Sentences with phrase «of big school districts»

Driven by their collective bargaining agreements, the vast majority of big school districts ignore between - school differences in teacher salaries.

And Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, another veteran Democrat who chairs that chamber's education committee, also predicted that the governor's decision to allow his Division of the Budget to oversee and potentially limit the spending of big school districts, such as New York City's, could backfire.

According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), New York City is one of the biggest school districts in the country that enrolls a large number of students into charter schools.

«The important thing,» says Steiner, «was that you had there the chancellor of the Board of Regents, the chancellor of our biggest school district, the head of our biggest local [teachers union], and the two senior people from the department — that's what you need.»

Clark County in Nevada, one of the biggest school districts in the country, expects to hire 2,000 teachers, which would bring the district's total to nearly 19,000 teachers.

Not exact matches

Campbell senior Jordan McKinley, an intern with the Cobb School District's communication office, said he was surprised how big of a problem human trafficking is in the metro Atlanta area, especially in connection with Hartsfield — Jackson Atlanta International Airport and MARTA.

We'd like to give a big shout - out to the School District of Palm Beach County, the School District's Police Department and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for their collaboration and swiftness following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...

In the tradition of the Humanitarian Bowl (the former name of the Famous Idaho ® Potato Bowl), many events during game week will raise funds and awareness for local charities, including the United Way, Optimist Youth Football, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boise School District, Treasure Valley YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, and Armed Forces personnel.

As you can see, the schools that benefit the most from competitive equity divisions are the high - enrollment, big schools of larger districts like Sacramento Unified, Stockton Unified, East Side Union High School District of San Jose and others.

For Maryjo and Steve Cubberly, the Park District and schools were the big attractions behind leaving their Mt. Prospect home of 10 years for a larger one in Arlington Heights» Scarsdale subdivision two years ago.

That kind of investigative journalistic experience comes in very handy when taking on the explosive topic he addresses today: are big food service management companies (FSMC's) like Chartwells, Aramark and Sodexo passing on to school districts — as required by law — the millions of dollars in rebates and «volume discounts» they receive from food manufacturers like Kellogg's, Pepperidge Farm and others?

But, according to Ed's story,» it's widely assumed in food service circles that the big players — Chartwells, Sodexo, Aramark — are not declaring all of the rebates to which school districts are entitled, hence the shroud of secrecy.»

For Illinois schools, the ban's biggest impact would be the elimination of fried foods, said Vanover, who believes it would be too expensive for most districts to switch over to natural oils such as peanut or olive oil.

But districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.

Thanks for mentioning how «districts are still unconscionably underfunded when it comes to school food, and Big Food still plays too large of a lobbying role in shaping what appears on kids» trays.»

The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.

With recycling books from their school library tucked under their arms, David Erlandson and Dan Clark stood up before the school board members of District 75 last week and presented them with a petition and a long list of big, careful signatures written on school notebook paper.

The school district's efforts to buy better quality ingredients from local businesses fit in well with the city of Austin's Good Food Purchasing program, an initiative to harness the buying power of big institutions to benefit the local economy and support the city's sustainability goals.

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School districts that comply with the new standards will receive an additional federal payment of 6 cents for each lunch served, a pretty big incentive to get with the program.

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.»

Sal Valenza of the West New York School District in New Jersey, which also serves primarily Latino students who overwhelmingly receive free and reduced lunch, has also had positive feedback from the students and administrators, and says changes to nutritional standards nationwide could have a big impact.

And in a large urban district like mine, where over 80 % of our kids are economically disadvantaged and a universal, in - class breakfast is the norm among our 300 schools, paying for that 1/2 cup increase is likely to be a big drain on our school food budget.

In math, the percentage of students in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased slightly over last year in most of the Big 5 City School Districts.

In ELA this year, the percentage of all test takers in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased over last year in each of the Big 5 City School Districts.

When teacher evaluations bear zero resemblance to student learning, which is the case in 4 out of the 5 big school districts, it makes a strong case for Governor Cuomo's improvements to the system.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

In a little over a month, voters in most school districts go to the polls to decide yes or know on that district's spending plan and five of them in Erie County have less state aid to work with in the recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...

This was the largest graduation rate increase out of the state's «Big 5 City School Districts,» which is composed of New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, according to the state education department.

Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold, who was re-elected despite Paladino's opposition, has been named vice chairwoman of the Conference of Big 5 School Districts for 2017 - 18.

After the last round of elections, teachers union - backed candidates form the majority on the school boards of the three biggest districts in Erie County.

The calculation impacts levies for 677 school districts as well as 10 cities, including the «Big Four» districts of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers.

Sen. Marc Panepinto, who is no fan of the push for mayoral control over the troubled Buffalo public school district, suggested during a CapTon interview last night that there are forces bigger than a certain local assemblywoman behind the effort.

«The passage of Proposal One is a big win for local governments, school districts, and taxpayers across New York State,» Cuomo said.

«Municipalities throughout New York State, including school districts which are the biggest driver of property taxes, have by and large responded to the cap with prudent budgeting, more efficiency and restrained spending.»

However, it was the suburban school districts in the metropolitan regions of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties that saw the biggest tax hikes, the report found.

But the plan does allow districts some narrow wiggle room in pension growth, one of the biggest cost drivers for school districts.

The changes are being backed by a broader group called the Educational Conference Board, whose membership includes the Council of School Superintendents, the New York State Schools Boards Association, School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the School Superintendents, the New York State Schools Boards Association, School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the school districts in the state.

As such we felt it was important to look at potential savings that could occur in the area that is the biggest cost driver of property taxes — school districts.»

State test results are now out and at the bottom of the list among the state's Big 5 Districts is the Rochester City School District.

Nine school districts in New York state were named as grant recipients, with Utica receiving the second biggest portion of the $ 24 million earmarked for the Extended Learning Time Initiative.

Families moving into the town because of the award winning school district, district wide Universal Pre-Kindergarten, organic diversity, a mix of urban and suburban life, coupled with a big inventory of affordable homes has flooded the schools and left the district scrambling to make ends meet with less money.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

The cap, which enjoys broad popular support, faces its biggest hurdle among those in the base of the Assembly Democrats, who say a cap would harm school districts who are already facing deep cuts due to a reduction in state aid.

Mr. de Blasio is a rare big - city critic of charter schools at a time when they are spreading rapidly in low - performing urban school districts.

In the four years following the implementation of the cap in 2012, the growth rate of school taxes statewide, excluding the big five city school districts, dropped by two - thirds, he said.

The North District race was a hotly contested one filled with big campaign contributions and contrasting educational ideologies from the two candidates on everything from charter schools to extending the school day to the use of standardized tests.

The graduation rates increased for each of the so - called «Big 5» city school districts as well.

The big picture: Most of the $ 675 million spending plan — $ 391 million — is accounted for by the school district budget, which was approved last month by the Board of Education.

It's one of the biggest concerns among lawmakers and public employee unions as well as advocates for school districts, hospitals and other public services.