Sentences with phrase «of city charter»

Two of the city charter sector's most generous donors, the Walton Family Foundation and the Robertson Foundation, each gave at least $ 1 million to the Foundation for Excellence in Education, the education reform organization founded by former Florida governor Jeb Bush; DeVos has been on the board of the foundation since 2012.

«We're either going to replace this small gear with a larger gear, or we're going to flip the two,» said Nathan McKerley while examining a partially - constructed robot with fellow seniors Denesha Moorefield and Montario Meggett of City Charter High School in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Prior to moving to Atlanta, Waynica created and led the college and career transition department of City Charter High School in Pittsburgh, PA..

It is part of the city charter.

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On Thursday, March 24, 2016 parents and school leaders from Academy of the City Charter School, Growing Up Green Charter School, Our World Neighborhood Charter School, The Renaissance Charter School, and VOICE Charter School participated in a press conference to support Governor Cuomo's budget proposal to unfreeze the charter school funding formula.

Steve has founded two charter schools in Queens — Our World Neighborhood Charter School, where he served as board chairman for five years and, most recently, Academy of the City Charter School.

Cheering and chanting for choice, an unprecedented crowd of roughly 25,000 parents, children and teachers swarmed Prospect Park on Wednesday to demand the doubling of city charter school seats by 2020.

Fifty - two percent of city charter - school students were in 90 to 100 percent minority schools, compared to 34 percent of traditional public - school students.

Fifty - two percent of city charter school students were in 90 - 100 % minority schools, compared to only 34 % of traditional public school students — a difference of eighteen percentage points, very similar to the overall difference of twenty percentage points between the two sectors of schools (Table 22 on p. 63 of our report).

Teachers and staff at the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City have announced they will seek to be represented by the United Federation of Teachers.

In 1989, a decision by the United States Supreme Court declared the Board of Estimate was unconstitutional, in that it violated the principle of «one man, one vote», and a rewriting of the city charter called for the city council presidency to be abolished and the office of public advocate to be created as the presiding officer of the council and first in line of succession to the mayor.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse city councilors are not going to override Mayor Stephanie Miner's veto of a city charter amendment that would have expanded the council's power over the city planning commission.

Chapter 13 of the City Charter requires sealed competitive bidding for virtually every purchase or grant awarded by the city.

Among the sticking points were Republican demands to increase the number of city charter schools.

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday named the first two members of a city charter revision commission tasked with improving city elections, part of his new plan to bolster civic engagement.

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Department of City Planning says the agency will review the application to determine its completeness (a requirement of the City Charter) before it is entered into the public review process.

See Section 82 of the City Charter — included under the powers of the Borough President: «11.

Ms. Moskowitz, the face of the city charter school movement and a rumored mayoral candidate, is a frequent de Blasio critic.

Mr. Stringer's duties and powers are a matter of the City Charter, which Mr. Cuomo can not alter, but the governor emphasized that housing the homeless is a responsibility of the state under its constitution.

Under Section 82 of the City Charter — included under the powers of the Borough President: «11.

As reported last week by Investigative Post, accreditation by outside evaluators is a long - ignored requirement of the City Charter.

Thousands of city charter school kids got a day off school to take part in a huge rally on the steps of the Capitol that called for an end to the «failing schools crisis.»

They're opposing a casino by demanding the gambling section of the city charter be amended to ban casinos in the Flower City.

Another Conflict and a violation of the City Charter Article 4, Section 19.

(Gov. Cuomo told business leaders that the state would step in to pay the rent of city charter schools denied free space under a crackdown by Mayor De Blasio, according to two sources.

While the Assembly bill introduced Friday would extend mayoral control over the schools for three years, the Senate has been pushing a one - year extender that would be tied to an increase in the number of city charter schools.

The Board shall consist of not more than fifty persons appointed by the Borough President in accordance with applicable provisions of the City Charter.

A total of 48 percent of city charter students were proficient in English, up markedly from 43 percent.

De Blasio is defending the privately - funded non-profit organizations tied to his administration after a government watchdog group, Common Cause New York, demanded an investigation, saying he js making a mockery of the city's campaign finance laws and may be running afoul of the City Charter.

Photo: Diana McQueen, Don Iveson, Jim Prentice and Naheed Nenshi sign the Framework Agreement that paved the way for the development of city charters on Oct. 7, 2014 (Photo source: Government of Alberta on Flickr)

Mayor Bloomberg has given about 60 percent of the city charters free space in existing school buildings in an unusual strategy to boost their growth, but critics believe the arrangement gives charters an unfair advantage.

A few weeks later, Success» CEO Eva Moskowitz and her allies celebrated the passage of a sweeping pro-charter bill that guaranteed the continued growth of city charters by putting the city on the hook to site charters in public or private space.

Not exact matches

Two men who had chartered a helicopter from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the city of Ponce hijacked the helicopter near the Las Cucharas prison and forced the pilot to land on a roof inside the complex.

He rides a whale of a charter bus to work, which blocks your dinky city transit trolley as it attempts to enter its legally designated space.

It was chartered as a city in 1894 and rose to prominence as a coal - mining town after the discovery of anthracite coal in Wyoming Valley.

Bill 21 sets the ground for the creation of Big City Charters in the Act's regulations, as advocated for by Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

Requesting that the city be given be the ability to independently establish campaign finance and disclosure rules in advance of the 2017 Municipal Election, either via the City Charter or other mecity be given be the ability to independently establish campaign finance and disclosure rules in advance of the 2017 Municipal Election, either via the City Charter or other meCity Charter or other means.

Appointed to cabinet in 2017, the Municipal Affairs Minister will oversee the implementation of the new City Charters and a reformed Municipal Government Act in 2018.

The city of Athens, Alabama was incorporated in 1818 and is one of the oldest chartered cities in the state.

He currently serves as the board chair for Kansas City - based charter school Citizens of the World and as a commissioner for the Housing Authority of Kansas City.

At the public charter school where she used to teach, she said, «I had a lot of students comment, «I can't really feel bad for this rich kid with a weekend free in New York City.»»

Instructions or presentations of the family, clan, or city are explained and justified by tales — «charter myths» in Malinowski's term — or knowledge about religious ritual, authoritative and absolutely serious ritual, and about the gods involved, is expressed and passed on in the form of such tales; then there are the hopes and fears connected with the course of nature, the seasons, and the activities of food supply; there is the desperate experience of disease.

Beginning a few years ago, the KIPP charter schools in New York City started to emphasize a curriculum of seven «character strengths»: grit, zest, optimism, self - control, gratitude, social intelligence and curiosity.

Each city's version of the program would be unique, but presumably each would include a charter school as well as intensive preschool programs, after - school tutoring, and family counseling.

I helped to found the first Waldorf Charter School (Yuba River Charter in Nevada City, CA) and was the principal of that school for 2 and 1/2 years, teaching there for 16.

In 1869, as part of a plan that laid out a system of green spaces connected by boulevards, three city park boards were chartered by the state, the Lincoln, South and West Park Commissions.

U.S. — The Rudolf Steiner School — High School, New York (the first Waldorf school in the U.S., opened in 1928)-- The Redmont School, Alabama — The Aurora Waldorf school of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska — The Desert Marigold, Phoenix, Arizona — The Desert Star Community School, Sedona, Arizona — The Enchanted Desert School, Tuscon, Arizona — The Camelia Waldorf School, Sacramento, California — The Cedar Springs Waldorf School, Placerville, California — The Davis Waldorf School, California — The East Bay Waldorf School — High School, El Sobrante, California — The Highland Hall Waldorf School — High School, Northridge, California — The Live Oak Waldorf School, Meadow Vista, California — The Marin Waldorf School, San Rafael, California — The Monterey Bay Charter School, California — The Pasadena Waldorf School, Altadena, California — The Sacramento Waldorf School — High School, Fair Oaks, California — The San Francisco Waldorf School — High School, California — The Santa Cruz Waldorf School, California — The Sierra Waldorf School, Jamestown, California — The Summerfield Waldorf School — High School, Santa Rosa, California — The Valley Waldorf City School of Los Angeles, California — The Waldorf School of San Diego, California — The Waldorf School of Santa Barbara, California — The Waldorf School of Orange County, California — The Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Los Altos, California — The Westside Waldorf School, Santa Monica, California — The Denver Waldorf School — High School, Colorado — The River Song Waldorf School, Fort Collins, Colorado — The Shepherd Valley Waldorf School, Niwot, Colorado — The Shining Mountain Waldorf School — High School, Boulder, Colorado — The Tara Performing Arts High School — Boulder, Colorado — The Housatonic Valley School, Newtown, Connecticut — The Apple Blossom School and Family Center, Wilton, Connecticut — The Linden Hill School, Wilton, Connecticut — The Suncoast Waldorf School, Clearwater, Florida — The Waldorf School of Atlanta, Georgia — The Honolulu Waldorf School, Honolulu, Hawaii — The Malamalama Waldorf School, Keaau, Hawaii — The Kona Pacific School, Kealakekua, Hawaii — The Haleakala Waldorf School, Kula, Hawaii — The Sandpoint Waldorf School, Idaho — The Chicago Waldorf School — High School, Illinois — The Prairie Moon School, Lawrence, Kansas — The Waldorf School of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky — The Tidewater School, Elliot, Maine — The Waldorf School of Baltimore, Maryland — The Washington Waldorf School — High School, Maryland — The Waldorf High School of Massachusetts Bay, Belmont, Massachusetts — The Cape Ann Waldorf School, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts — The Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, Massachusetts — The Hartsbrook School, Hadley, Massachusetts — The Waldorf School in Lexington, Massachusetts — The Waldorf School of Cape Cod, Bourne, Massachusetts — The Detroit Waldorf School, Michigan — The Minnesota Waldorf School, Maplewood, Minnesota — The Twin Cities Area Waldorf Schools, Minnesota — The Watershed High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota — The Shining Rivers School, St. Louis, Missouri — The Glacier Lifelong Learning Center, Kalispell, Montana — The High Mowing School — High School, Wilton, New Hampshire — The Pine Hill Waldorf School, Wilton, New Hampshire — The Waldorf School of Princeton, New Jersey — The Santa Fe Waldorf School, Santa Fe, New Mexico — The Aurora Waldorf School, West Falls, New York — The Green Meadow Waldorf School — High School, Chestnut Ridge, New York — The Hawthorne Valley School — High School, Ghent, New York — The Northern Lights Waldorf School, Wilmington, New York — The Rudolf Steiner School — High School, New York, New York — The Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, New York — The Waldorf School of Garden City — High School, New York — The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs — High School, Saratoga Springs, New York — The Emerson Waldorf School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina — The Cincinnati Waldorf School, Ohio — The Spring Garden Waldorf School, Copley, Ohio — The Cedarwood School, Portland, Oregon — The Corvallis Waldorf School, Oregon — The Eugene Waldorf School, Oregon — The Portland Waldorf School — High School, Oregon — The Shining Star School, NE Portland, Oregon — The Swallowtail School, Hillsboro, Oregon — The Kimberton Waldorf School — High School, Kimberton, Pennsylvania (founded 1941)-- The Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — The Philadelphia Children's School, Pennsylvania — The River Valley School, Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania — The Susquehanna Waldorf School, Marietta, Pennsylvania — The Meadowbrook Waldorf School, W Greenwich, Rhode Island — The Linden Corner School, Nashville, Tennessee — The Austin Waldorf School — High School, Texas — The Upper Valley Waldorf School, Quechee, Vermont — The Spring Meadow Waldorf School, Richmond, Virginia — The Bright Water School, Seattle, Washington — The Olympia Waldorf School, East Olympia, Washington — The Seattle Waldorf School, Washington — The Three Cedars School, Bellevue, Washington — The Whatcom Hills Waldorf School, Bellingham, Washington — The Washington Waldorf School, Washington DC — The Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School, Viroqua, Wisconsin — The Tamarack Community School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin — The Three Rivers School, La Crosse, Wisconsin — The Youth Initiative High School, Viroqua, Wisconsin

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva MoskowCity's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowcity panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

The campaign, which features 30 - second videos on YouTube, is part of an effort from Families for Excellent Schools opposing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent reduction of $ 210 million in capital as well as a new charter rent policy.