Sentences with phrase «on the school board»

When they are considering roles for students on school boards, policy - makers should consider whether school boards should elect or select student members.

The results vary: As many as 16 states have laws allowing students to sit on school boards at the state level, with no vote.

There are also two elected at - large members on the school board, whom this report does not address.

The state board of education currently plans to work with the principal's association and state school board association to support programming for student representatives on school boards.

However, meaningful involvement means students having full - voting, fully participating positions on school boards.

Don't be intimidated by these people — generally people on school boards are just like you — concerned citizens who think that they can make the schools a better place for the kids.

It's also easier on school boards as they only have to deal with one bargaining entity.

They are hoping that upset parents will call on the school board to end the strike at all costs, and pressure the district into making concessions it otherwise would not make.

The goal is to make sure students have a voice on the school board, a voice in the policy and funding decisions that profoundly affect them.

I retired 10 years ago, and eight years ago there was an opening on the school board for which I was asked to run.

The state's education department, which oversees the testing, did not comment on the school board votes.

We need to lean on school boards and superintendents to take their fiduciary responsibilities seriously.

The state board of education is currently supporting policy to require student representation on all school boards statewide.

Two of her other proposals — to end elections of superintendents and to impose term limits on school board members — are before another committee this week.

We were on the police force together and worked together on the school board.

He also has previous management experience and board experience from his [stint] on the school board.

I may at sometime consider being on the school board if I thought that could help our efforts as parents.

Because of that, there will be a vacancy on the school board.

That's because a 10 - year contract will survive despite turnover that can occur on school boards and influence teacher contract negotiations.

Nothing beats that perspective in terms of the contributions one can make to policy, to decisions, to budget allocations on a school board.

Among the things I have found in my work is an inherent dilemma in the type of special positioning students on school boards receive.

The involvement of large wealthy donors in local schools is influencing who gets elected to govern on school boards.

There are some limits, based on school board policy, on whether we can accept a student from another school district.

The Agreement of Sale was conditional on the school board obtaining a severance before the closing date.

There are certain terms you should be familiar with when looking at roles for students on school boards.

Would you support term limits or elections by districts so that every elementary school district has one representative on the school board, term limits, three year terms, other?

Now, a father of one of the victims hopes to make a change by running for a position on the school board.

Simply and routinely asking students to speak up about what they think about school board policy - making issues is the lowest form of student representation on school boards.

Leonard Rovins, a lawyer who has served on the school board in Westport, Conn., since 1971 and as a director and the president of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, has been elected president of the National School Boards Association.

Mr. Frailey, 41, is an assistant superintendent of the 32,000 - student Spring Branch school district in suburban Houston and serves on the school board of the nearby 68,000 - student Cypress - Fairbanks district.

After the last round of elections, teachers union - backed candidates form the majority on the school boards of the three biggest districts in Erie County.

Their deep - pocketed members invest heavily in school board and other races, working to build pro-charter majorities on school boards in their target states.

Here is a write up on what some states do, written for the SoundOut Students on School Boards Toolbox.

Though my five - plus years on a school board in upstate New York certainly proved to me that boards lacked the capacity to do much of anything effectively, I never gave up hope.

Robert Cotto Jr., a Working Families Party stalwart who works in education policy, is not seeking re-election after serving on the school board since early 2010.

I don't think Carl Paladino should remain on the school board because a school board member should not be allowed to say the things he says and he doesn't know how to work with others.

To learn more about how school districts pass policies, how you can get on a school board meeting agenda to speak, or other information to be a strong advocate before your school district, check out the ACLU's Parents» Guide to School Board Advocacy in California available in English and Spanish.

The school has had «a clear trajectory of progress and I don't know the secret sauce yet,» said Gonez, who begins her new five - and - a-half year term on the school board in July.

The result of a decade's worth of scholarship, it assembles a wealth of data on teacher attitudes, collective bargaining, union influence on school board elections, NEA and AFT political activity, and so on.

School district budget votes will be held tomorrow throughout the state, with many of the districts also voting on school board seats.

When the «Christians» stop pushing their agenda on my school board, with their made - up pseudo-science and lies about «theories» like evolution and the big bang, then I'll leave their «Belief Blog».

«I want to encourage people to embrace the agenda of Dr. (Kriner) Cash and I hope that whomever sits on the school board after July 1st will listen to him and work with him to help move this district forward,» Sampson said.

Feb. 28, 2013: Paladino, a regular critic of the Buffalo school system, announces his bid for a spot on the School Board.

Here is how the Post summed up her six - year tenure on the school board: «To supporters, she was a dogged champion of accountability in an unwieldy bureaucracy that no one person could fix.

Don Tucker's years of service on the school board may not have helped his recent run for the town board.

Milwaukee voters shifted the balance of power on their school board last week, turning the majority that supports the city's voucher program into a minority.

«I'm going to pursue some administrative action because Mr. Paladino did break the law and he could be dismissed from his position on the school board because he isn't respecting the privacy of students in the district,» stated Harig.