Sentences with phrase «neighboring districts»

The bus can hold 25 kids at a time and has served about 5,000 students at the district's elementary and middle schools, as well as in neighboring districts in the county.

In addition, the size of the district or proximity of schools from neighboring districts could impact the perception of a specific school's value, beyond the simple expenditure formula.

Special education students make up 7 percent of enrollment, compared to 13 percent at neighboring district schools.

You will continue to find distinct differences even between neighboring districts thanks to local control.

The academic performance in the public schools is substantially below neighboring districts and State averages.

An increasing number of families are enrolling their students in neighboring districts.

Around the country, charter schools operate with 28 percent less public and private funding than neighboring district schools.

Public revenue for charter schools is typically 10 to 20 percent below per - pupil funding levels at neighboring district - run schools.

Guenther sees major changes on the horizon, including the possibilities of year - round school with four - day weeks, sharing staff with neighboring districts in virtual classrooms and rewarding teachers for performance instead of only seniority and educational attainment.

Brindisi, who got to know Tenney when they served neighboring districts in the state Assembly, said he hopes the congressional campaign will be about issues, and not marked by caustic personal attacks.

In addition to drawing youngsters away from private schools, the academy seems to be making neighboring districts take notice.

Gerrymandering is a problem; a Representative could have their voter base diluted across neighboring districts at the whim of the controlling party.

It is also the case that the cost of delivering the same services as neighboring districts can increase with revenues, often as the result of concessions extracted by employees as part of the collective bargaining process.

If possible, work collaboratively with other neighboring districts.

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

School officials in neighboring districts said they're evaluating the best course of action to address the latest budget constraint.

High - poverty school districts enroll half of America's schoolchildren, and often, children in affluent, neighboring districts benefit from greater resources.

Your version of a «tipped» playing field is that charters don't get nearly as much money per student as do neighboring district schools.

Kelley Williams - Bolar of Akron, Ohio was sentenced to 10 days in jail for enrolling her daughters in a highly ranked neighboring district outside of her assigned public school zone.

An honest «no» often means that they consider neighboring districts that have gifted programs.

«The district's own report clearly shows that students at Celerity's schools are knocking it out of the park compared to students attending neighboring district schools,» said the CCSA's Mandell.

The power of charter schools is that as their success grows and their numbers swell, market forces will pressure neighboring district public schools to improve.

According to the staff reports, all three schools outperform neighboring district schools on this year's state tests in both math and English, with the exception of Magnolia Science Academy 2, where students meeting or exceeding English standards fell 12 percentage points below the average at nearby resident schools.

WCCUSD presented this chart at a board study session on teacher retention, during which board trustees discussed pay in comparable neighboring districts.

According to data analyzed by Ann Mantil, Anne Perkins, and Stephanie Aberger, the benefits from redistribution within and across multiple neighboring districts, even if implemented nationwide on a large scale, would vary widely, and efforts would decrease the percentage of high - poverty schools in some states by no more than about 10 % to 15 %.

Camino Nuevo Charter Academy operates a rigorous college preparatory program for more than 1,500 low - income students at four active central Los Angeles campuses that consistently out - perform neighboring district - run schools.

The system involves trained teams of practicing educators from neighboring districts visiting schools throughout a district, observing to what extent the schools are meeting eight indicators of school quality — from using performance - based assessments to providing equity in student learning.

These sessions will take place all over the city (including a meeting for neighboring neighboring District 5, which runs from Uptown to the Lower Garden District, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at Dryades YMCA, 2220 O.C. Haley Blvd.) through the end of July, and an updated version of the plan is expected in August.

Residential poverty tends to be concentrated, and successful school integration requires either a district with enough socioeconomic diversity within its boundaries or a group of neighboring districts which, when combined, have enough diversity to facilitate an interdistrict integration plan.

Electoral opponents Republican Dan Donovan and Democrat Vincent Gentile are elected officials who serve neighboring districts, Donovan as Staten Island district attorney and Gentile as a council member who's district includes the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

Lifting barriers that hinder access to high - quality school options will encourage an array of academic choices, such as specific program pathways within a school district, transfers within and between neighboring districts, or free open - enrollment public charter schools, either as part of the school district or independent of the district.

For example, the brief describes how data — specifically, data that showed Highline Public Schools was making less progress than neighboring districts on closing equity gaps — ultimately created a sense of urgency that supported efforts by district leaders to change policy, practice and culture within the district.

DPS enrollment has increased 25 percent since 2005, driven by population growth, residential development on a closed airport and military base, expanded preschool programs (available to most four - year - olds and a few three - year - olds), and students returning from neighboring districts.

About a third of the eligible students in the district's boundaries attend the charter; the others are at neighboring districts or other nearby charter schools.

The reclassification rate at Magnolia Academy 2 was 30 percent, and 51 percent at Magnolia Academy 3, about twice the rate of neighboring district schools.

showdown continues between Walmart and the neighboring District of Columbia, where Mayor Vincent Gray could sign a bill that would make large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city's minimum wage.

However, she also reports that neighboring districts are showing interest in making the same improvements, which means they can now bid for food collectively and get better prices.

Last week, I attended a conference which included a presentation by a neighboring district touting its school meal program.

The Barrington Countryside Park District also offers rebates to residents who sign up for programs in neighboring districts.

It's certainly a win - win situation for these schools, but it also creates a disturbing picture of rich kids nibbling on sushi and having enough money for the team uniforms, while poor kids in a neighboring district are not only getting eating subpar food, they're often selling candy and other junk food to raise money for those same uniforms, further contributing to poor health habits that may last a lifetime.

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

Fido could now ask his friends in the federal dog party to change district borders to make that problematic city a part of the neighboring district 2.