John Deasy, the soon to be failed superintendent of Los Angeles Unified Schools and five
other school district superintendents made a legally questionable side deal bypassing state officials.
I have received written testimonials from several
other school district superintendents that are equally alarming.
Not exact matches
When Nikolas Cruz turned 18, he refused to let the
school district continue providing him with crucial mental health and
other services — and there was nothing officials could do about it, Broward
Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said Monday.
Child Nutrition Services - Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Child Nutrition Services (CNS) assists
school districts and
other program sponsors in providing quality nutrition programs that promote life - long healthful living while providing nutritious meals each day that prepare children for learning.
Superintendent District Leadership - Technology
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A hearing officer ruled that the Williamsville Central
Schools can fire an assistant
superintendent who in December 2014 was charged by the
School Board with insubordination, misconduct and
other charges by the
School Board,
district officials said.
Schools Superintendent Richard Organisciak and dozens of
other area
superintendents, organized as the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents, are lobbying Governor Andrew Cuomo's Mandate Relief Council to reduce mileage limits on private and parochial school out - of - d
superintendents, organized as the Lower Hudson Council of
School Superintendents, are lobbying Governor Andrew Cuomo's Mandate Relief Council to reduce mileage limits on private and parochial school out - of - district b
School Superintendents, are lobbying Governor Andrew Cuomo's Mandate Relief Council to reduce mileage limits on private and parochial school out - of - d
Superintendents, are lobbying Governor Andrew Cuomo's Mandate Relief Council to reduce mileage limits on private and parochial
school out - of - district b
school out - of -
district busing.
Leon County
School Superintendent Rocky Hanna says that will leave the
district with little flexibility to put money toward
other priorities.
Superintendent Christopher Brown told his
school board recently that the
district would have to cut 62 full - and part - time positions, drop a year of middle
school art and eliminate its seventh - grade reading program and high
school Latin classes, among many
other reductions.
The 3,300 - student
district has drawn down its cash reserves at an unsustainable rate in recent years and now must look at possible layoffs and
other economies to balance its budget for the 2018 - 19
school year,
Superintendent Patrick Brimstein said in an interview.
I'm going to bring community leader,
other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to
other financial and human resources to give the
school board and the
superintendent what's needed to turn the city around, which is to turn the
school district around.
Steven Cohen, an alliance member and
superintendent of the Shoreham - Wading River
School District, said he and the
other alliance members agree with the governor that the state's current model doesn't provide an accurate account of teacher performance.
At the local government level, he would consolidate the operations of most
school districts at the county level, with a single appointed
superintendent, and also consolidate
other local town and village operations at that level.
School superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and other professional school sta
School superintendents across the state had hoped that lawmakers would provide additional help, by allowing
districts to set aside extra cash reserves to meet the costs of pensions covering teachers, guidance counselors and
other professional
school sta
school staffers.
But he grew feisty when he spoke about his anger toward
other school board members, the
superintendent of the Buffalo
school district, Dr. Kriner Cash and the President of the teachers union, Phil Rumore, and what he said was their «scheming» that led to a «rigged» teacher contract that he Paladino believed would drain the
districts reserves and plunge it further into debt.
«
District leaders would no longer be able to give
others any assurance that the state would reimburse a consistent share of a proposed project's cost, making it harder to gain approval from those voters,» the state Council of
School Superintendents testified Wednesday.
One irate
school superintendent for the Genesee Valley called poor
districts going at each
other for
school aid a «Dickensian competition.»
She was instrumental in fostering a relationship between Southold and Greenport
school districts that has resulted in their sharing the services of
Superintendent David Gamberg and
other administrators and expanding shared services and activities between the two
districts.
Monday's hearings also featured
School Board
Superintendent Kriner Cash testified often about the Buffalo Teachers Federation contract, and how he felt that achieving one after 17 years was required for the
district to make
other educational reforms.
Before adding more charters or
other new
schools, the
district should wait for the data to come in to justify doing so... We challenge
Superintendent Tom Boasberg and our board to commit to a level playing field so neighborhood
schools receive the same resources as charter and innovation
schools.
While some administrators are using the new opportunities to meet leaders throughout the country,
others, such as Fleming County
Schools Superintendent Brian Creasman, say they prefer to develop connections regionally with
districts with similar demographics and needs.
Under yesterday's system,
school boards were needed to keep watch over the
superintendent, assistant
superintendents, and
other district officials as they managed the
school system.
Cracking down on those small but energy - inefficient devices was just one of many suggestions about 50
superintendents and
other district officials heard during a recent «energy summit» sponsored by the American Association of
School Administrators.
One afternoon, I walked to our local
school district's central office with three very amped - up students who, once inside, proceeded to confidently lay out their proposals for supporting teen mothers to none
other than the assistant
superintendent, with whom we did manage to snag a meeting.
July 14, 2016 — Under former
superintendent Cami Anderson, Newark Public
Schools spent more per - pupil than any
other district in the nation — a whopping $ 25,000 — but failed to improve achievement for its predominately minority student population.
Examining Test Scores a Complex Assignment Sign On San Diego, September 20, 2011» «My view is the good old days worked well for some students but really neglected many, many
others,» said [Professor] Tom Payzant, a former
superintendent of the San Diego Unified
School District who went on to lead several
other districts and now teaches at Harvard University.
Superintendent William A. Anton last week proposed shortening the
school year from 180 to 163 days beginning next fall in an effort to save the
district about $ 160 million in staff and teacher salaries and
other costs.
Many
districts simply fail to define their theories of reform - in some cases because
superintendents and
school - board members can not agree on what should be done; in
other cases because officials don't wish to make specific promises about actions and results.
Vicki L. Barber, the
superintendent of the 30,000 - student El Dorado
school district, and
other officials from the area about 30 miles east of Sacramento, have traveled to Washington in a campaign to promote more study of the risks of naturally occurring asbestos, which is widespread in California.
For example, during an initiative to revolutionize STEM learning across the Los Altos
School District in California, assistant
superintendent Alyssa Gallagher tapped math teacher Courtney Cadwell and three
others to be part of a blended learning pilot team tasked with integrating online learning tools.
The fast - growing Clark County, Nev.,
school district has named a new
superintendent, while leadership changes in several
other big - city systems, including New York and Pittsburgh, continued to unfold last week.
The changes were necessary, argued
Superintendent Donald W. Ingwerson, because the
district's current busing program interferes with efforts to increase parental involvement and bring about
other school improvements mandated under Kentucky's landmark education - reform law.
The
other reform strategy pursued in recent years, by large urban
districts from New York to San Diego, is to recruit celebrity
superintendents from
other professions, such as Joel Klein, the Clinton administration's antitrust official, who is now serving as chancellor of the New York City
schools.
Shortly after the intervention began,
Superintendent Vallas canceled the
district's contract with Chancellor Beacon, and its five
schools were either brought back under
district control or assigned to
other providers.
Based on the ISTE Essential Conditions, the Lead & Transform movement provides
district superintendents, CTOs, CIOs,
school leaders and
other decision makers with a roadmap for planning and building a successful systemwide tech initiative.
Santa Ana Unified
School District Superintendent Rick Miller has been an educator for more than 40 years, having served as an elementary and high school teacher, a university adjunct professor, and as superintendent in other districts in California and in
School District Superintendent Rick Miller has been an educator for more than 40 years, having served as an elementary and high school teacher, a university adjunct professor, and as superintendent in other districts in California
Superintendent Rick Miller has been an educator for more than 40 years, having served as an elementary and high
school teacher, a university adjunct professor, and as superintendent in other districts in California and in
school teacher, a university adjunct professor, and as
superintendent in other districts in California
superintendent in
other districts in California and in Idaho.
Dade County officials said the new plan unveiled by
Superintendent of
Schools Joseph Fernandez is patterned after the academic - bankruptcy laws in New Jersey and five
other states that allow the state education agency to assume control over failing
school districts.
Like equalization formulas in
other states, the one in Kansas was designed to help poor, primarily urban
districts, not the sprawling, land - rich agricultural areas of the state, like Beloit, where Mr. Bottom serves as
superintendent of
schools.
The Agency recommends that the constituent
school district Superintendent consult prior to the meeting with
school board members, administrators at the central and building levels,
district employees, union representatives, parents and community leaders and to the extent necessary also
other units of government.
If
superintendents are not 100 percent satisfied with the performance of new K - 12
school leaders in certain key competency areas, the program graduate will be provided with side - by - side coaching and
other professional development work at no cost to the
district or the graduate.
Jim formerly served as
Superintendent of the Whitefish Bay
School District in SE Wisconsin and several
other districts in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which
district and
school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and
other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).
LA Unified
Superintendent John Deasy said in an interview that the metrics used by LA Unified and the
other districts granted the waiver still give parents the right to use the Parent Trigger law, so long as a
school has been deemed in need of improvement for two consecutive years, ending with the 2014 - 2015
school year.
When Nampa's
school board approved TVLA and one
other innovation
school in mid-2016, then -
superintendent David Peterson hailed the moment as important not only to the
District but to the entire state of Idaho.
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Forty - seven
other states, and 99 percent of all
school districts nationwide, appoint their
school superintendents, with good reason.
Responsible for advocating on behalf of
school superintendents, and assisting with their professional development needs, the organization's primary source of funding comes from the dues that local
school districts pay so that their
superintendents, assistant
superintendents and
other «central office administrative personnel» can be part of CAPSS.
Diana Lam, the
school's new principal — who dealt with unions as
superintendent in Chelsea, Providence, and
other districts — said she was stunned when she received a letter from the state about the union's creation but took the development in stride.
LIFT Education is a small group of committed
superintendents working together to explore innovative approaches and share best practices that will most benefit their students as well as
other superintendents and
school districts.
Wesley Smith, executive director of the Association for California
School Administrators, which represents about 17,000 district superintendents and other school administrators, said the issue was of «great concern» to his organiz
School Administrators, which represents about 17,000
district superintendents and
other school administrators, said the issue was of «great concern» to his organiz
school administrators, said the issue was of «great concern» to his organization.