Sentences with phrase «parents left the community»

My parents left the community (they were not from Frankenmuth itself, but from the nearby rural community of Frankenlust) and wound up in Detroit.

Not exact matches

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

They taught me too that our biggest questions, our deepest desires and fears and joys, often meet us in the quotidian challenges of marriage, parenting and home life — at the 3 a.m. feeding, in the tantrum at Costco, amidst piles of dirty laundry, at the community playground, in the bouquet of weeds left carefully on your pillow.

We muslims don't call our women: Bitches, hores... and the majority of muslim women actually have the choice to choose to wear the veil (if you go to a Catholic church women are asked to wear the veil... nuns are fully covered... even Marry the mother of Jesus used to cover and that is because these women know they are diamonds and you have to really deserve her to be able to see more and that is only gonna be her husband, and parents... If you have a precious and very expensive diamond in your possession don't tell me you would leave it outside of your house but you would leave your trash outside of your house... same thing with women especially and by the way this apply to men as well in Islam... A woman actually is the queen of her household, and when they are so aware of their status within her community, as more like a mother, she is committed to her husband, kids and parents exclusively... she is busy taking care of her loved ones and enjoys it and happy so why you ask her to show you her cleavage if she doesn't think you deserve her... Muslim women are not any different than all women, they only like to wear the veil and not show their beauty to you... what?

In sharing your transition with your parents, community, school, and the greater world community, you modelled for all of us what it means for us to feel as though we ourselves were leaving Egypt, a central commandment within the Passover Hagaddah.»

This was a turning point in my life, and although a difficult decision, I left my work again, to risk, and to start a magazine that filled the need of mothers like me, who love crafting, but could not easily find sources for natural materials and patterns that fit a natural lifestyle and conscious parenting, for mothers who not just enjoyed doing crafts with their children, but wanted to sit down at the end of a hard day's work and read, and create, within a community they belong to.

«Kids are likely to see the divorce as a huge upheaval in their lives if the divorce brings additional unwanted changes, such as changing schools, moving away from a parent to another state and leaving friends and familiar community,» says Dr. Richard A. Warshak, a psychologist and the author of Divorce Poison.

Parents of latch - key children in Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 may soon have an alternative to leaving their children at home before and after school.

arises in the community of advanced mothers for whom «sleeping together» with the baby is natural from the first days of his life: the baby has used to the parents» bed, and he is not going to leave it.

I have an extreme view I know, but I just feel that our western society, with all it's schedules and careers is thriving at the cost of proper parenting, leaving holes in hearts and communities until we are all strangers, many suffering alone.

Some Buffalo school parents, students and community members left for Albany early Tuesday morning to call on state leaders to fully fund public schools.

Delci Rodriguez (left), the UFT Queens parent and community liaison, directs PS 89 parent Venancia Luna to the correct workshop.

Members of the American Chinese Parent and Student Council and UFT staff are joined by (from fourth left) UFT Director of Parent and Community Involvement Anthony Harmon, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Leave alone the disapproval by parents, friends and community, in inter racial dating, women may be shocked to see passerby raising their eyebrows and making adverse comments which would not be palatable at all.

Twenty - eight local children lost at least one parent in the burning wreckage of the chartered DC - 9 and a whole community was left reeling and stunned.

Unfortunately, this plan inserted too many Washington rules and regulations into matters that should have been left to communities, parents, and classroom teachers.

That being said, if I do my job well, my hope is that I can leave DCPS as a district where students are achieving at high levels no matter their backgrounds, families are choosing DCPS schools because of the world - class education we provide, and parents and community members feel like they've contributed to DCPS» amazing successes.

Michelle A. Rhee, left, the chancellor of the District of Columbia's public schools, talks to angry parents last week after a meeting to gather community reaction to a plan for closing some schools.

Common Core also «takes control of our schools away from parents and communities,» leaving schools vulnerable to «a curriculum that has been profoundly shaped around the tests and teaching materials» of the two CCSS testing consortia, Smarter Balanced and PARCC.

Everything else should be left to groups of parents, teachers, community leaders, or contractors who hold charters to run individual schools.

Families are leaving from places where they and their parents used to go to school into other communities looking for better.

However, leaving the cap in place imposes the entire burden on those parents in the capped communities who are seeking a better education for their children.

Chances are, parents, community leaders, and educators will be left years from now with an even greater sense of uncertainty about who really runs the district and to whom they should turn, or assign blame, when things go wrong.

Unfortunately, in many communities that have enacted choice plans, well - organized and informed parents do their best to gain access to the better schools, and invariably, others are left out.

Since this was 2005, No Child Left Behind loomed large and created an opportunity for me to be explicit with leaders, teachers, staff, parents, community members, and politicians about the realities of student achievement.

Thus, it is left to journalists and the media to bring this important information to the public, especially parents, board members, and community leaders.

FairTest stands with many grassroots civil rights, parent, educator, and community groups in opposition to continuing the harmful consequences imposed by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

White parents fled in huge numbers to the suburbs to avoid busing / integration for their children, leaving many cities with high percentages of minority communities.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

After an electrifying keynote by parent leader Rosazlia Grillier that left attendees standing in ovation, Jesse Sharkey of the Chicago Teachers Union facilitated a panel discussion during the Chicago Story plenary on current challenges facing the public school system and the difficulty for community voices to be heard.

He and the CPS board hoarded control over decision - making and left parents and community leaders without a seat at the table.

To the left is one of our favourite visuals (from Alberta) to use with our parent community as it speaks for itself.

Participants will leave inspired to transform campuses using best practices and shared leadership, parent and community engagement, and data driven decision making.

Leaving them out of any potential revenue benefit is inequitable, particularly since charter parents, communities, and supporters are taxpayers.

They are the re-democratization of the public school, returning education to its roots in the family and the community, where schools that abuse their charter or fail to perform can be shut down or will simply wither away as parents leave them for other options.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers for restoring local governance and working with our public education stakeholders to end the prescriptive requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act — strengthening the ability of states and local school board members to act in the best interests of students, parents, and local communities,» said Gentzel.

You'll also notice that «increasing parent involvement» is general enough to still leave lots of room for your PTO to customize your goals based on your specific community.

All of my responsibilities — meeting the needs of the parent community, supporting students, serving as the instructional leader, taking care of building management — were left to flounder because my primary concern was making sure one classroom was safe and functional.

West Bend social studies teacher Tanya Lohr, who was placed on paid administrative leave after challenging the district's new testing system, was placed back in her classroom Monday night after her union, her colleagues, parents and community supporters came to her defense.

As secretary, she will be able to implement the new law fixing No Child Left Behind just as Congress wrote it, reversing the trend to a national school board and restoring to states, governors, school boards, teachers, and parents greater responsibility for improving education in their local communities.

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice — or a vote — in their children's education, according to a News21 state - by - state analysis of school takeovers.

Prichard offers this advice for other advocacy groups considering similar programming: Start early, focus on getting strong leaders already doing good work, leave time for conversation, intentionally listen to what parents are asking, and build community even before an event.

But the most important component of bilingual education, the ethnolinguistic communities and the parents themselves, and especially mothers who have always had such an important role in their children's education, have been left completely out.

The following links provide parent information about the Community Charter School of Paterson's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Policies:

«The fig leaf of «parental choice», «school autonomy» and «raising standards» has finally been dropped and the government's real agenda has been laid bare — all schools removed from collaborative structures within a local authority family of schools, all schools instead run by remote academy trusts, unaccountable to parents, staff or local communities.»

What Public School Parents Want in a New Federal Education Law A Parents Across America Position Paper on the Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)-- No Child Left Behind April, 2011 Introduction «What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children.

Thus, the best supported and most well - funded candidates may be handpicked political operatives, leaving ordinary parents and community members hard - pressed to compete.

Power Center scholars, parents, and staff are all charged with the mission to leave our community better than we found it.

Many parents in low - income communities endured the senseless, useless, time - consuming, curriculum - narrowing, opportunity - limiting implementation of the No Child Left Behind standardized testing regime.

In Camden, a new breed of charter schools, known as Renaissance schools, have expanded so rapidly that entire communities have become public school deserts, leaving parents no choice but to enroll their children in charter schools that have no accountability to the community.