Sentences with phrase «parent with children in school»

According to the law, if 51 percent of parents with children in a school agree to change the direction of the school, the school board must listen.

Private student loans for parents with children in school can be costly, making it necessary to understand the affordability of such loans before taking them on.

Will I visit the schools, talk to teachers or the principal, and ask parents with children in the school what they think?

A group of parents with children in schools co-located with Success Academy charters is calling on the New York State Education Department to temporarily halt all construction work in public school buildings by Success Academy Charters chief Eva Moskowitz.

For instance, parents with children in schools identified as underachieving for two or more consecutive years are guaranteed the right to obtain supplemental educational services such as private tutoring, paid for with their children's share of federal Title I funds.

We also worked with Heritage Community Charter School in Caldwell to conduct a focus group with Hispanic parents with children in that school.

Third, in the same PDK / Gallup Poll, parents with children in school reported something they have consistently said over decades: they like the schools their children attend.

Proposals include a final deal on a $ 1.3 billion property - tax - rebate program, a four - year extension of rent laws and more transparency for parents with children in schools.

Fully 58 percent of parents with children in underperforming schools said that they would rather send their child to a private school than their current public school (see Figure 2), compared with 39 percent of parents with children in schools that made adequate progress.

Those parents who qualify for public school choice and supplemental services are the least likely to know it; fewer than one in ten parents with children in schools that failed to make adequate progress could correctly identify their school's status.

Eighty - seven percent of parents with children in schools that made adequate progress gave their school an A or a B, as did 80 percent of parents with children in underperforming schools.

Parents with children in schools that do not meet state standards for at least two years in a row have the option to transfer their children to another district public school with better scores — with transportation provided by the district.

Of the 14 voting members on any school governance council, seven are parents with children in the school, five are teachers on the school's staff, and two are community members.

Parents with children in school are adjusting for the summer season and making plans.