Sentences with phrase «other than a district school»

While you have almost seven out of 10 saying they would prefer something other than a district school, 80 percent of them are sending their children to district schools.

Not exact matches

, the state pension plan does, too, and school districts, towns and villages, and other participants get a larger - than - normal bill.

Teachers and other staff in public schools are often moved from school to school when allegations emerge, rather than the school attempting to remove the teacher from the district.»

N.J.S.A. 18A: 40 - 41.5 (2010) provides immunity from liability for school districts for the death or injury of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by or under contract with a youth sports team, provided there is an insurance policy of not less than $ 50,000 per person per incident, and a statement of compliance with the school district or nonpublic school's policies for the management of concussions and other head injuries.

[1] In contrast, the predominant view of nutrition and medical researchers is that milk has nutrients essential for bone growth and development, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] leading other school districts to take the position that any milk is better than no milk.

(And these donuts actually have less sugar than a lot of other sweetened grain items served for breakfast by schools around the country, at least before the frosting and sprinkles are added by the district.)

Earlier this spring, Arlington Heights gave the team its blessing to use the school district field for commercial purposes, meaning the team could charge admission to the 3,500 - seat stadium and use the field for something other than school - related activities.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Long Island's 126 school districts pay into the third state pension fund - the Teachers» Retirement System, which operates on a different fiscal year than the other two systems.

That means districts will be almost entirely dependent on the state to cover rising salaries and other education costs, school administrators said, and Cuomo's budget provides less than half the financial aid needed.

New York City spends more money on fringe benefits for teachers and other education personnel than any other school district in country, according to a new study.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the district in the country.

In the Syracuse School District, one in 10 students alone were homeless in 2016 — more than any other school in the state, save for New YorkSchool District, one in 10 students alone were homeless in 2016 — more than any other school in the state, save for New Yorkschool in the state, save for New York City.

«So in other words, the total dollars that the county or municipality or school district could collect in property taxes would not be able to rise more than two percent from one year to the next,» Ward says.

Cuomo disagreed: «The East Ramapo school district has other issues, as you know, that we're working through — more on the monitor than on funding,» he said at the Yonkers event.

«I know that every city is asking for the same thing but one of the differences with the city of Rochester as compared to Buffalo and Syracuse, which are our sister cities, is the fact that we give $ 32 million more to our city school district than any of those other cities,» Warren said.

Right now, 12,700 Bronx families are still on waiting lists for seats in public charter schools, and the Bronx has fewer gifted and talented programs than any of the other boroughs, with less than four seats for every 1,000 students.Two of our school districts — District 7 in the South Bronx and District 12 in the central Bronx — don't have a single gifted and talented program, and together they educate more than 45,000 students.

Financial contributions in this year's Buffalo School Board election soared past the amount given in previous district races, with donors putting more than $ 156,000 into the six contests.And that figure doesn't represent the full extent of resources put into the races, since some candidates have neglected to file their final financial reports and others failed to report ca...

Powell said there are 15 charter schools in his East Harlem district — more than any other in the state.

As mayor of Yonkers, Spano has more power over the school district than any other local leader in the state, with the exception of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

Speaking for myself as a voter, this election revolves around two issues for me; amnesty and the East Ramapo School District, one at the national level and one at the local level; neither one good, one worse than the other.

«Some districts may be experiencing more joy than others this morning,» said Julie Marlette, director of governmental relations for the New York State School Boards Association.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

The proportion of students in poverty in the majority - black elementary schools has increased over time, and remains at higher levels (currently at 91 percent poor) than the district's other elementary schools (76.6 percent poor.)

He talked about Newark's universal enrollment system, which includes all of the city's public schools (both district and charter), noting that 75 % of families chose a school other than their neighborhood school and that 42 % of families listed their first choice as a «high - performing charter school.»

The lower - spending half of successful districts spent 50 percent less than the higher - spending districts, proving that many good schools do quite well with much less than other schools.

In addition, it wasn't particularly well aligned with the district's other main accountability program, school probation, which focused on second - quartile students rather than the lowest - performing students in a school.

In more than two - thirds of the states, teacher unions, school districts, and other interested parties have filed similar lawsuits that seek judgments resembling the stunning result handed down in New York.

Also, many school districts across the country not only have successful induction programs in place, they also are more than willing to share their successes with others.

Another possible explanation for our findings of large school - spending effects is that how the money is spent matters a lot and that districts use the resources that come from unexpected increases in school spending more productively than they use other resources.

States and school districts with more blacks and college - educated adults have a substantially larger share of their students in charter schools than other districts.

The decision noted that IDEA requires only that a school district demonstrate progress toward meeting the goals of an IEP, rather than assuring that progress can be generalized in the home and other environments, and thus the district was not responsible for the costs of a residential placement.

In other words, Boston charter - school students are learning at more than twice the rate of their district - school peers.

Open Enrollment: allows students to transfer to districts or public schools other than the one to which they are assigned by address.

And it seems to be working: In spring 2007, Enota students scored higher in math on the Criterion - Referenced Competency Test (CRCT, Georgia's annual standardized exam) than any other school in the district.

School start times vary considerably, both across the nation and within individual communities, with some schools beginning earlier than 7:30 a.m. and others after 9:00 a.m. Districts often stagger the start times of different schools in order to reduce transportation costs by using fewer buses.

In other words, these schools typically received 1 to 4 percent more than the district average, or $ 15,000 to $ 60,000 per school of 500 students in a district where the average school expenditure is $ 3,000 per pupil.

So he exhorted lawmakers to consider «chartering,» as a way to allow entities other than school districts to establish new public schools that would be open to students regardless of where they lived, thereby beginning to withdraw the monopoly school districts held over the provision of public education.

Both student and teacher attendance is higher than at other local schools, with the student attendance rate surpassing that of every other middle school in the district (and significantly better than the citywide average).

This structural flaw runs counter to the original idea of chartering, allowing an entity other than the local school district to establish new schools.

Parents have exercised choice in selecting a charter or private - sector school rather than a district school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the school are caused by actual school characteristics in each sector or some other factor.

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.

In other words, as a result of political opposition, the vast majority of school districts, even in conservative Texas, turned down extra money from the state rather than adopt merit pay.

In other words, middle school start times are somewhat earlier in Wake County than in most districts nationwide.

It stipulated that a teacher coming into the system from any other school district (either public or private) could not be given salary credit for more than five years of previous teaching experience.

However, the court gave no indication at what point «suitable funding» would be reached such that some school districts could spend more than others.

Outwardly, Success is similar to other «no excuses» (Moskowitz dislikes that term) charter schools: students are called «scholars» and wear uniforms; a longer school day and year allow for about one - third more instruction time than district schools provide; rooms are named after the teacher's alma mater; a culture of discipline and high expectations reigns.

Charter schools number 161 in L.A., more than operate in any other district nationwide.

State laws often bog charter conversions down with excess baggage, such as keeping the school under the district's collective bargaining agreement, or requiring that it have a higher percentage of certified teachers than other charters.

As in most other school districts, the teachers in higher - poverty schools in our sample have fewer years of experience than their counterparts in lower - poverty schools (11.8 years vs. 14.0 years).