Sentences with phrase «of its public school district»

It never says anything of public school districts, where reports say children are at far greater risk of abuse.

53 school districts — nearly one - third of all public school district in Georgia and reaching over 1 million students — are now participating in farm to school programs and recognized through the Golden Radish Awards.

Even parents who are homeschooling children or have sent them to private schools are entitled to ancillary services courtesy of their public school district if it's been determined that the children have a learning disability or other disorder that requires intervention for them to function optimally in school.

Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.

More than half of public school districts in the United States are in rural communities where millions of students struggle with poverty and hunger.

Almost all of our public school districts deal with F&R eligibility in some way.

I know why though: my child got into the Dual Language Charter School and so I had to pull her out of the Public school district.

Residents of public school districts throughout the state will head to the polls on May 15 to decide the fate of annual budgets and also to vote for board members seeking re-election or wishing to win a seat.

Ballston Spa is one of the 4 percent of public school districts across the nation receiving the award in 2018.

More than half of Long Island students eligible to take the state Common Core test in English Language Arts refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.

While county government does not have oversight of public school districts, I believe...

Wide Variation Across the Country: Overall, 55 % of public school districts reported students enrolled in distance education courses.

Check out Edutopia's Five Minute Film Festival: A Day in the Life of a Public School District for more information about the film and the filmmakers.

With or without Camden, Uncommon is on track to be larger than 97 percent of all public school districts in the country.

Thirty - seven percent of respondents support the idea of public school districts offering parents the option of sending their child to a single - sex school, 25 percent oppose the idea, and the remainder are undecided.

Gail Ahlas, superintendent of the public school district that oversees the charter, says the process isn't meant to exclude anyone, but to «set the tone» for the school as a rigorous college - prep environment.

Expenditure and size efficiencies of public school districts.

It provides big - picture perspectives and collegial advice on a broad range of topics specific to K - 12 education and the leadership of public school districts.

Harben, Hartley & Hawkins devotes its law practice to the representation of public school districts in the State of Georgia.

The ESA would allow families to use 60 % of a public school district's per - student maintenance and operations (M&O) budget.

«There are many successful and diverse programs of study currently offered by many of our public school districts,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, NSBA.

Charter schools are run independent of public school districts.

The results presented in this report are based on surveys conducted in 2005 - 06 among a nationally representative sample of public school districts with at least one private school located within their boundaries and a nationally representative sample of private schools located within the boundaries of the sample districts.

The bill would require a referendum to pass before voucher schools can take state aid out of a public school district.

A recently released report on virtual schooling from the National Center for Education Statistics (Setzer & Lewis, 2005) indicated that about one - third of public school districts in the U.S. had students enrolled in distance education courses during the 2002 - 2003 school year.

Each district will have an enrollment cap of 1 percent of its public school district enrollment.

CNN reports that dozens of public school districts throughout Kentucky have canceled Friday's classes to allow teachers and school personnel to attend the rally.

State governments are intimately involved in paying for the operation of public school districts.

LCAPs are required of all public school districts, county offices of education and charter schools.

Interesting to note: The Central Valley School District (CV) represents the first voluntary merger of public school districts in Pennsylvania.

In private practice, Duane represented his first school district in 1997 and has dedicated his practice exclusively to the representation of public school districts since 2002.

This past spring, one - quarter of public school districts throughout Connecticut did not test at least 95 percent of their students.

It describes our situation as well because the current financial, legal, and political construct of education in our state will lead to the death of public school districts — and it's time we address the issue directly.

The fight between federal officials and Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal started in 2013 when then - Attorney General Eric Holder tried to halt the program out of concern that it was upsetting the racial balance of some public school districts.

Boston is expected to lose as much as $ 130 million per year by 2017, under the legislation approved in January that will allow Commonwealth charter schools to take up to 18 % of a public school district's budget, in cities where MCAS scores fall in the lowest 10 % statewide.

«By continuing to expand a parallel system of schools that does not provide equal opportunity to all students, the children of my public school district have become victims of a system that is neither fair nor equitable,» Record said.

Financial questions: How will the finances work for the company that is managing the first charter takeover of a public school district in Florida?

AESA reaches well over 80 % of the public school districts and over 83 % of private schools.

In the last decade, the number of public school districts that consider socioeconomic status in student assignment has grown from just a handful to more than 80 (Kahlenberg, 2012).

From local magnet schools and charter schools authorized by local school boards to public specialty schools, such as military academies and those offering specialized curricula for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), many of our public school districts provide multiple choice options for the success of our students.

Research on New York State on the varying sizes of public school districts suggests per pupil administrative costs could be double due to this size difference.

The square footage of public school district facilities equals almost half the area of all U.S. commercial office space.

Obtained summary judgment in favor of a public school district alleged to have been discriminatory in its failure to hire an applicant for a school management position.

In California a suicide prevention policy is now required of all Public School Districts and Charter Schools serving students in 7th — 12th grades.

Not exact matches

For the last 15 years, Partners for Progress, a group of private and public - sector leaders in St. Charles County, Missouri, have invested a significant amount of time and money to create a culture of STEM education in the area's school districts.

The Kirkwood Public School district, one of CrisisGo's first paying customers, is already seeing the value of getting its entire faculty onto the app.

• Harkness Capital made an investment of an undisclosed amount in Southwest Foodservice Excellence, a Scottsdale, Ariz. - based provider of outsourced food services to K - 12 public school districts.

The Corporate Partner Panel is a unique opportunity for Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) to learn firsthand about securing business with such local corporations and public entities as Ecolab, Minneapolis Public School District, University of Minnesota, and Xcel Epublic entities as Ecolab, Minneapolis Public School District, University of Minnesota, and Xcel EPublic School District, University of Minnesota, and Xcel Energy.

Other notable volunteers included Karen Snyder, Executive Director of Harrisburg Public School Foundation; Morton Spector, Chairman of the Board of the Harrisburg School District; and Yvonne Hollands, Member of the Board of the Harrisburg School District.

The Gilchrist County School District in Florida shuttered its schools after receiving an email threat, and the Nutley Public School System in New Jersey also said it would be closed because of a security threat.