Sentences with phrase «over school districts»

In the U.S., most significant education policy changes come at the state level, as states have direct control over the school districts within their borders.

Dawn, the only real direct power that parents have over school districts is in their ability to vote for the members of the school board.

But it also calls for greater local control over school districts, criticizing some of the Obama administration's federal efforts to make changes to the education system through programs like Race to The Top.

Mississippi law allows the State to take over school districts in two distinct ways: by declaring a state of emergency and converting districts into «transformation» status or absorbing them into the new statewide Achievement School District.

Senator Fischer, a former school board member and past president of the Nebraska Association of School Boards, introduced the amendment with Senators King and Tester to «ensure that communities have ultimate authority over their school districts,» and «strengthen the relationship among local school board members and parents.»

This is not exactly news; states have been taking over school districts for years, often for lengthy periods.

That level of spending may be necessary to serve our neediest students, but in no way represents an obvious cost saving over school districts and stand - alone charter schools.

The four dissenting justices pointed to the considerable authority the state enjoyed over school districts, including the «wide - ranging powers to consolidate and merge school districts, even without the consent of the districts themselves or of the local citizenry.»

The law mandates the awarding of legal fees to the parents of handicapped children who prevail over school districts in special - education «actions or proceedings.»

Worked with the Legislature and Governor to approve legislation that continues the appointment of monitors in East Ramapo, provides new oversight authority for the monitors and the Department over the school district's budget, and provides $ 3 million in state funds to restore and expand educational programming for the public schools within the district;

Priore's resignation Wednesday, in protest over the school district's handling of a new nursing contract and what she described as a lack of transparency, sets the stage for the School Board to select a new Park District board member by June 16.

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.

And that is why you have people elected like Ed Day because people outside of Ramapo who have not seen the growth of the religious communities in their neighborhoods yet, they still understand what's happening in East Ramapo and they know that it's fundamentally wrong that people would take over a school district who don't send their children there and then deny minority students a fair education.

It also became a major issue in the mayoral election, even though the Denver mayor holds no legal authority over the school district.

African - American parents grew so disillusioned that many formed an organization devoted to taking over the school district and ending the case.

Fired up over school district administrators» proposed staffing shake - up that would remove teachers from as many as 24 schools, a group of roughly two - dozen parents briefly shut down a Seattle school board committee meeting Wednesday night.

Yet this is a pivotal moment not just for Caputo - Pearl and Crenshaw but for a black community that has been largely absent from an education reform movement that hit a milestone last week with the passage in Sacramento of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bill to gain more control over the school district.

Building on the recent and historic intergovernmental cooperation agreement between the district and City Council to expand transparency and access to information, we are calling for Council to convene a formal representative body, such as a Citizens» commission, comprised of a broad array of stakeholders, who can advise and assist City Council in exercising review and oversight over the School District of Philadelphia.

Since the State took over the School District of Philadelphia in 2001, it has been run by an appointed School Reform Commission (SRC).

In Wake County, North Carolina, frequent student reassignments created controversy over the school district's long - standing socioeconomic integration plan.

Thus it is an ideal school that comes from a neighborhood with the overall average income and with a within - school standard deviation that is in some sense an average of the within - school standard deviations over the school district.

Here's one article or you can google and find some other articles about it too, if you'd like, but it seems that the Hasidics are taking over the school district boards and diverting a lot of the funding for religious schools, which is hurting the regular public schools» funding.

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Lindy Sumner - Smith has worked as an elementary school teacher for the Peel District School Board (No. 72 on the Best Jobs Ranking) for over 20 school teacher for the Peel District School Board (No. 72 on the Best Jobs Ranking) for over 20 School Board (No. 72 on the Best Jobs Ranking) for over 20 years.

According to the company, the Chico Unified School District in California will save more than $ 3 million over 20 years.

Over the years, we have continued to perform exceptional HVAC service and installation for school districts, governmental agencies, municipalities and private firms.

In 2012, John was elected to a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education (MD), the nation's 17th largest school district, where he advocated technology modernization across over 200 schools.

The Pennsylvania school district that faced a social media backlash over news that it armed students with rocks to fight off mass shooters now says it will be adding good guys with guns for protection.

VICTORIA — Local MLAs say students in Victoria and Saanich will benefit from safer, more efficient and comfortable schools thanks to over $ 7 million in provincial funding for school upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School Distschool upgrades in the Greater Victoria and Saanich School DistSchool Districts.

Schools will remain closed until further notice, and the district will likely make an announcement over the weekend about when they'd reopen.

Details of the Cyberattack On April 14th, suspected hackers took over the computer system of the Leominster Public Schools District in Massachusetts, shutting it down.

The Lakeland Catholic School District (LCSD) has seen consistent growth in enrolment over the last...

Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

The school district's superintendent, a few seats over, couldn't help but smile.

Over 1,000 schools in 308 school districts in 36 states from Alaska to...

Over 1,000 schools in 308 school districts in 36 states from Alaska to Florida currently utilize the curriculum, and over 175,000 students have taken courses based on it, according to the NCBCPS Web site (www.bibleinschools.nOver 1,000 schools in 308 school districts in 36 states from Alaska to Florida currently utilize the curriculum, and over 175,000 students have taken courses based on it, according to the NCBCPS Web site (www.bibleinschools.nover 175,000 students have taken courses based on it, according to the NCBCPS Web site (www.bibleinschools.net).

The controversy over the injunction issued in October 1997 by Alabama Federal District Judge Ira M. DeMent restricting religious activity in public schools, as well as the continuing controversy in the state concerning Judge Roy Moore's courtroom display of the Ten Commandments, can be....

While Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and Professor Stephen Barr were arguing over questions of evolution and teleology in the last few issues of First Things, down in Pennsylvania Judge John E. Jones III was deciding Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

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He and his staff serve over 35,000 students a day in the 47 schools that make up Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) in California.

From there, jump on over to our Donate to the Program section to see which school districts are in the queue for receiving salad bars.

Almost ten years later, the district has over 300 salad bars dispersed throughout 180 schools — 31 of which were donated by Let's Move Salad Bars to Sschools — 31 of which were donated by Let's Move Salad Bars to SchoolsSchools!

The nonprofit organization serves the most dropout prone school districts in Southern and Northeastern Nevada, supporting nearly 25,000 students over 40 sites.

According to information I learned from my school district, historically over the last five years the rates have increased annually by 2.5 % to 4.1 %.

By providing a tasting to families before the start of the school year, the district hopes to build support for the «envelope - pushing» items and win over even the pickiest elementary and middle school students, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director.

She is the Nutrition Educator, Grand District Manager, and the Summer Feeding Director for a large district of over 187,000 students attending 184 District Manager, and the Summer Feeding Director for a large district of over 187,000 students attending 184 district of over 187,000 students attending 184 schools.

Using the tasting to introduce and build support for «envelop - pushing» school lunches will hopefully mean winning over even the pickiest elementary and middle school kids, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director who also creates the recipes.

These may sound like extreme measures for an afternoon errand, but there is only one office supply store in our town and it services the entire school district; over the years I have learned to contingency plan and pack.

Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.