Sentences with phrase «of running for school board»

Additionally, Mary was recently selected to the 2017 cohort of the LEE Public Leaders Fellowship to support her goals of running for school board.

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The mother of one of the students killed in the Parkland school shooting has confirmed that she will be running for a seat on the Broward County School school shooting has confirmed that she will be running for a seat on the Broward County School School Board.

Ms. Notley's candidacy has received a number of high profile endorsements, including those of fellow NDP MLA Deron Bilous, former NDP MLAs Barrie Chivers, Bob Hawkesworth and Jim Gurnett, former Red Deer mayor Morris Flewwelling (who ran for the PCs in the 1997 federal election), former PC MLA Tom Sindlinger and former Edmonton Public School Board trustee Dave Colburn.

She also served on the executive board of UNICEF in Israel and created and ran after - school programs for latch - key children.

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.

Now the director of Litchfield Elementary School District # 79, Schwake got his start in school foodservice by running for school board after his suggestion to implement school breakfast was met with resisSchool District # 79, Schwake got his start in school foodservice by running for school board after his suggestion to implement school breakfast was met with resisschool foodservice by running for school board after his suggestion to implement school breakfast was met with resisschool board after his suggestion to implement school breakfast was met with resisschool breakfast was met with resistance.

Joshua Lafazan became one of the youngest officeholders in the state when he was elected to his local school board, now he's running for a post on the county Legislature.

The Green Party of St. Paul has launched an impressive coordinated campaign effort this year, running Devin Miller for School Board, Johnny Howard for City Council Ward 1, Jim Ivey for City Council Ward 2, and Bee Kevin Xiong for City Council Ward 6.

Mayoral control would eliminate board members» need to run on party lines, better holding the mayor accountable for the state of city schools, Lavine said.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

Another candidate for the Buffalo School Board — Colleen E. Russell, an ally of Carl Paladino — was knocked off the May 3 ballot today when a judge ruled she had only 498 valid signatures on her petitions to run for the seat, two short of the 500 required.

Back in 2001, the Partnership for New York City worked closely with legislative leaders to design the laws that replaced a dysfunctional and highly politicized system of central and community school boards with a governance system that holds the Mayor accountable for running the city schools.

WRFI Community Radio News and Your Morning spoke to each of the six candidates running for the three open seats on the Ithaca City School District School Board.

A mother and father of two unrelated students slain in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting will run for two separate seats on the School Board of Broward County.

Without a Republican running against Mayor Stephanie Miner, and with Democrats having with a stranglehold in most common council and school board races, Green Party candidates are emerging as alternatives for voters in a handful of races.

Phillips explained that despite criticisms laid out in the article from people he respected, he still felt the DCCC was doing what needed to be done: «People who haven't raised a dime, don't have any [campaign], they should run for school board or something, and having conversations with people saying, «You know, maybe this isn't the best fit for you,» I'm like, I agreed with some of that stuff.»

At the other end of the spectrum, Jeff Beals, who repeatedly reminded the crowd he taught school in Woodstock and that his kids played on the playground at the community center, probably should be running for town board.

A mother and father of two unrelated students slain in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting will announce runs for two separate seats on the School Board of Broward County at a news conference on Tuesday.

A collection of school groups, including New York State United Teachers and the New York State School Boards Association, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release the proposed education aid runs for the 2015 - 16 fiscalschool groups, including New York State United Teachers and the New York State School Boards Association, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release the proposed education aid runs for the 2015 - 16 fiscalSchool Boards Association, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release the proposed education aid runs for the 2015 - 16 fiscal year.

Public School Board Elections Monday was the deadline for candidates seeking to run for board of education seats in Rockland County's eight public school distSchool Board Elections Monday was the deadline for candidates seeking to run for board of education seats in Rockland County's eight public school distrBoard Elections Monday was the deadline for candidates seeking to run for board of education seats in Rockland County's eight public school distrboard of education seats in Rockland County's eight public school distschool districts.

We should be in good shape for the next couple of years,» said Maureen Bowers, a Kingston school board member, as she spoke in front the Educate NY Now Express bus that was making the run to Albany.

Portelli, 62, is a former Albany City School Board member who ran for mayor of the upstate city last year, also on the Green Party line.

Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson of Kinderhook attended, as well as the three people who will be her GOP running mates for Town Board: Jennifer Whalen, herself a former state Assembly candidate; Chris Carey, a retired Colonie police officer; and Brian Manion, an active North Colonie schools parent and athletic booster.

Brett is running for the Marietta School Board in Marietta, Georgia and we believe he's got an excellent chance of Read more»

Williamsville, the Buffalo area's largest suburban school district, is tied for the second - highest number of candidates running for School Board out of the 37 districts in Erie and Niagara couschool district, is tied for the second - highest number of candidates running for School Board out of the 37 districts in Erie and Niagara couSchool Board out of the 37 districts in Erie and Niagara counties.

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled.Elections officials expect a large number of write - in ballots for candidates in two districts who are running write - in campaigns after being disqualified from the ballot, and it could take an extra day or two to hand - co...

Paladino, in addition to his current role as a Buffalo School Board member, previously ran for governor and was one of President - Elect Donald Trump's strongest and most active campaigners in New York State.

On this edition of Need to Know, some of the «new» faces running in the Democratic Primary for Rochester City School Board help answer that question and address those issues.

Albany, NY — On this week's show, Alan talks with the executive director of New York's School Boards Association, Tim Kremer, about the status of the state's public schools, the long - running Campaign for Fiscal Equity court case, and their opinions on Education Commisioner Richard Mills and NYC Schools Chancellor Joelschools, the long - running Campaign for Fiscal Equity court case, and their opinions on Education Commisioner Richard Mills and NYC Schools Chancellor JoelSchools Chancellor Joel Klein.

Malik Evans, who is a member of the school board, ran for City Council and won.

The school has been running without a board, while staff members and lecturers are afraid to speak to the media for fear of victimization.

Dear Editor, This year, there were six candidates of color running for the East Ramapo school board.

This year, there were six candidates of color running for the East Ramapo school board.

A candidate must also file a written statement of economic interests if running for the state legislature, statewide office, a school board in a town or city with a population in excess of 3,500, or for constitutional office.

«It appears that TFA alumni candidates running for school boards paid attention to both national and local messages because of a growing recognition that local politics is far from dead,» said Jacobsen, associate professor of teacher education and lead investigator on the study.

The Chicago school board last month voted to seek reimbursement for $ 300,000 in repairs to a community center run by the mother of the board's president.

Fagen resigned at the end of the 2015 - 16 school year, and no board member associated with her tenure is running for re-election this year.

Since 1995, the board has approved plans for 159 charter schools, which are independently run public schools that operate free of most state regulations.

Showing the taste for power that has led Sen. Lamar Alexander to accuse him of thinking he runs a national school board, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week yanked Washington state's «waiver» from the No Child Left Behind Act.

Whereas in previous years schools were run by one priest who was ultimately responsible for the success or failure of the school, boards composed of lay professionals are very slowly becoming a necessity.

They say the current electoral model, in which candidates can run for one of seven school board seats regardless of where they live in the...

Angered over losing that job in May, because of budget cuts (and loving colleagues who wouldn't freeze their salaries), he had run for school board.

When Lois Griffin runs for school board in the animated television comedy Family Guy, she stumps on a platform of «competent teachers, a better - funded music department, and updated textbooks that don't refer to the Civil Rights Movement as «trouble ahead.

He was laid off during the recession, based on his lack of seniority, a fact he has cited as part of his motivation to run for the school board seat.

He raises a number of issues including his assertion that states should be responsible for the hiring and employment of teachers and that school boards should devote themselves to the improvement of student learning and should not concern themselves with the running of schools.

(March 30, 2016)-- School districts» use of technologies such as digital literacy training for parents, student - run technology support centers, robotic systems that record classroom teaching and learning, and data analytics earned top rankings in the Center for Digital Education's and National School Boards Association's annual Digital School Districts Survey.

, Bolandi is the fourth superintendent of Plainfield City just this year and the School Board is beginning the process to look for a fifth, presumably one who will commit to running the district on a long - term basis.

According to today's Star - Ledger, Bolandi is the fourth superintendent of Plainfield City just this year and the School Board is beginning the process to look for a fifth, presumably one who will commit to running the district on a long - term basis.

The Governance Committee of the Metro Nashville School Board met on Saturday and made recommendations for policy changes that will result in more financial transparency for all schools, including publicly - funded, privately run charter schools.

The Plato Academy charter application is from an out - of - town charter company with an out - of - town school board run by a for - profit management company.