Sentences with phrase «packing school board meetings»

City residents pack a school board meeting to say no to privately run charter schools (Photo credit: Joe Brusky).

A number of parents and teachers showed up to today's jam - packed school board meeting to denounce board member Steve Zimmer's proposal to reject Academic Growth Over Time (or AGT) as a measurement of pupil progress in teacher evaluations.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio's choice to lead New York City's school system, Alberto M. Carvalho, said that he had changed his mind and would not leave his job as superintendent of the Miami - Dade County system, leading to cheers in a packed meeting room of his school board.

ROMULUS, N.Y. — A packed Romulus High School auditorium was the scene for the Seneca County town's planning board meeting Monday Evening where dozens of concerned residents, and environmentalists from Seneca Lake Guardian attended, attended with hopes for answers on long - lingering question.

About 40 residents packed the elementary school during a special meeting Tuesday night, during which school board president Tony Dill fielded questions and suggestions after outlining how the projected deficit developed.

The Kansas City school board narrowly approved the plan to close 29 out of 61 schools Wednesday night at a meeting packed with angry parents.

[vi] The Los Angeles Weekly live blogging, Dec. 14, 2010: «We're reporting live from the [Compton Unified School District] board meeting, packed with press and hundreds of angry parents — many of whom say they were tricked into signing the Parent Trigger petition without understanding its gravity.

Event Description, Location and Time: On Nov. 19th at 5:30 p.m., parents, students, and community leaders and organizations will pack the Board of Education Meeting (13th Floor, Council Chambers, 65 Niagara Square) to support representatives from four «out of time» schools as they promote their plan to turn their schools into Great Community Sschools as they promote their plan to turn their schools into Great Community Sschools into Great Community SchoolsSchools.

One answer could be he's listening: California Charter Schools Association Advocates (CCSA) makes no secret that it is activating its members on this issue, packing board meetings and sending out direct mail (see graphic).

At a recent school board meeting, the public comment period was packed with teachers telling school board members that those who teach special education need to have a cap placed on the number of students in their classes.

At a packed school - board meeting, incensed parents read aloud passages that criticized capitalism.