Sentences with phrase «officials urged parents»

As part of the broader Community and Citywide Education Council selection process, elected officials urged parents to apply.

Not exact matches

The New York Times: City Urges Requiring Consent for Jewish Rite New York City health officials proposed on Tuesday that Orthodox Jewish parents be required to sign a consent waiver before they can take part in a circumcision ritual that is believed to have led to the deaths of at least two babies in the city over the past decade.

Last week, the parents of two young men who died earlier this year after ingesting caffeine powder met with Food and Drug Administration officials to deliver a citizen petition urging the agency to ban the sale of powdered caffeine.

I request officials of the Government, and I urge parents, young people, and interested local and national organizations, to use all appropriate means during that week to promote programs and activities demonstrating the importance of youth fitness to the end that we may assure the continuing strength and well - being of our people.

New York officials are urging parents to take another look at their car seats after safety checks around the state recently found that only 12 percent were properly installed.

Some elected officials have urged parents to fight back against co-location plans, including Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Join this NYC parent and others in urging city officials and the teachers» union to come to an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system.

Addressing the large audience of New England - area teachers and parent - activists attending the meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the speakers nevertheless urged advocates of education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education programs.

«Rather than rush into any agreement, we would urge school officials to engage a public discussion that includes parents, students and advocates concerned with student privacy.»

As parents, educators and taxpayers of Nevada, we the undersigned urge Nevada's public officials to defend and expand the most inclusive school choice program in the nation.

As parents, educators and taxpayers of Nevada, we the undersigned, urge lawmakers and elected officials to take the necessary steps to defend and expand the most inclusive school choice program in the nation.

C3S plans to hold parent training workshops, facilitate meetings with elected officials, as well as urge parent advocates to pursue positions on their district Community Education Councils.

Ms. Magee urged parents to opt out of the tests to subvert the rating system, though state education officials said districts would have to come up with alternative methods of evaluating teachers who did not have enough test scores.

LAUSD Urges Students, Community Members to Vote Like public school educators throughout the state, L.A. Unified officials and board members are urging students, parents and concerned adults to vote in next month's election and are working to inform them about Propositions 30 and 38.

Reflecting the growing schism over the Common Core are two different recent editorials in major newspapers: The Los Angeles Time editorial board urged city officials to delay its implementation to make sure that it is done properly, while the New York Times editorial board told parents not to be afraid of the new Common Core - aligned standardized tests and it blamed Republicans for the opposition.

As schools grapple with how to deter underage drinking at prom and other events, some elected officials and parents in Montgomery County are urging tougher punishments for students when they are caught, such as limiting their involvement in school activities or barring them from graduation ceremonies.

Parents, teachers, elected officials and civic organizations have written letters of support to Hall, urging him to allow the two Durham schools to remain under local control.

Pelto urged appropriate officials to intervene and investigate these violations noting, «As long as the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Connecticut remain intact, parents have the fundamental and inalienable right to refuse to have their child take the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test.