Sentences with phrase «on isd»

The contest will kick off on May 30th, and the last chance to enter will be on ISD, June 20th.

Written into the legislation that enacted the Innovative School District is language that also calls on the ISD to maintain a website, which currently exists at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ncisd/.

They also complained that giving local school boards greater freedom might harm smaller districts that more heavily rely on ISD services.

The number of full - time staff on ISD payrolls grew from 9,260 in 1993 (the earliest data available) to 15,392 in 2010, a 66 percent increase.

Taxpayers spend about $ 2.6 billion on ISDs each year.

Local school districts depend on ISDs to meet ever - growing needs in Early Childhood (0 - 5) and Parent Education, Special Education (birth to age 26), Career and Technical Education, Tech Prep, Career Preparation, Talent Development, Online and Digital courses, Math and Science programs, Early / Middle College, Student Activities, Extended Day, Alternative and Adult Education programs, and Court - Involved Youth and Homeless Education programs.

Not exact matches

Last week, the Parent Advisory Committee on which I serve met with Houston ISD Food Services / Aramark to share menu ideas and other suggestions to improve school food.

Today on my Houston ISD school food blog, The Spork Report, I describe two potentially encouraging developments which could presage the end of junk food in our cafeterias: the recent, courageous action of two of our school board trustees in objecting to the sale of these foods, as well as a fantastic Houston Chronicle editorial today in which the paper urges HISD to clean up its act.

I just received an email from the Houston ISD School Health Advisory Council on which I sit, alerting me to the fact that the Texas state legislature is presently considering a wide - ranging school accountability bill (HB400) which will weaken... [Continue reading]

In early 2010, Siegel became interested in improving the food in her children's school district, Houston ISD, and soon after launched The Lunch Tray, a blog focusing on «kids and food, in school and out.»

According to a story published on the website, OnlyNews.com, the weekend after the election, a girl's volleyball team from Archer City, TX (about 2 hours north of Dallas) was playing against a team from Fort Hancock ISD in Snyder, TX (a town on the Texas / Mexico border which happens to be 97 percent Hispanic) when students from Archer City starting chanting «Build a Wall!»

Check out the video linked here on breakfast - in - the - classroom produced by Austin ISD.

You can follow Austin ISD Nutrition Services on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and make sure you check back to Beyond Breakfast throughout SY 2017 - 18 as Partners for BIC help Austin ISD implement breakfast in the classroom in more classrooms!

Because I have seen firsthand here in Houston ISD how fundraisers selling junk food can have a real and negative impact on student health, I endorsed the second approach.

As a member of Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest days.

For the last four and a half years, I've served on a parent advisory committee to Houston ISD food services and have gotten to know well many of the men and women working hard to serve over 200,000 meals a day to our 300 schools.

It's a common theme on The Food Network and among conscientious gourmets these days — the idea of sustainability and local sourcing — and it's coming to Houston ISD in the new school year.

Forward - thinking districts like San Francisco USD, to their credit, have reduced the frequency of pizza on the menu to just once a week and I'd love for Houston ISD to consider following suit.

Here in Houston ISD, the nation's seventh largest district, we were thrilled when such items started appearing on our menus a while -LSB-...]

I was so busy with the Lunch Line event last week that I was unable to get to a cafeteria to take photos, but my fellow Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services Parent Advisory Council member Stephanie Dubroff - Acosta was in her own child's lunch room on Thursday.

But here's how I know there may be a problem with Ken's proposal: Even while I was actively pushing for better school meals in Houston ISD and publicly sharing all my efforts here on TLT, I still packed a lunch every single day for my own two kids.

Longtime TLT readers will remember a period when seemingly every post on this blog began with «My friend Donna told me about...» Donna is a fellow Houston parent and foodie (who also used to sit on Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee with me), and she's great about passing on all the kid - and - food leads she comes across on the Internet.

And, as my recent, dispiriting experience in Houston ISD well illustrated, even after requested reforms are implemented, parents may still need to act as watch dogs to make sure their district doesn't backslide on its promises.

You can read why I'm referred to as a «reluctant school food advocate,» my thoughts on school food reform in private versus public schools, and what I hope to accomplish here in Houston ISD before the youngest of my two children graduates.

I was honored to be included in Dana's survey, but sometimes I feel frustrated with «on the ground» efforts here in Houston ISD.

Houston ISD, the largest school district in Texas and the seventh largest in the nation, recently announced its new «Lean and Green» initiative: offering its students meatless school meal entrees on Mondays.

For example, here in Houston ISD, the district prides itself on the fact that it's already regulating a la carte foods and foods sold in vending machines by, for example, limiting their fat and calorie content.

On my Houston ISD school food blog, The Spork Report, I once shared a candid photo of a Houston middle schooler's «lunch:» a bag of Baked Flamin» Hot Cheetos doused in cheesy nacho sauce: Both of those items were purchased by the... [Continue reading]

I was so busy with the Lunch Line event last week that I was unable to get to a cafeteria to take photos, but my fellow Houston ISD / Aramark Food Services Parent Advisory Council member Stephanie Dubroff - Acosta was in her own child's lunch room on... [Continue reading]

«-RRB- I shared with you then the logistical and financial challenges faced by many districts trying to meet this seemingly simple mandate, including what's going on in my own district, Houston ISD.

I've been so surprised by the outpouring of support in response to my post yesterday, which explained why I decided to step down from Houston ISD's Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee after serving on it for the last six years.

I am a Texas resident, a Houston ISD public school parent and a writer and commentator on issues relating to children and food policy.

As regular TLT readers know, I recently resigned from the Houston ISD (HISD) Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), in part because I was frustrated by the district's backsliding on promises to reduce the high sugar content in... [Continue reading]

For example, some of us were proposing to Houston ISD a stir fry of vegetables and chicken as an entree, but then realized that of course there would be storage and transit time before it landed on a kid's tray.

[Editorial note: This is true of everything I write on The Lunch Tray, but let me be clear that all opinions expressed here are entirely my own and do not reflect the views of the Houston ISD School Health Advisory Council or any of its members.]

I believe — based on prior conversations with Houston ISD food services — that (1) the Frito Pie is made from baked, whole grain chips; (2) the chili contains beef and beans (the beans are a new addition); (3) there is some whole grain in the pizza crust (but I don't know the percentage), and (4) both dishes use low - fat (or maybe reduced - fat) cheese.

and I stepped down from the Houston ISD school food committee on which I'd served since 2010.

And for those who might not know her, Kellie is a truly amazing force here in Houston ISD, championing nutrition education long before it was on most people's radar.

note: Don't miss our 2011 interview with Dora Rivas, then director of Dallas ISD nutrition services for more on BIC's early days in Dallas.)

Our Nutrition Mission: «Houston ISD will be a leader in child nutrition and wellness by providing the highest level of nutrition possible on our campuses, by providing comprehensive nutrition and wellness education, and by engaging the entire HISD community to teach our children the benefits of making healthy choices.»

On Sunday, the Houston Chronicle published a front page story about improvements to school food in Houston ISD and surrounding school districts.

In my district, Houston ISD, it's the Food Services department that is selling the bright blue slushies and the fried chip nachos and the Frito Pie on the a la carte line, and they work with the district to monitor vending machines to ensure that no competitive food is sold there that could undercut their profits in the cafeteria snack lines.

When Dallas ISD goes on winter break this year, cafeterias at several campuses will stay open so kids don't go hungry.

On a flight to New York City this past weekend, I was catching up on a project for our School Health Advisory Council when my seat mate noticed the Houston ISD logo on my paperworOn a flight to New York City this past weekend, I was catching up on a project for our School Health Advisory Council when my seat mate noticed the Houston ISD logo on my paperworon a project for our School Health Advisory Council when my seat mate noticed the Houston ISD logo on my paperworon my paperwork.

Houston ISD Food Services says it's working on the problem, and may even send to each school photographs of what the finished food is supposed to look like.

I'm on the Houston ISD Food Services PAC but only recently found out — thanks to fellow school food blogger Ed Bruske — that if your district has outsourced its food services to a food service management company (as mine has), federal regulations actually mandate the formation of such a committee.

Maybe it's straying a little far from my focus on «kids and food, in school and out» but in the near future I plan to post about the unconscionable amount of unrecycled paper and styrofoam waste generated by the lunch program in my own school district (Houston ISD) and presumably elsewhere in the country.

I am a former lawyer with some food regulatory experience, and after three and a half years of working on school food reform in Houston ISD, I'm relatively well - versed in how school food programs operate.

After a long holiday break I've resumed posting on The Spork Report, my Houston ISD school food blog which also appears on the Houston Chronicle «s chron.com site.

As regular TLT readers know, I recently resigned from the Houston ISD (HISD) Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee (PAC), in part because I was frustrated by the district's backsliding on promises to reduce the high sugar content in its breakfasts.