Sentences with phrase «of elected parent»

Across England thousands of elected parent governors give their time to help their children's» school.

PAA proposes its «LSC model,» a form of elected parent - majority school governance, as an antidote to recent efforts of corporate school reformers to brand parent triggers, school choice, vouchers and other attacks on public education as «parental empowerment.»

Gillian Allcroft, deputy chief executive of the National Governance Association, said: «The vast majority of elected governors (parents and staff) do a great job for their schools and this is one of the reasons why NGA campaigned very strongly for the retention of elected parent governors.

Hoboken Charter School is managed by a Board of Trustees made up of elected parents, educators and community members.

Not exact matches

(L to R) Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Larry Page, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google), Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, Vice President - elect Mike Pence listen as President - elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at Trump Tower, December 14, 2016 in New York City.

The decision has been ascribed to some combination of the persuasive powers of the president - elect, about $ 7 million in tax breaks from the state of Indiana, and implicit threats to the valuable business Carrier's parent company United Technologies, a major military contractor, conducts with the federal government.

Just last term, the Court upheld the use of school vouchers even if parents elect to use them to send their children to religious schools (Zelman v. Simmons - Harris [2002]-RRB-.

So begins Pope Michael, a weird, intriguing, and distressing documentary about a young man in a small town in rural eastern Kansas who, after being elected by six people, a group that included his parents and himself, claimed to be the Bishop of Rome.

There, at Worms, in the presence of the newly elected Emperor, Charles V, the mightiest monarch in Europe, and of the dignitaries of Church and State, Luther, the son of peasant parents, declared that he could not accept the authority of Popes and councils, since they had often contradicted one another, and that unless he was convinced by Scripture and plain reason he could not in good conscience recant anything he had written.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Most parents do vaccinate — but even within that group there is a significant portion of parents who wonder if they have elected the right course of action.

So while Ken imagines DC parents calling up their district, my own fantasy takes place on Capitol Hill, where throngs of parents brandishing lunch trays would finally start holding their elected officials accountable on this critical issue.

For nearly seven years we have worked hard to set the stage for a healthier next generation of kids by engaging stakeholders on all levels - parents, child care providers, schools, chefs, local elected officials, faith - based leaders, museums, and more.

I always suggest that if parents elect to cosleep in the form of bed - sharing each parent (and not just one) should agree to be responsible for the baby.

Program parent's representatives may be elected as members of the Northcoast Children's Services Board of Directors.

Some daycare centers build in extracurricular activities or «interest stations» that are age appropriate within the day as part of the service offered to families, while others allow parents to elect to put their kid in gymnastics, karate, art or even second language instruction for an extra fee.

Cause of death was listed as IVH and parents elected against an autopsy.

The Junior League undertook a $ 26.6 million capital campaign and led a statewide team of educational partners, community and business leaders, elected officials, parents, volunteers, children and nationally recognized children's museum experts to plan, develop and build a one - of - a-kind, state - of - the - art, statewide children's museum.

At 2:30 p.m., state Sen. Martin Golden joins parents, community leaders, business owners, residents and elected officials to protest the potential construction of a 63 - room hotel on a vacant lot, 9116 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn.

He voted for all the testing that parents and kids hate and voted to impose an outrageous evaluation system on teachers, usurping the authority of locally elected school boards.

«What is going to make the difference s to have a board of 17 members that can win the trust of parents, of students of teachers, of elected officials and of stakeholders throughout the state.»

Another subpoena from Schneiderman's office was received by the group Parent Information, which Huntley created before she was elected in 2006 and was formerly run by one of her staffers, the AP said.

«There are a whole bunch of different ideas floating around right now, how it can be modified but still meet the goals of increasing diversity across academic racial and economic,» said Kristen Berger of the local elected parent council.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued subpoenas to the nonprofit Parent Information Network Inc., which is run by Huntley's daughter Pamela Corley, and another group called Parent Information, which the senator created before she was elected to office in 2006 and was formerly run by one of her staffers, the Associated Press reported.

Parents, teachers, clergy and elected officials criticized the Department of Education at a joint meeting of Community Education Council 3 and the DOE — with some vowing to fight the closure.

And I have been clear that I will work with any group of Senators who have real economic development and jobs - encouragement ideas, who plan to bring substantial tax relief to the people who elected me, who have compassion for the poor and respect for the middle class, who support the improvement of public education and a plan to ease the burden of tuition - paying parents across New York.»

State and city elected officials, parents and education advocates stand united outside Department of Education headquarters on Feb. 28 in favor of proposed state legislation that would require elected parent councils to approve school co-locations before they could go into effect.

The Regents, which are elected by a joint session of the State Legislature, approved a slate of regulatory and policy changes last week that are meant to address teachers», parents» and lawmakers» concern about the rocky rollout of the more difficult curriculum guidelines.

Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»

In other words, I am not interested in examples of someone being elected as «President for Life» which has happened numerous times, or examples of parent - child pairs of democratic politicians who manage to be elected in an ordinary democratic election system to a term of office for a fixed term of years.

Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton also spoke at the conference, and she pledged that if elected, she would advance President Barack Obama's policies on immigration, particularly those impacting childhood arrivals and parents of citizens and legal residents, and go a step further by closing private immigration detention centers.

Newly elected Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa, of the Bronx, had a clear message for parents: You have the right to opt your children out of state assessments.

«I trust this elected (school) board to work with the community for real reform much more than I trust a two - person junta of mayor and superintendent, with no checks and balances,» said Charlie Dee, a 34 - year Milwaukee resident and parent of a former MPS student.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

«For months we have been engaging with elected officials, community leaders, and parents, so we can best serve the needs of students in this neighborhood,» Deputy Chancellor for Portfolio Planning Marc Sternberg said in a statement.

«We're going to fight this,» said Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron, as he gathered with some two hundred elected officials, teachers, parents and activists on the steps of Tweed Courthouse, at the latest in a series of protests against Black Thursday evening.

The CCSE has nine elected members, who must be parents of students receiving special education services provided by the DOE.

As part of the broader Community and Citywide Education Council selection process, elected officials urged parents to apply.

The CCHS has 10 elected members, two from each borough, who must be the parents of students currently attending a public high school.

The CCD75 has nine elected members, who must be parents of students in a D75 program.

S. 276 crossing guard was struck by a passing cab as she stood on duty, the Department of Transportation has agreed to place a stop sign at an intersection that parents, police and elected officials have called dangerous.

A group of parents and teachers from P.S. 116 in Kips Bay have gained the support of local elected officials and community boards in their fight against overcrowding.

Sam Radford, president of the District Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo, says Paladino should be held accountable as an elected official who makes decisions for all of Buffalo's students.

An at - large voting system for electing members to the East Ramapo school board — long dominated by Orthodox Jews whose children attend private yeshivas — has prevented public school parents who are largely black and Latino from electing candidates of their choice, according to a lawsuit filed by NYCLU.

A radio ad thanking parents, teachers, elected officials and community leaders for fighting back against the threat of teacher layoffs started airing on June 30.

Adams and Diaz formed the task force in January to study issues surrounding G&T, and the group is made up of the elected officials and three parent leaders from each borough.

CEC members are elected by Parent / Teacher Association selectors, which consist of the President, Treasurer, and Secretary of each PA / PTA.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew joins educators, parents, unionists and elected officials on the steps of City Hall on Sept. 23 in warning against midyear school budget cuts.

Our elected council of parent keeps asking for answers to contradictions like these and keeps finding a common problem: mayoral control of city schools without mayoral responsibility.

Those in support of the plan — including the current principal and PTA from the playground's adjoining school P.S. 166, elected officials, Community Board 7, parents and nearby residents — shared perspectives, bringing the commission up to speed on past debates and public meetings.