Sentences with phrase «parents accessing their school»

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She says the typical Waldorf parent, who has a range of elite private and public schools to choose from, tends to be liberal and highly educated, with strong views about education; they also have a knowledge that when they are ready to teach their children about technology they have ample access and expertise at home.

A blanket moratorium on charter schools would limit Black students» access to some of the best schools in America and deny Black parents the opportunity to make decisions about what's best for their children.»

Catholic schools are being forced to make children aware that, without their parents» consent, they can access medical contraception and abortion services, (although we are allowed, kindly, to add our «opinion» of these activities).

By staying abreast of issues impacting access to high - quality education like accessible and timely school reports for parents, we can discover specific ways our churches can help to support their local schools.

Many legislators realize that public schools lack the moral resources to offer a healthy alternative (including religious ones), so the odds are good that the political process will lead to policies that continue to make it easier for parents to access alternatives.

Without disposable diapers, a parent may not have access to childcare essential for them to make work, school and job training commitments.

You can join any existing school nutrition committees as a parent representative and have direct access to the people who are already working on better school food within the district.

Parents report kids who are eager to get to school in the morning, while kids who have access to breakfast - in - the - classroom talk about how much they enjoy the atmosphere BIC creates.

My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see at school cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh foods and more.

It gives you direct access to teachers, other parents, and other students, and from them you get to hear a wide cross section of opinions about and experiences with school food.

Access to the Corvallis Waldorf School Parent Portal is restricted to parents, teachers and staff.

«USDA has continued to show flexibility in implementing these new standards, and Congress should focus on partnering with USDA, states, schools, and parents to help our kids have access to more healthy food, not less.»

Parents of gifted children are invited to a free presentation, «How to Get Your Gifted Child Organized,» by Michelle Navarro, counselor of gifted children at Access to Psychological Services in Long Grove, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Hasz Hall at St. Paul School, 18 S. School St.. The meeting is sponsored by Supporters and Advocates of Gifted Education, and the public is welcome.

And as a parent whose children attend public school, I'm also angered that McDonald's is trying to go through schools to access children, providing much - needed fundraising dollars by pushing its unhealthy food on school families.

But this leads to another post I've long been itching to write — how very hard it can be for regular parents (those of non-allergic kids) to get access to school food ingredient lists.

Being a PTA member will allow you to be aware of what is happening at your child's school, create a network of fellow parents, foster change in the school, and gain access to valuable resources.

If necessary, remind school officials that FERPA grants parents access to their children's school records.

As your child's natural parent, you can not be denied access to your child's school records unless there is a court order specifically revoking your rights to such information.

Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld, a parent of a food allergic child, took to the New York Times editorial page this past Sunday to urge passage of the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act.

is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years; giving parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices; providing healthier foods in our schools; ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food; and helping children become more physically active.

A few years ago, I brought it to the attention of the food service director of my children's school district after my son got sick eating the [sic] school lunch and after the school closed down parent access to the school lunch area after they found out I went through food laws and regulations training.

Over the past year, I have met with community leaders and stakeholders from across the country — parents and teachers, school board members and principals, suppliers and food service workers — about the importance of making sure every child in America has access to nutritious meals at school.

«One of the best predictors for school success is the number of books kids have access to at home and how much time their parents spend reading with them,» says Fischer.

Instead, the program is intended to serve the millions of impoverished American children whose parents can not send them to school with a home - packed lunch for a whole host of possible reasons that never seem to cross Parker's mind: the family's SNAP benefits fail to cover a month's worth of healthful food, in light of today's rising food costs; there is only one parent in the household and he or she works one or more jobs and is not home to pack a lunch; one or both caretakers are drug - addicted, mentally ill, physically disabled or otherwise unable to adequately provide for their children; the family lives in a homeless shelter and lacks access to kitchen facilities; the family lives in a food desert where healthful groceries are scarce, etc. etc..

The program has four main pillars: empower parents and caregivers, provide healthy food in schools, improve access to healthy and affordable food, and increase physical activity.

If you choose to become a parent, there are resources in your community that can help you to finish school, access daycare, and provide respite relief.

Though the measure is essentially aimed at allowing parents who have children with developmental disabilities receive access to schools that fit their educational needs, some have intrepreted the measure to allow parents to place students in schools based on their religious background.

Access to websites promoting terrorism can now be restricted by parents, schools and businesses through new filtering technology, the home secretary has announced.

Parents and teachers should be aware of the falsehood of the claims made by SPUC, and the government should be more pro-active in preventing groups that persistently make false claims of this nature from having access to vulnerable children, especially in schools.»

You shouldn't only have access to music because your parents have got the money to finance it, or because you go to a school with lavish private facilities.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

It was accompanied by the infamous «Ripa» (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act) laying down rules on data access, and under which dwelt such horrors as a local council snooping on parents to see if they have lied about living in the catchment area of a popular school.

The government is considering whether to give parents and schools controlled access to information about convicted child sex offenders in their areas.

The University of Ghana has described media reports indicating that the school has restricted all access points to motorists and parents of the University's Basic school as «entirely false».

Under the speaker's plan, areas that the public does have access to would have to feature multilingual «know your rights» bulletins — while public schools will host bi-annual information seminars for undocumented parents.

For the first time, public school parents with limited English proficiency will have full access to translation and interpretation help after 5 p.m.

Senator Flanagan is a committed champion for expanding school choice and access to great teachers, and we look forward to working with him on behalf of students and parents across the state,» said Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Parents will have access to more school options and charter operators will get significant relief.

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Liz Accles, the executive director of Community Food Advocates and Monique Lindsay, a public school parent leader and food advocate hold conversation on universal free lunch, food access and nutrition for New York City's public school students, NYSHealth's office, 1385 Broadway, 23rd floor, conference room, Manhattan.

However, evidence from a range of sources released in recent months has been overwhelming in its condemnation of the move, revealing that removing the so - called 50 % cap on religious selection would not only lead to increased levels of segregation in schools and communities, but also damage social mobility and reduce the access of parents to their local schools.

Momentum Kids, originally set up by two mothers in Stroud, will expand across Momentum's network of 150 local groups, ensuring that single parents and sole carers have access to cooperatively run breakfast clubs, after school sessions and child care they need to facilitate their political engagement.»

The superintendent told us his bargain offers access, quality and opportunity in all the schools and it is now up it is up to parents and students to embrace it.

Parents and guardians will be able to access the reports by the start of the 2017 - 2018 school year online at www.schoolfoodnyc.org.

Teacher Evaluations Go Public, Teachers» Rights Protected A new New York law ensuring that parents and the public have access to information involving how the teachers, principals and schools are performing while still respecting the educators» privacy is on the horizon.

On Thursday, with the New York State Board of Regents hearing testimony regarding the newly approved teacher evaluation system, leading education reform organization StudentsFirstNY and public school parents offered recommendations and sent letters calling for a system that ensures all public school students have access to high - quality teachers.

«Parents will have access to more great school options, and charter school operators will now be able to return their focus to the classroom.»

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Conservative Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to educational opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Labour Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to education opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

The government promised to provide all children with «access to the kind of education only the rich can afford» when it launched the policy of allowing parents to set up schools free from local authority control.