Sentences with phrase «proposed school closings»

The proposed school closings are not,» lawyer Johnny Barnes, who will lead the litigation, said in a statement Friday.

The tone is often boosterish and inspirational, almost at times a travelogue, with brief nods to Chicago as the home of the blues, several sports teams, improv comedy and poetry slams, before returning to the high murder rate and the mayor's proposed school closings.

Mulgrew called the attacks on pensions, the threat of teacher layoffs, the fight to change seniority layoff rules, the targeting of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve pool, and the record number of proposed school closings «part of the mayor's strategy to throw everything at us at once.»

«Due to the clear racial divide in Dayton, the proposed school closing will disproportionally hurt Black students and families,» noted an RJN!

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«The property is in a sought - after location close to the proposed Baldivis town centre, a primary school, and other land estates, and is situated 1.7 kilometres from the Mundijong Road - Kwinana Freeway access.

It the proposed rules, USDA said it hoped to «encourage consumption of whole foods or foods closer to their whole state...» by requiring that key nutrients in school snacks be «naturally occurring.»

With the closing of USDA's period for public comment on the new proposed competitive food rules, we've had a lot of discussion here about the food and beverages offered to school kids via vending machines, school stores, and cafeteria snack bar or «a... [Continue reading]

NYSUT's spending came as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a series of changes to the state's education policies, including a new criteria for teacher evaluations, a strengthening of charter schools and making it easier to close schools deemed to be «failing.»

How about giving some of that money to the schools he's screaming he'll have to close because of the decrease in aid Cuomo proposes to give NYC?

Despite the lack of notice for public comment, however, the Rye City School District will not directly get involved with the proposed legislation, according to Monahan, but will keep a close watch on it.

With Lafayette High School under orders from Albany to close because of poor test scores, the school is proposing a re-structuring of iSchool under orders from Albany to close because of poor test scores, the school is proposing a re-structuring of ischool is proposing a re-structuring of itself.

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson commented, «The Government is effectively proposing to allow more of our schools to become closed - off, single - faith enclaves, and the level of opposition to this frankly unthinkable move should therefore not be surprising to anyone.

«Since Thursday, none of the insider chatter has increased the number available jobs for his constituents, eased local parents» anxiety over the upcoming school year, or dealt with our senior citizens» fright over the proposed closing of senior centers throughout our community,» Johnson said in a statement distributed by her campaign.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday proposed a $ 100 million fund to aid underperforming schools «north of the Bronx,» a large chunk of which would help close a $ 28 million deficit in Yonkers, the state's fifth - largest school district.

Parents and staff at Arturo Toscanini were livid roughly two years ago when the city proposed having a Success Academy charter school expand into the building, and Donohue maintains that closing his school is just a way to give more space in the building to Success Academy.

During negotiations, two basic things happened to affect the financial plan Cuomo sought: the Senate rejected most of the tax hikes he proposed — such as closing a loophole on third party internet sales on sites such as Amazon — and lawmakers nearly doubled what the school aid increase that Cuomo planned in January.

Over the past week, Mayor Shayne Gallo has spoken up about the proposed closings of three more Kingston City School

Hill noted that while the discussion in light of Mayor Bloomberg's proposed cuts on recent budget cuts has focused on after - school programs, three daycare service providers — the Washington Heights Day Care Center, Quo Vadis Daycare, and La Familia Day Care — may be forced to close.

NEW YORK (WCBS 880)-- In addition to cutting more than 6,000 teaching jobs from New York City's public schools, Mayor Bloomberg's proposed $ 67 billion spending plan could force 20 fire companies to close.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

The six - point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

He proposed the slimmest budget Albany has seen in 15 years — one that reduces overall year - to - year spending and makes tough decisions to cut funding for health care and schools and close half - empty prisons.

The majority of members on the Buffalo School Board remain in an executive session discussing a proposed Buffalo teachers contract, but not everyone agreed to having the conversation behind closed doors.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- After closed - door negotiations with Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday, New York's legislative leaders said they will restore some of the school funding that Cuomo proposed cutting from the state budget.

Under the mayor's proposed «turnaround» plan, the 33 schools were to close and reopen this summer, retaining their students but replacing up to half of the current staff.

LOWER MANHATTAN — The new elementary school proposed for the Peck Slip Post Office site is moving closer to becoming a reality, the Department of Education said Thursday.

ENDAUM and SRIC intervened in NRC's licensing of the HRI project in 1994, asserting that the proposed solution mining risks long - term contamination of the regional aquifer and presents health risks to the local communities because homes and schools are located close to the proposed mining operations.

Withdrawing the «right» for schools to act as their own admissions authority, and engaging with the RSA's proposed Commission on School Admissions to ensure that the «low road to school improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently cSchool Admissions to ensure that the «low road to school improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently cschool improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently closed.

In cities where school - board members are elected at large, subdistricts are proposed as ways of making board members closer to families and neighborhoods.

In early 2016, spurred by a seemingly perpetual bankruptcy crisis at Detroit Public Schools (DPS)-- by this point, counting unfunded pension liabilities, the district was almost $ 1.7 billion in the red — the state senate narrowly passed a bill that would bail out the district and split it into two separate entities: the old DPS, which would exist to collect taxes and pay down debt, and a proposed new Detroit Education Commission (DEC) to oversee schooling in the city, including regulating the openings and closings of traditional public schools and charter sSchools (DPS)-- by this point, counting unfunded pension liabilities, the district was almost $ 1.7 billion in the red — the state senate narrowly passed a bill that would bail out the district and split it into two separate entities: the old DPS, which would exist to collect taxes and pay down debt, and a proposed new Detroit Education Commission (DEC) to oversee schooling in the city, including regulating the openings and closings of traditional public schools and charter sschools and charter schoolsschools.

The district had proposed closing Catalina High School, reassigning its students, and building...

It said: «We find it sinister that this draft strategy proposes that sexual health service drop - in centres should be situated «in or close to» schools.»

The popular digital practices of teens and 20 - year - olds... close the doors to maturity, eroding habits of the classroom...» But he proposes no changes in school or in society to offer them serious responsibilities for learning and for life.

Looking for creative ways to help close the near - $ 20 billion budget shortfall, state Senators have proposed shifting $ 165 million of the newly approved School Improvement Grant money to a program supporting low - performing schools created four years ago out of a court settlement with the governor.

The Board of Regents» recent decisions to close Community Charter School and propose Enterprise Charter School receive one more year to get it right give cause for both encouragement and concern.

The strategy proposed by the task force relies on a combination of developing demand, building capacity, and transforming institutions to fill empty seats, increase capacity in existing schools, reopen closed schools, and build new Catholic schools in areas that have seen the greatest growth in the Latino population.

Committee chair Neil Carmichael said he and colleagues were «determined» to take a close eye to the proposed education policies, and said the hearing would provide an early opportunity for MPs to «press the secretary of state on her plans for all schools become academies by 2022».

The district's fiscal 2014 budget outline proposes closing two more schools this fall, and reducing more positions, among other cuts.

The proposed modification to Measure N allocation policy would allow these schools to receive a portion of the per pupil Measure N funding for students who arrive after the enrollment window closes.

A previously announced plan to expand the boundaries of four South Side neighborhood high schools to take in students displaced by the proposed closings remains in place.

The closing chapter, «Transforming the System, Not Just the School,» brings the collection of ideas proposed by the authors into focus using final suggestions from essential questions posed throughout the book.

Legislation coming out of this year's General Assembly could change a lot for the day to day operations of schools, with the funding formula changing and a variety of structural changes proposed for the State Board of Education, and one thing teachers are keeping a close eye on: their collective bargaining rights for new bonuses.

Three options were given in the consultation, which proposed closing between nine and 14 schools.

Hartford's Superintendent of Schools, Christina Kishimoto, proposing that the Hartford close the Milner Core Knowledge Academy because, as she put it, Milner is a «failing school.»

The union still can organize job actions, as when schools had to be closed for four days last year during the Capitol protests, or influence board action by crowding School Board meetings, as when elementary teachers were unhappy with proposed changes to their planning time last spring.

Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that a proposed deal cut with Republican state lawmakers that would expand private school vouchers statewide is «pretty close to completed.»

The school leaders emphasized that the proposed $ 93 million cut to the Geographic Cost of Education Index — the component of the state's funding formula that gives more money to school districts where the cost of educating students is higher — would disproportionaly impact their students, and thwart their efforts to close the achievement gap for their poorest and academically challenged students.

Yet, if he is to be truly «transparent about data,» Duncan would have to admit that, after the turnaround, Sherman actually performed worse on standardized tests than several schools CPS proposed to close for poor performance in 2009.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — We'll have to wait a little longer for a decision regarding a proposed charter school at the soon - to - be closed Broad Ripple High Sschool at the soon - to - be closed Broad Ripple High SchoolSchool.