Sentences with phrase «of small school districts»

Proposed and succeeded in attaining small district assistance funding for many of our small school districts

Maintaining dozens of small school districts in a metropolitan area, each with its own highly paid administrators and transportation budgets, is also extremely costly.

Declining enrollments and the consolidation of small school districts have been major factors in the closings of 424 West Virginia schools since 1989, according to a report given to the state board of education earlier this month.

Just by cutting one to two hours out of my office day to spend a few minutes in each classroom and hallway of my small school district, I've learned more about the little (but often very important) things going on than I would have learned from email, phone calls or hearsay.

A couple of smaller school districts could proportionally have to give a greater cut of their available funds to charter schools.

Miller, C. L. Accountability policy implementation and the case of smaller schools district capacity: Three contrasting cases that examine the flow and use of NCLB accountability data.

Not exact matches

She has dedicated her career to working in schools throughout Ohio and has spent the past seven years heading up the food program for Cloverleaf Local Schools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of Cleschools throughout Ohio and has spent the past seven years heading up the food program for Cloverleaf Local Schools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of CleSchools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of Cleveland.

He received an Ed.M and was hired as Director of Alternative Education for a small school district on the central California coast.

We heard from directors and managers working in districts of every size and socioeconomic makeup, and in schools large and small, disadvantaged and affluent we heard many of the same issues and concerns echoed.

«Processing the food isn't covered by [farm - to - school] grants, so it's the smaller districts — that have the time for processing — that are buying my food,» said St. Pierre, who sold about 400 pounds of turnips to Alaska schools last season.

A small portion of Northerly Island, the former site of Meigs Field airport, could soon become a scenic venue for concerts, weddings and even high school graduations, under a plan to be considered Wednesday by the Chicago Park District.

But a Tribune examination of school food in Illinois» 10 largest districts found small positive changes are possible.

She has dedicated her career to working in schools throughout Ohio and has spent the past seven years heading up the food program for Cloverleaf Local Schools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of Cleschools throughout Ohio and has spent the past seven years heading up the food program for Cloverleaf Local Schools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of CleSchools, a small school district nestled in rural Lodi, about an hour southwest of Cleveland.

Hired by a management company to serve as the nutrition director of a small local school district, Valenza brought his restaurant management skills to the school lunch arena and made it his mission to serve up fresh, healthy meals to New Jersey's kids.

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.

Kona Ice, which sells sugary shaved ice drinks; World's Finest Chocolate, a small number of school districts, and a company called TiFry that sells «a device that not only assists with reducing cooking oil consumption but will reduce calories in fried foods.»

Given conflicting data indicating that 90 % of districts are already meeting the standards successfully, many school food advocates have asked the obvious question: instead of weakening nutrition — a move that directly harms kids — why not put more effort into helping the small minority of districts that are struggling?

The district awards a single food service contract for its 600 schools, discouraging the kind of relatively small, nimble operation Boundas runs.

Throughout Vermont an increasing number of schools benefit from universal free meals, including small schools in the rural counties of the Northeast Kingdom, some schools in Burlington, the entire Winooski school district and the entire Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union.

But while studies suggest that salad bars can help boost children's consumption of fruits and vegetables, some school districts decline to install salad bars claiming they are unsanitary, especially for small elementary school students with active hands and faces that often come up short of the barriers that are meant to keep coughs and sneezes out of food.

Just to give you an idea of what we do — the core of our customers are small and medium sized public and private schools (or districts) that typically do not have the adequate infrastructure to cook from scratch or the economies of scale in their buying power to source our level of ingredients.

Whether small or large districts, these professionals give it there all through effective oversight of all aspects of foodservice operations, including budgeting, staffing, training, marketing and community outreach, school nutrition directors ensure the overall success of school meal programs.

In addition, attendees joined small group discussions about effective and successful policies and practices at the school, district, and state level pertaining to three groups of activities that catalyze efforts to meet and exceed Smart Snacks requirements:

That's no small task anywhere, let alone in Baltimore, where the school district has long been in the red and almost 74 percent of the 83,000 students receive free or reduced - price meals.

He said leading a smaller school district is good because it gives the candidate more hands - on experience with specific parts of district business, such as finance and human resources.

Major City Directors Section Meeting CEP: Making It Work in Major City Districts (3310) Key Area 3 - Administration 7/14/2015, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Nadine Mann, PhD, RD, Zoe Neuberger, Stacy Koppen and Susan Ehrhart, SNS The national roll - out of the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has exceeded all expectations among small and mid-size school dDistricts (3310) Key Area 3 - Administration 7/14/2015, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Nadine Mann, PhD, RD, Zoe Neuberger, Stacy Koppen and Susan Ehrhart, SNS The national roll - out of the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has exceeded all expectations among small and mid-size school districtsdistricts.

Except for a small — but notable — group of outliers, local governments and school districts are not providing clear or comprehensive or even the most basic information on their websites.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

So why is it as the population of Cheektowaga gets substantially smaller, meaning the tax base and number of children attending school gets smaller, we still have 5 major school districts?

In November 2003, we were instrumental in defeating the «non-partisan election» ballot question in New York City and the raising of the debt limit for small city school districts.

When the Rochester School Board decided its superintendent search process would not be open to the public, board President Van White pointed out that there would still be ample community input in the form of small focus groups as well as a survey posted on the district website.

Filings at the state Board of Elections show NYSUT's Fund For Great Public Schools super PAC has invested in both mailers and TV ad production over the last week to knock Republican Chris Jacobs and boost Small's chances in the battleground district.

So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially upstate, they were disproportionately hit in terms of rural districts and small city school districts.»

«For years the small business community, municipal officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.

Buchwald chimed in with: «By identifying school districts that are getting too small a percentage of Foundation Aid we can go to our colleagues and advocate for raising the floor of Foundation Aid.

An Albany County state supreme court justice has ruled against plaintiffs from eight «small city school districts» who contended that the state has failed to adequately fund them in light of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit that almost a decade ago found that New York City schools had been systemically shortchanged when it came to state aid.

NYSUT, meanwhile, backed a study to determine whether any changes to the funding formula is necessary, which would also take into consideration the impact on a small school district when a resident receives a windfall through inheritance or winning the lottery — a factor that throw aid formulations out of whack in areas with few wealthy people.

The charge of excess budgeting, which auditors have noted in reports on about 20 districts on the Island since January 2014, annoys many school administrators in Nassau and Suffolk counties, who say they must maintain financial cushions to preserve student programs and small class sizes in an era of fiscal uncertainty.

A flurry of lawsuits related to school aid is already in motion: An action brought by so - called «small - cities» districts is scheduled to go to trial in September.

By law, school districts are required to be in session for at least 180 days in order to receive their full allotment of state aid, and for each day that they are short, they lose a small portion.

Millions of dollars can be saved by merging smaller school districts in Erie County, and consolidating districts «demands serious consideration,» according to a report issued Monday by Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

Voters approved of the district's plan to lease 3 large school busses and 1 small passenger bus.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about the University at Albany / CDTA bus incident and school funding for eight small city school districts including Kingston and Poughkeepsie.

Teachers in Chester, Pa., who said they would be willing to work without pay to keep classroom disruption to a minimum after their school district reported in early January that its cash reserves had dipped below $ 100,000, scored a small victory on Jan. 10 when a federal judge approved an advance on the district's state school aid pending the outcome of a lawsuit to force the state to provide adequate funding.

Forcina, a former Marine who worked at a software company prior to becoming an attorney, said his top campaign priorities are elder care, writing laws that will aid small businesses in northeast Queens, lowering taxes and supporting the creation of charter schools in his district.

The issue of equitable aid was at the heart of the $ 1.11 billion lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Quality Education on behalf of 26 students in eight small city school districts, including Kingston, in 2008.

The Oysterponds school district in Orient, one of the smallest schools in the state, is the only district on Long Island that failed to have its teacher evaluation plan approved by Thursday's deadline and is expected to lose some state aid as a result of not having an approved - plan in place.

Compliance with the law is especially difficult for small school districts, most of which do not have an athletic trainer, Olson explained.

In just the D.C. district ANet schools, the increases were smaller — 4 percent in English and 6.6 percent in math — but still better than the improvement of less than 2 percent posted by district schools that didn't partner with ANet.

As part of a $ 14 million redesign, all 12,000 high school students in the district would undergo career education in small «career academies» within the existing schools.