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.
Not exact matches
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.
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 Arlington Heights Park
District has experienced a «recreation renaissance» of sorts
over the past few years especially since opening the doors to the new Pioneer Park Community Center in 2008 and since unveiling the cooperatively installed and managed synthetic turf field with
District 214 at Hersey High
School in 2011,» said Maryfran Leno, Park
Board President.
The
school has 2,088 students, which already puts it 33 over capacity, and Burns recently told the Township High School District 214 Board of Education that, even after a renovation planned for next summer, the school will be able to handle only 2,250 stu
school has 2,088 students, which already puts it 33
over capacity, and Burns recently told the Township High
School District 214 Board of Education that, even after a renovation planned for next summer, the school will be able to handle only 2,250 stu
School District 214
Board of Education that, even after a renovation planned for next summer, the
school will be able to handle only 2,250 stu
school will be able to handle only 2,250 students.
The Arlington Heights Elementary
School District 25
board has approved a $ 29.1 million levy, up nearly 12 percent
over last year.
Talks were held
over the past several weeks, with
school board member Kevin Connor as the
school district's representative.
Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public
School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this
School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's
school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this
school board meeting
over how the
district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.
At the same time, the Chicago
Board of Education and Park
District Board are beginning high - level negotiations to resolve the problem and underlying conflict at Clemente and seven other city
schools: two bureaucracies competing
over the same space with no contract to guide them.
The City of Niagara Falls Republican Committee endorsed Niagara Falls
School Board Member, John Destino
over incumbent Republican, George Maziarz in the 62nd Senate
District.
Waronker, who took
over as
schools chief on June 2, contended in that letter that his attempts to turn around the struggling
district have been undermined by the
board's three - member majority.
However, Park
District School Board Member Carl Paladino is threatening to go to court over being shut down when he wanted answers to questions during a board mee
Board Member Carl Paladino is threatening to go to court
over being shut down when he wanted answers to questions during a
board mee
board meeting.
Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo
School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the
district and that
over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the
district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.
«The quality of education for thousands of students in a
district could be jeopardized
over the mere misfiling of paperwork,» said David Albert, a spokesman for the New York
School Boards Association.
Two days after
Schools Superintendent Richard Organisciak attempted to quell anger on the New Rochelle
Board of Education
over reports of
district employees making personal use of
district vehicles, a Bonanno employee is still taking a
district vehicle home every night and weekends.
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 Ju
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
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 Ju
School Board to select a new Park District board member by Jun
Board to select a new Park
District board member by
District board member by Jun
board member by June 16.
As many
school districts around the region struggling with the fight over high - stakes testing, Buffalo School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy me
school districts around the region struggling with the fight
over high - stakes testing, Buffalo
School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy me
School Board members discussed the issue at Wednesday night's lengthy meeting.
The NY Civil Liberties Union is suing the East Ramapo Central
School District over the way it elects the members of its
board of education.
Was the strong showing by Lancaster
school board candidates dedicated to preserving the name of the new mascot, the Legends, a bucket of cold water thrown on the flames that have burned in the
district over the Redskins?
Filings at the state
Board of Elections show NYSUT's Fund For Great Public
Schools super PAC has invested in both mailers and TV ad production
over the last week to knock Republican Chris Jacobs and boost Small's chances in the battleground
district.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind and a Jewish group criticized a state report on the East Ramapo
school district, saying that the report's recommendation to install monitor with veto power
over the
school board is «unjust» and «an insult to the community.»
The
district has been fighting for some time
over funding, with the Orthodox Jewish - controlled
school board diverting funds to Yeshivas — religious private
schools that educate a minority of students — and away from the public
schools attended by a majority of students, many of whom are black and Latino.
Since the law changed from appointed to elected
school board members, over 90 % of school board members have resided within elementary school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., North
school board members,
over 90 % of
school board members have resided within elementary school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., North
school board members have resided within elementary
school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle School (i.e., North
school districts that feed into Albert Leonard Middle
School (i.e., North
School (i.e., North End).
Tim Kremer, with the New York State
School Boards Association, says the original deadline would have meant districts would have to come up with their evaluation system over the summer, which is a difficult time for school offi
School Boards Association, says the original deadline would have meant
districts would have to come up with their evaluation system
over the summer, which is a difficult time for
school offi
school officials.
In the seventh change of superintendents in eight years, the
board chooses Susan Johnson, a two - time former Hempstead
schools chief who unsuccessfully sued the
district over her firing in 2005.
Syracuse
school board President Derrick Dorsey said he was still in shock
over Superintendent Sharon Contreras» departure from the
district.
The Brong - Ahafo Regional Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control
Board (NACOB), Kofi Boateng, has expressed worry
over the practice where drugs are being sold in classrooms of some basic
schools in the Sunyani West
District.
At Wednesday's Buffalo
School Board meeting, the long struggle
over getting more minority and women - owned businesses among the vendors to the
district system turned into a discussion about using student labor.
Dixon spent most of the 2011 - 2012
school year as the
district's interim
school superintendent, but was passed
over for the permanent position when the
school board appointed Dr. Pamela Brown in July.
Rev. Edward Mulraine (1A)-- The Mount Vernon Democratic Nominee, Rev. Edward Mulraine has been an advocate in this
district for
over 30 years, as tenant association president, elected
school board member, Williamsbridge NAACP President and Pastor of Unity Baptist Tabernacle in Mount Vernon, New York (101 S 2nd Ave, Mt Vernon).
As the reality of the decline in «assessables» has begun to sink in
over at the City
School District of New Rochelle, the
Board of Education has been furtively discussing the idea of hiring «tax cert» lawyers to «recoup» property tax money.
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Carl Paladino has sued the Buffalo
School Board and the district over claims the board has violated his right to free sp
Board and the
district over claims the
board has violated his right to free sp
board has violated his right to free speech.
Until 1996, the community
school boards had authority
over the elementary and middle
schools in their
districts, including the power to appoint superintendents and to approve the superintendents» choice of principals.
Should Paladino win his appeal decision and return to the
school board, it raised questions
over who would truly represent the Park
District.
Jesse Hamilton has spent his entire career helping people, including
over 15 years as an elected official in Crown Heights, eight years as President of the
School Board and the last eight representing our community as
District Leader of the 43rd Assembly
District.
Since then, two IDA
boards, four
school districts, hundreds of Valley Stream taxpayers, and about a dozen state and local lawmakers have become embroiled in a controversy
over the mall's tax incentives that have been blamed for steep tax hikes for residents.
The
district has been plagued in recent years with controversy
over the makeup of the
school board and many of its actions.
The State - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo
school district wants a legislative intervention that would give an appointee veto power
over the
board's «bad decisions.»
In September 2005, in Kitzmiller v. Dover, 11 parents sued the Dover Area
School District over a pro — intelligent design disclaimer the school board required to be read when evolution was t
School District over a pro — intelligent design disclaimer the
school board required to be read when evolution was t
school board required to be read when evolution was taught.
Mayor Michael R. White, along with an appointed nine - member
school board and a superintendent of his choosing, will take
over the Cleveland
schools, returning the
district to local control for the first time in nearly 25 years.
L.A.
School Report observes, «The quality of those courses, in which most of the work is done online and over a shorter period of time, has been questioned by LA Unified watchers as well as those within the district, including the school board president.&
School Report observes, «The quality of those courses, in which most of the work is done online and
over a shorter period of time, has been questioned by LA Unified watchers as well as those within the
district, including the
school board president.&
school board president.»
The Miami - Dade County, Fla.,
school board has refused to renew the contract of the
district's first inspector general, citing concerns
over his accountability and productivity.
Minneapolis - based EAI lost its contract with the Baltimore
district last year in a conflict
over finances, while the Hartford, Conn.,
school board voted last month to drop its partnership with the company.
Agreement between
school boards and superintendents
over achievement goals, an emphasis on the lowest - performing students, and the adoption of districtwide curricula are among the most successful strategies being used in four urban
school districts, concludes a report released last week.
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.
After refusing to do so, the president of the
school board in New Orleans has signed an agreement to turn the Orleans Parish
district's fiscal management
over to a private contractor.
The Burgin
school district's $ 100,000 budget deficit, which officials there attribute to the loss of 50 students in the 368 - student system
over the past three years, has forced the
school board to cut a janitorial position, trim the athletic budget, freeze salaries, and raise property taxes.
He glosses
over national policy and rarely examines the functions of state
boards of education,
district officials, and
school principals, who all play a significant role in what products and services are adopted and used in
schools.
A unitary accountability system enables the state to fairly and transparently monitor program compliance and inform the public about performance; make difficult decisions about withholding funds, intervening with local
boards, and taking
over schools and
districts; and uniformly and thoroughly administer federal programs.
In 26 states (including 10 of the 12 states above), the initial decision by a local
school board to deny a charter
school application may be appealed to the state
board of education or another institution, thus curbing
school districts» control
over the approval of charters even where
school districts are given a role.