen coursework on literacy instruction for prospective teachers seeking a content - area certification.16 Furthermore, all teacher preparation programs have yet to coalesce around a common understanding of accomplished practice, though the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or the National Board, has taken steps to provide teacher preparation programs with access to model teaching lessons.

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Fortunately, three solid school board candidates seek to bring change, restore fiscal discipline to the district, focus on the needs of the students and give teachers the support they need to educate children.

The resolution was introduced by Monica Garcia and Ref Rodriguez and asks the district staff to «seek outside support for the funding» to replicate successful school programs in areas of high need in the district.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

To collect data, states and districts may need to seek local partnerships.

The district's definition of personalization is «seeking to facilitate student learning by tailoring the instructional environment - what, when, how, and where learning occurs - to address the individual needs, skills, and interests of each learner.