Sentences with phrase «parent in the district»

But I know a lot of other parents in our district are interested in eliminating or at least scaling back on it.

These resources can provide administrators and parents in your district with solutions to common barriers.

Several Hispanic parents in the district also said that members of the union had threatened to report them to immigration authorities if they signed the petition.

Since it was too hard for this small group to locate and organize other interested parents in the district, they simply did what they could within their own feeder pattern.

Therefore it is likely that most parents in a district are not active participants.

Parents in districts separated by only a few suburban streets reacted very differently to the Common Core.

He needs to hear from school leaders, teachers and parents in his district today!

• Seek input of all taxpayers, not just the vocal parents in your district.

«With this increase, charter schools continue to be an attractive option for parents in the District of Columbia,» board Chairman Tom Nida said in a statement.

So I do what almost every other overprotective parent in the district does — but which mine never, ever did — I drive my son to school every day and contend with the line, then complain about it in blog posts and on social media.

Public hearings are part of the charter application process, but because Success Academy had originally planned to open in District 2, only parents in that district were given the opportunity to give their input.

Buffalo parents in the District Parent Coordinating Council have filed a petition with the State Department of Education demanding the removal of School Board Member Carl Paladino for what they call «his history of racist, incendiary and destructive behavior,» including his most recent published statements about the Obamas.

A teacher at Cambridge Central Schools is on leave after seventh and eighth grade students were given a handout on transgender education this week that angered many parents in the district.

That plan would give parents in districts with high - school enrollments of fewer than 45 students the option of sending their children to schools in neighboring districts, with the state...

Last spring, as part of an education - reform package, the South Dakota legislature approved a «family option» measure allowing parents in districts with high - school enrollments of fewer than 45 students the option of sending children to larger schools in neighboring districts.

«That's much lower than what we expected and much lower than parents in those districts think.»

In a keynote speech at the Magnet Schools of America conference in Chicago last week, Nikole Hannah - Jones is said to have called magnet schools «tools of inequality» designed to «keep White parents in a district and not integrate schools.»

The Governor would eliminate that appeal for parents in districts graded A or B.

If parents in the District of Columbia rise up and hold a sit - in to protest the shutdown of the voucher program, is that un-American?

In drawing the fault lines between white parents and Asian parents in the district, the Times completely overlooks the local elections that were held this past November, where the candidate (a graduating high school student, actually) who was demanding higher standards and higher quality lost to the candidate urging a more holistic approach (exactly what the superintendent is now enacting).

I heard people, some of them my former students who were now parents in the district, saying, «If Ann is willing to recommend changing the boundaries of schools where she was a principal then this must be a change she truly believes in.»

Both studies find that charter - school parents» assessments of their schools generally fall somewhere between those of parents in the district and private sectors.

I suppose that parents in the District of Columbia peek at those government schools in Silver Spring that are distinguished from their private counterparts by the form of their economic standard for admission» tuition in the one case and a purchased residential address in the other.

Many teachers and parents in our district are making an effort to serve healthier food in the classroom.

«Parents in my district aren't asking for more charter school seats.

The parents in District 3 are tired of this situation.

Saranac Central School Superintendent Jonathan Parks said that parents in his district have considered whether to opt out or not carefully.

As a parent in the district myself, I will actively encourage other parents and families to take a direct interest in their child's education whenever possible.

Are charter - school parents more — or less — satisfied than parents in the district and private sectors with teacher quality, student discipline, and other characteristics of their children's schools?

«This is hard for some of the parents in our district to accept,» Dale Moore, the principal, said.

About 10 percent of the parents in the district's 28 schools use the online system, Greene said.

It is crucial that the parents in our district have a choice.

The kids love to show off their rooms, and it helps break down the walls that have often existed between teachers and parents in the district, Riley says.

«A lot of the parents in my District can't afford to send their kids to private or Catholic school,» said State Representative Ezequiel Santiago.

The new board members campaigned together under the Caucus for Change banner, representing teachers and parents in the district and demanding more community involvement in the district's decision - making process.

The parents in my district are very discerning, so that says a lot.»

That's fine, but if voters approve Initiative 1240 parents in districts that are allowing too many kids to fail will love charter schools.

Where report cards may have once had a handwritten teacher's note saying a student «plays well with others,» parents in some districts are now more likely to see a box that shows whether their child performs at grade level in such areas as «relationship skills.»

In addition to providing a plan to the state, the district is also notifying all parents in the district about its NCLB status.

At this point, the easy process of picking and choosing which laws to follow via the innovation district mechanism means that the taxpayers and parents in your district won't necessarily have certified teachers to instruct their children, won't necessarily be informed if they don't, won't know if their class sizes exceed 22:1 in early grades, and won't have information about much of anything affecting their children's education.

Under the proposed legislation, if a school failed to achieve «adequate yearly progress» in its test scores — as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act — three years in a row, parents in the district could force the school to hire new management if a majority signed a petition.

She has increased accountability by spearheading the development of School Report Cards, which are now distributed each year to every parent in the District.

Parents in our District can not make up for $ 200 million in unfunded educational costs per year.

Where report cards may have once had a handwritten teacher's note saying a student «plays well with others,» parents in some districts are now more likely to see a box that shows whether their child performs at grade level in such areas as «relationship skills.»