Sentences with phrase «new school conversion»

We worked with parents and stakeholders to create the new school conversion process, one that is designed to elevate the voice of parents in helping operators shape a model that will best serve a school community.

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Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

New housing, combined with the conversion of School # 17 to a community - school model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighboSchool # 17 to a community - school model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighboschool model and demolition of blighted commercial buildings, has changed the fabric of the neighborhood.

Ellicott Development is proceeding with its conversion of the former School 56 on West Delavan Avenue into a new apartment building, and plans to seek tax breaks from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, after the Buffalo Planning Board gave its assent to the project this week.

Collaborating with the Alliance for Quality Education and Citizen Action of New York in efforts to fairly fund public schools, she sits on NYSUT's LGBTQ Task Force, which resolves to support legislation banning conversion therapy and to protect intended parental rights.

As part of the conversion to the national Common Core standards, school districts in New York are required to place more student records, transcripts, and even behavioral information, like absences and suspensions, in online data bases.

Professor Ken Naitoh of Waseda University's Faculty of Science and Engineering (Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering) and his associates have discovered a revolutionary energy conversion principle (new compressive combustion principle) able to yield stand - alone engines with double or higher the thermal efficiency potential of conventional engines, independent of their size.

If several primary schools are combining to convert together, choosing to form a new Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) as the conversion vehicle will add a significant additional dimension of change to the shape and function of the individual schools» management teams just when resources will be stretched by the demands of the conversion process.

The government's flagship school reforms programme of encouraging academy conversion and the opening of new free schools could act to widen educational inequality across the country, according to new analysis.

Over the coming 12 to 18 months, as successful conversions take place at schools using the parent trigger, we are confident the new school leadership will bring significant improvement in student learning and achievement.

The recent draft Education Bill has implied that the conversion to an academy is the preferred route by the Coalition Government for schools and will be the chosen route for new schools launched during their term in office.

Perhaps the most poignant display of what giving up faith for money will mean for schools was highlighted in a 2008 New York Times article documenting the conversion of Holy Name, a D.C. Catholic school, into Center City Public Charter Sschool, into Center City Public Charter SchoolSchool.

The State Board had been expecting to vote on a recommendation to teach integrated science in middle school as part of a conversion to the new Next Generation... read more

New schools may be granted pilot status, but most are conversions from traditional BPS schools.

New Orleans has long been in the spotlight for its near - total conversion from a traditional school district to a collection of schools run autonomously as public charters.

Ofsted's annual report reveals that of 170 local authority - maintained schools that were languishing at the lowest rating in April last year, when new rules around academy conversion came into force, 65 of which have still not converted to academy status.

Shrewsbury House School has been supporting this programme through a shoe recycling scheme — «CONVERSION — a new life for old shoes.»

Stacey Gauthier is the Principal of The Renaissance Charter School, a Pre-K-12 conversion charter school and one of the oldest charter schools in New York City, located in Jackson Heights, QSchool, a Pre-K-12 conversion charter school and one of the oldest charter schools in New York City, located in Jackson Heights, Qschool and one of the oldest charter schools in New York City, located in Jackson Heights, Queens.

While the majority of charter schools in California are founded as start - up, or new, schools, there's a growing number of those that are conversions of traditional public schools.

«That the Hartford Board of Education approves the conversion of the High School, Inc. to a Sheff magnet school starting with the 9th grade in 2014 - 2015 with expansion to grade 12 by 2017 - 2018; approves the creation of a new Partnership Magnet School with Capital Community College, the Capital Community College Senior Academy; authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Community College regarding the creation of such new school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&School, Inc. to a Sheff magnet school starting with the 9th grade in 2014 - 2015 with expansion to grade 12 by 2017 - 2018; approves the creation of a new Partnership Magnet School with Capital Community College, the Capital Community College Senior Academy; authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Community College regarding the creation of such new school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&school starting with the 9th grade in 2014 - 2015 with expansion to grade 12 by 2017 - 2018; approves the creation of a new Partnership Magnet School with Capital Community College, the Capital Community College Senior Academy; authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Community College regarding the creation of such new school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&School with Capital Community College, the Capital Community College Senior Academy; authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Community College regarding the creation of such new school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.&School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.Schools.»

This supplement does not apply to new conversion charter schools that began operation in 2008 - 09 and later.

New Dashboard indicators to summary color conversion: I converted the color for each indicator into a numerical value (red = 1; blue = 5), calculated a simple average across all the indicators available for each school, and translated that average back into the corresponding color.

As we embark upon a new academic year at Battle Primary Academy, it is an opportunity to, once again, reflect upon the changes that have taken place at the school since our January 2013 conversion.

A «strawberry reception» was then held in the community garden for new parents, new staff, new pupils and special guests before Mrs Jennings enjoyed an extensive tour of the school with the four newly - appointed house captains who were very polite and very proud of how much progress their school has made since academy conversion.

The new proposals could lead to the rapid conversion of up to 1,000 schools over the next five years — on the assumption that schools continue to fail at the same rate as present.

Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, has said the new # 140 million strategic school improvement fund proves the government's intentions have shifted from «mass conversion to mass improvement».

Other pending bills in the lower house would create new rights and benefits for classified employees that work for charter schools and require charter conversions to be approved by 50 percent of classified staff in addition to half the teachers.

In December 2016, Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, said the new fund showed a shift in the government's approach from «mass conversion to mass improvement».

Janet currently oversees the new and conversion school application processes, the collection and validation of student and staff level data for its 41 charter schools, and the organization's recently developed communications team.

-- Parent advocate Karran Harper Royal The changes happening to schools in New Orleans — the conversion from public to private — has sadly become a prototype for schools across the country.

Some are entirely new schools (start - ups), while others emerge from existing public schools (conversions).

The 2010 law allows parents at low - performing schools to petition for a takeover that can include installing new leadership, closure or conversion to a charter school.

... Lori Yuan, an anti-petition parent who has two children at Desert Trails, said she wants to give [the new principal, David Mobley,] a chance to turn around the school without the upheaval of a charter conversion.

The new law allows for new charter schools as well as the conversion of existing public schools in to charters.

The principle is that schools can start to be turned around before the conversion to «sponsor academy» status - the current main mechanism for addressing failure, by which schools are put under new management.

The division would submit a charter school application for each of the new or conversion schools to its local school board for approval.

the majority of charter schools in California are founded as start - up, or new, schools, there's a growing number of those that are conversions of traditional public schools.

According to the California Teachers Association, which supported the new regulations, other state laws still require that any charter conversion have the support of a majority of teachers at the affected school, but the new regulations are silent on that issue.

Charters are expected to grow exponentially under the new federal education law, No Child Left Behind, which holds out conversion to charter schools as one solution for chronically failing traditional schools.

«In addition to this RSCs provide crucial support to schools by approving academy conversions, recruiting new sponsors and setting up Multi Academy Trusts to provide a structure for sustaining support and raising standards in schools.»

Teachers have held strikes against conversions in many schools, angry over new terms and conditions and optouts from national pay agreements.

Last year, 115 new charter schools opened their doors in California - 86 % were start - ups and 14 % were conversions of traditional schools.