Sentences with phrase «of kids in a district»

Kids with delinquent meal account balances are not the first thing most people think of when they consider charitable giving, but this Santa's gesture was thoughtful and kind and will make a huge difference for a lot of kids in his district this year.

Todd Ziebarth said «the most compelling thing isn't us... it's legislators hearing the huge difference that these schools are making in the lives of kids in their district.»

As parents of kids in the district, they were involved in the PTA and saw the schools» problems firsthand.

«We have a lot of kids in our district whose parents don't advocate for them, and we need to advocate for them.»

Right now, the statewide program is capped — no more than one percent of kids in a district can participate.

Not exact matches

One of the newest kids on the block, EightyTwo was founded this year in L.A.'s hip Arts District by Scott Davids and Noah Sutcliffe in homage to the year 1982, often referred to as the «Golden Age of the Arcade.»

Former New York City Board of Education chancellor Rudy Crew, worried that the Internet age was passing by too many kids in his urban districts, provided the B - schoolers with three beta - test schools and agreed to join the duo's previously nonexistent board of advisers.

A few months ago, our kids» school district, one of the largest in South Carolina, was hit with a virus that spread «ransomware,» a malicious software designed to block computer systems by encrypting the data in which the attackers gain access.

Also I know of rual school districts that take the first day of hunting season off because they know alot of kids will not be in so why cant the NYC schools do that for days they know their good sized population of Muslim kids wont be in?

Number of kids enrolled at ANFSC: 1,600 Number of schools in district: 6 Percentage who are free and reduced: 40 % Number of local farms worked with in a given year: 10 Kids» favorite local produce: Berries, apples, carrots, pepkids enrolled at ANFSC: 1,600 Number of schools in district: 6 Percentage who are free and reduced: 40 % Number of local farms worked with in a given year: 10 Kids» favorite local produce: Berries, apples, carrots, pepKids» favorite local produce: Berries, apples, carrots, peppers

This year, there are more than 4,200 schools in almost 600 school districts across the country where kids will be introduced to the game of golf along with character education.

A few years earlier, visiting the Pediatrics Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, he had been genuinely overwhelmed at seeing kids the same age as his own dying of leukemia, and on a walking tour later on in the Lake District with his wife he had had the idea of this marathon hike to raise money for a leukemia research charity.

A walk along the trails of Thorn Creek, hosted by The Forest Preserve District of Will County and sponsored by the Thorn Creek Audubon Society, is a chance for kids to discover not only why leaves change in the fall, but why different trees turn different colors.

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, that additional food waste and expense for my district is likely to be considerablIn a large urban district like mine, where over 80 % of our kids are economically disadvantaged and a universal, in - class breakfast is the norm, that additional food waste and expense for my district is likely to be considerablin - class breakfast is the norm, that additional food waste and expense for my district is likely to be considerable.

This funding gap is why, at least in my observation, districts doing the best job of feeding kids healthfully almost invariably rely on outside funding, including Chef Ann Cooper «s district in Boulder, Colorado and the Orfalea Foundation - funded school meal program in Santa Barbara, California.

Most importantly, given the almost 14 million kids who eat school breakfast every day, I'm hopeful that the AHA recommendation, along with the new DGA on added sugar, will eventually make insanely sugary school breakfasts like this one (offered in my district before recent reforms were instituted) a thing of the past:

Late last month, the Montgomery County (Maryland) PTA delegates voted in favor of a resolution, promoted by Real Food For Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), which seeks to greatly improve the school food in that district.

So, kids — instead of just complaining, how about rolling up your sleeves and trying to figure out a way to improve the food in your school district?

I greatly disliked the nutrient standard method, formerly used by my district, because it seemed to create an odd «nutritionism» approach — as when Houston kids were actually required to take a package of animal crackers every morning at breakfast for the iron contained in the fortified flour.

Just on the side issue of lactose intolerance, I know that in my district (and presumably in others) lactose - intolerant kids can request that the district supply on a daily basis a lactose - free beverage with their meals.

Many parents today also choose alternative options, such as academic redshirting, or the practice of postponing for a year school entry for kids whose birthdays are close to cut - off date (often in or around September for most districts).

What I think goes on here in my district is that leftover food gets reserved to hungry kids in an informal, under the radar sort of way.

As Chicago Public Schools pushes ahead with a district - wide roll - out of its Breakfast in the Classroom program, concerns are mounting from some parents worried about kids» allergies

But in their attempts to be healthier, my school district is teaching kids that if you bake a chip of slow churn ice cream it's automatically healthy.

In our district, the kids get the last two weeks of March off.

The National School Board Association (NSBA), long aligned with the SNA on these nutritional roll - backs, yesterday released the results of a survey of 650 school leaders which reportedly found that, since the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act regulations went into effect, «83.7 percent of school districts saw an increase in plate waste, 81.8 percent had an increase in cost, and 76.5 percent saw a decrease in participation by students.»

Thus, districts with in - class breakfast programs have an economic incentive to serve as many meals as possible, regardless of whether some meals are being served to kids who have no need for it — and whose parents would greatly prefer they not partake of it.

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.

«In Arlington Heights, we're not seeing a lot of needy kids, but these families are very busy,» said Coletta Hines - Newell, the director of food services for Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25, where officials kicked the pilot breakfast program last week.

I take your point about the letter from Ray Cortines but I do still wonder whether the «new menu» (for which Jamie seems to take more than a bit of credit in the season finale) was already in the works before he came to L.A. My guess is still yes, just because there's likely to be considerable lag time in planning and procuring a new menu for a district of 700,000 kids.

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.»

Our small school district in rural Nebraska does breakfast before school, and although my girls do not go, I would say that it is a nice blend of students (not just economically disadvantaged kids) and works fairly well.

In the last few weeks I've been surprised to find myself in the role of School Food Reform Naysayer, which isn't what you'd expect from someone who serves on her district's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee and its Student Health Advisory Council and who is a daily kid - and - food bloggeIn the last few weeks I've been surprised to find myself in the role of School Food Reform Naysayer, which isn't what you'd expect from someone who serves on her district's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee and its Student Health Advisory Council and who is a daily kid - and - food bloggein the role of School Food Reform Naysayer, which isn't what you'd expect from someone who serves on her district's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee and its Student Health Advisory Council and who is a daily kid - and - food blogger.

«There are food insecure and hungry kids in every Congressional district and every demographic,» Lucy Melcher, the director of advocacy and government relations for the nonprofit Share Our Strength said in a statement to The Washington Post.

My school district here in Houston is doing a lot of things right, but it's still selling garbage like this to our middle and high school kids every single day:

«Right now, we do n`t have the space for any new programs, and we «re sending some of our kids to Bensenville and Addison districts so they can take part in other activities, «O`Brien said.

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There I explain the many factors, including chronic federal underfunding and quirks in the federal rules (such as no requirement that protein be offered, and the allowance of juice as a substitute for half of kids» fruit quota), which incentivize districts around the country to serve breakfasts nearly identical to the ones served in my district.

«We certainly don't want umpires and lifeguards and kids in a supervisory position to... jeopardize anybody in the park district programs and that was our main concern, the safety of the children,» said Naperville Park District Commissioner district programs and that was our main concern, the safety of the children,» said Naperville Park District Commissioner District Commissioner Ron Ory.

But if chocolate milk is viewed by school districts as «soda in drag,» as Ann Cooper, the director of nutrition services for the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado called it, should our kids really be drinking it?

Pay attention to how you speak in front of your kids about their school district and teachers, too.

The Pleasanton School District, north of San Jose, Calif., is proposing this month to cut homework times by nearly half and prohibit weekend assignments in elementary grades because, as one administrator said, «parents want their kids back.»

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The principal once said that being able to buy junk food was part of the «allure» of attending middle school in our district, and the district food services manager insists that kids have a right to a «treat» every day if they want one (never mind that some of them are eating only «treats»).

Since my kids are not yet in middle school, I have yet to fully experience the impact of «competitive» food in the public school setting — i.e., beverage vending machines stocked exclusively with Coca - Cola products (thanks to a multimillion dollar deal Coke struck with our district a few years back — more on that to come), snack vending machines, branded products like Papa John's pizza in the lunch room, and more.

With the support of the Whole Kids Foundation and the Life Time Foundation, two local nonprofits that support community wellness projects, the district has been able to install these more curated salad bars in more than 50 elementary campuses.

Yet because 80 % or more of HISD students qualify for free or reduced price meals, I've often wondered if stigma is really an issue in my district; in other words, if most kids qualify for federal assistance, maybe there's less shame in taking advantage of those benefits.

Let's examine whether we could follow the lead of forward - thinking districts like San Francisco USD by getting rid of our «a la carte» lines entirely, so that all kids can get a balanced meal (instead of grabbing nachos and a slushie and calling it lunch) and no Houston kid gets his picture put on Facebook to shame him for eating in the «poor kids & # 822....

Swept up in a Michelle Obama - led tide of enthusiasm for healthy eating, the school district kicked off this year by banning nachos and chicken nuggets from the cafeterias, and feeding the kids healthy and often vegetarian food.

In districts where schools pay their food service provider a flat rate for meals, rebates represent corporate profit that goes to shareholders instead of into the food kids are being served.