Sentences with phrase «of school board»

Continuing as chair of the National Hispanic Caucus of School Board Members (NHC), Guillermo Z. López is a member of the Lansing School District's Board of Education in Michigan.

Throughout the year, state school boards associations and their school systems recognize the work and dedication of school board members in their state.

Since none of the school board members has a Superintendent's License, or has served as principal of a major high school, we wonder what qualifications any of them has to micromanage.

«NSBA's Caucus leaders are an outstanding group of school board leaders who are helping us to advocate for equity and excellence in public education.»

The caucus also selected the following school board members: Lillian Tafoya, a member of the school board of Bakersfield City School District in California as Chair - Elect; Jesus Rubalcava of Arizona's Gila Bend Unified School District as Vice-Chair; Lydia Hernandez of the Cartwright School District 83 in Arizona as Secretary; Steve Corona of Fort Wayne Community Schools in Indiana as Treasurer; Jesse Gomez of School City of East Chicago, Ind., as Central Region Director; Marcela Diaz - Myers of Lower Dauphin School District in Harrisburg, Pa., as Northeast Region Director; and Andrew Chavez of the Española Public School District in New Mexico as Western Region Director.

Each district school board may provide legal services for officers and employees of the school board who are charged with civil or criminal actions arising out of and in the course of the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.

Finally, none of these students were given a vote in any of the matters of the school board.

It is the duty of each school board member to a make a good faith effort to serve with integrity and to the best of one's ability.

Nowhere has the battle been more pitched than in Los Angeles Unified, where candidates funded by wealthy pro-charter advocates like billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and Netflix founder Reed Hastings won a majority of school board seats in the 2017 board election.

Much of the progress has come from dedicated members of the school board and parents.

«We've met with the state boar of education, we met with legislators, we had a legislative summit, we've met with the Washoe County school board and the Carson City school superintendent and the president of the school board,» she said.

Rocketship had long been on the receiving end of the school board's ire.

Rodney R. Schilt, Chair of the National American Indian / Alaska Native Council of School Board Members

Steve Corona, Chair of the National Hispanic Council of School Board Members — school board member, Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, Indiana

With the recent news of the creation of two funds dedicated to financing charter school facilities, I am reminded of the story of a school board member's accusations against Nashville's Rocketship and Purpose Prep of unethical practices in seeking alternative avenues to secure capital for facilities.

The brave group of four, faced with the hardest part of the job of a school board member, voted to forever close the doors to the city's first charter school — led by a nun.

We demand that of the School Board.

While the majority of school board members voted for the contract, they did vow to be tougher in ongoing salary negotiations.

Attend a bunch of school board meetings.

Without the agreement, Houston would likely be forced to close campuses or submit to a state takeover of the school board because of failure to improve academics at the schools.

The tools represent the best thinking of school board leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts across every region in the country.

In relation to the LAUSD school board election, this is the Los Angeles Times» endorsement of a school board member's re-election — yes, the candidate the Times SUPPORTS: «We consider [Monica] Garcia a poor choice for the school board, and we always have.

Carla Windfont, Chair of the National Black Council of School Board Members - school board member, Crosby Independent School District, Texas

More than 84 percent of school board members who responded to a recent North Carolina School Boards Association survey said they support a bill making it a Class H felony to communicate a school threat.

«We are proud of our school board members, students, and faculty in Rochester City and Hillsborough County for the unprecedented and ground breaking work they continue to do in this area,» stated Van Henri White, City of Rochester School Board President, Chairman of CUBE Steering Committee and Member of NSBA Board of Directors.

«Today, the White House Summit validates the hard work of school board members, students, parents and educators in Rochester City and Hillsborough County, and other districts that have played a leading role in using technology to strengthen the high school academic experience,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association (NSBA).

Quinonez called the district's action «a cynical, underhanded attempt to avoid the clear defects» and that the action is further evidence of «the desperate, unplanned, «ready - fire - aim» give - away -[schools]- at - any - cost approach of the school board and the district.»

Internal networking, including informal meetings with subcommittees of the school board, is what keeps new ideas circulating and under discussion before any decision is taken.

Finally, UrbEd works towards regaining and increasing local control of our school board here in the Philadelphia school district.

But Raymond has had the support of his school board throughout his time, although the once sure 6 - 1 votes have edged closer to 4 - 3.

Committee member and board vice president Judy Conlin said she favors a Wisconsin Association of School Board proposal that would require property tax bills to include how much of their local dollars are going to voucher schools.

«More than any American educator of her generation, she possesses the practical experience to realize these reforms in Detroit for the benefit of our children,» asserted Lawrence C. Patrick Jr., president of the school board.

Indeed, when asked about their feelings toward various reforms, over 85 percent of school board members cite PD as «extremely» or «very» important.

Smarick, who was appointed as a member of the school board a year ago by Gov. Larry Hogan, works as a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit.

Mr. Kernodle, 50, had served as the interim chairman of the school board for two years, overseeing the merger of the districts of High Point, Greensboro, and Guilford County.

Robert Henry, the superintendent of the Hartford, Conn., schools, announced last week he will step down, two months after the city's mayor became chairman of the school board.

The end result is that, instead of a school board accountable to the voters and a superintendent accountable to the school board, the district now has multiple power centers.

In Washington, D.C., Mayor Williams now has some voice in school affairs rooted in his ability to select some of the school board members, but he can not appoint a leader for the school system.

The proposal, which is to be discussed in a series of public meetings this month, includes shrinking the size of the school board and electing its members differently, and giving successful schools more freedom in how they operate.

There's nothing worse for a rogue member of the school board than sitting on a stage with graduating high school seniors, looking into an auditorium packed with adoring friends and relatives.

Alexandria, Va., (April 11, 2018)- NSBA's Black Council of School Board Members (NBC) presented its Recognizing Innovative Strategies in Equity (RISE) Award to Hillsborough County Public Schools, Tampa, Florida, during NSBA's Annual Conference in San Antonio, April 7 - 9.

Parents who want to effect change in the district school system often need the support of a majority of school board members, which means that parents who disagree must vie against each other in a political process to have their preferences expressed.

«I believe that they can do it,» Mr. Stone said of the School Board.

This week's election of a teachers» union - backed slate of school board candidates in Douglas County, Colorado is a major setback for school choice.

If this happens, all members of a school board need to recognise that they are all responsible for any decisions made.

The judge substituted her educational judgment for that of the school board, and didn't bother to give an explanation.

Similarly, the Second Circuit affirmed an order in favor of a school board in New York that suspended an eighth - grader after officials learned that he used an instant messaging icon on his parents» home computer to send an image of himself to fifteen friends depicting him shooting his English teacher (Wisniewski v. Board of Education Weedsport Central School District, 2008).

Louisiana state law illustrates the relative ease in earning tenure: «Such probationary teacher shall automatically become a regular and permanent teacher in the employ of the school board of the parish or city, as the case may be, in which he has successfully served his three - year probationary term.»

He visited and observed schools and classrooms at the behest of the school board to study the system's counterproductive tendencies.

Contact the relevant district administrators and members of your school board, and again, be prepared to be specific about what you would like tamped down and what you want the district to encourage.