Sentences with phrase «needs districts against»
Pitting high - needs districts against the affluent is ridiculous; pitting them against each other is right out of Spartacus.
https://www.timesunion.com/ Not exact matches
The Mokena Community Park District's plan to build a recreation center on the Yunker Farm site has been thrown in doubt by the Will County Zoning and Planning Commission's vote against the needed permit.
Commissioner Steve Welch, who voted against the ordinance, said, «I want open space as much as anyone else, but my objection has always been that the Park District needs land to have active recreation on.»
But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»
Therefore, in order to move to a proportional representation system, you would need the state officials in charge of drawing congressional districts (traditionally the state legislature) to draw districts against their own interests when it is perfectly legal to blatantly draw them in your favor (so long as you don't do so in such a way as to not explicitly dilute the power of some actual protected class, i.e. race, gender, etc.).
Local activist Kamillah Hanks is running against her, assailing the incumbent for not doing enough or being responsive to the district's needs.
U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack agreed to the delay because Venditto's attorneys said they needed more time to prepare to fight additional charges of securities fraud filed against him last month in a superseding indictment.
You'll need something to yank after realizing that there are ten congressional districts in New York where Democrats are running either against incumbent Republicans or for an open seat.
Union leaders say the district is retaliating against the teachers, while the district says the cuts are needed to balance the building's budget, as the aides hired to perform those supervisory duties cost an additional $ 571,000.
It was against this backdrop, that the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, underscored the need for part of the district assemblies» common fund to be used to rehabilitate and build new courts for easy access and quality delivery of Justice.
Members should be forced, for no practical purpose, to have to weigh their elected responsibilities as members against the need for political presence in their districts.»
Mr. Gentile, up against Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, a Republican, will need to raise money quickly to compete in the race.
President Obama needs to redline stimulus components going to the districts of the Red Bushies who voted against the bill.
It involves both special needs students as well as regular education students who play together as a team against teams from neighboring districts.
As I wrote in our study of data use in New York City, we need to move beyond either / or dichotomies that pit classroom information against district or statewide data:
The laws need to be reasonable and as President, I have the right to veto any law that is against school / district policy.
The full report documents how school finance policy choices at the federal, state, and district levels systematically stack the deck against students who need the most support...
Parents who want to effect change in the district school system often need the support of a majority of school board members, which means that parents who disagree must vie against each other in a political process to have their preferences expressed.
The full report documents how school finance policy choices at the federal, state, and district levels systematically stack the deck against students who need the most support from their schools.
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.
Opponents generally argued against limiting districts» options for housing students and making badly needed upgrades.
The laws he rails against provide all the tools needed to dismiss the few ineffective teachers in any district.
If the events in Newtown are of any indication (especially against backdrop of the challenges of our urban districts and our failure to close the racial achievement gap), «more effective communication» is at the heart of what we need as a nation to bring about and sustain more transformative learning communities.
We need to carefully weigh the quality of each Charter School against the resources available within the district, recognizing that some students will do better in a smaller setting.
The State of Washington will be holding a press conference on August 18, 2015 at 10 am to release the disaggregated district - level results for their state which will undoubtedly reveal that the SBAC test particularly discriminates against children from low - income homes, children who face English language barriers and children who need special education services.
Recent op - eds in The Detroit News continue to pit the wide - ranging needs of charter public school students against those of students enrolled in traditional public school districts.
We need School Board members like Billy Townsend in Polk or Charlie Kennedy in Manatee, elected officials who stand up for their own districts against the dictatorship that is the House.
The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School District.
Rather than pit district and charter schools against each other, we need to continue working together to help ensure children in New Haven have a bright future.
Considering that the home district is responsible for paying all of the costs associated with providing needed services to special education students in charter schools, the schools aren't discriminating against students with disabilities because of financial reasons, they simply refuse to provide educational opportunities to any students that don't fit the «profile» they wish to serve.
Prior to joining the firm, Saja was an Associate Attorney at Wyner Law Group, P.C. where she represented children with special needs and their families against school districts.
Against the contracting number of district court cases and the unfamiliarity of PTAB, the only thing that's certain is the need to remain informed.
Whether you teach in the Corona - Norco Unified School District or rent in the city to gain access to awesome hiking opportunities in nearby Cleveland National Forrest, chances are that you need solid Corona insurance options to mitigate against risks in your life and business.
08/23/16: Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support / U.S. v. Georgia (N.D. Ga. 2016): The United States filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia in federal district court to remedy violations of the ADA pertaining to the State's failure to provide thousands of public school students with behavior - related disabilities with appropriate mental health and therapeutic educational services and supports in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.