Sentences with phrase «public after school hours»

Schools might have a variety of recreational facilities — gymnasiums, playgrounds, fields, courts, tracks — but many districts close their property to the public after school hours because of concerns about costs, vandalism, security, maintenance, and liability in the event of injury.

Not exact matches

The Supreme Court's 6 - 3 decision upholding the right of a Christian youth group to meet in public schools after class hours is a significant signal of the Court's....

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

That move was criticized by the teachers unions, which does not take children out of the public schools, and holds their events after school hours and on weekends.

The proposal, which would allow high - achieving charter schools to develop their own teacher certification requirements, was quietly floated in the last hours of the 2017 legislative session and appeared this week on the agenda for an emergency meeting of the SUNY board of trustees» charter school committee, convened three days after public notice was first issued during a holiday week.

Hours after Miami - Dade schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho accepted then declined to lead New York City's public schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he had made it clear to the nationally - known educator that his alleged affair with a reporter a decade ago would be «rehashed» in New York City and that the Big Apple was the «big leagues.»

Health officials are reminding the public to cover all sneezes and coughs using a tissue or the crook of the arm, avoid persons with flu - like illness, to stay home from work and school if you experience flu - like illness and to remain home for 24 - hours after a fever has subsided without the use of fever reducing medications.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

The refurbishments have also resulted in plenty of occasions after school hours where students, staff and the public are all using the sports facilities, bringing the whole community together.

When Jack started at Amherst, he was lucky enough to know what office hours were because, although he had attended public schools in Miami through 11th grade, he transferred his senior year to a nearby private school, Gulliver Prep, after a bad experience with a football coach who didn't value his academic skills.

The mayor, who campaigned on a promise to charge wealthy charters rent, blasted the Bloomberg administration's stance on co-locating charters as «abhorrent,» hours after he reversed a plan that would have allowed three of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies to expand into traditional public schools.

A Texas judge last week allowed the flow of state funds to public schools to resume after Gov. Ann W. Richards signed an 11th - hour school - finance compromise passed by the legislature.

Even if another public hearing is held after school hours, which would offer a better opportunity for rich debate on the issue of teacher contracts, they aren't going away anytime soon — they are the law of the land, for now.

The immersive environment also means that many private school students simply attend school for more hours in the day than do public school students because private schools offer after - school programs and a longer schedule.

I am holding you responsible for the 9 - year - old student who came to school with hardly any sleep after witnessing his mother administer Narcan to save his father's life, only to then take a three - hour test and I am holding you responsible for the autistic child whose parents opted him out of the test but the school counseled him back into... I hold you responsible for not passing legislation that allows for a public - school TEACHER to serve on the Board of EDUCATION, yet the chair of this Board, Paul Sagan can contribute $ 600,000 to a campaign that sought to charterize, segregate, and create a two - tiered system of privilege using high - stake test scores as the ammunition.»

For the public - school teachers to attend a group meeting after hours with the principal (as happens at least once a week on the charter side) would cost $ 41.98 extra per hour for each attendee, and attendance would still be voluntary.

And in fact, it was less than twelve hours after he declared victory in November, that Malloy's Education Commissioner and Malloy's political appointees to the State Board of Education voted to approve 8 more non-unionized charter schools --- at the very same time the Malloy and his administration continue to refuse to provide Connecticut's public schools with a Constitutionally adequate amount of money.

After school hours, academic support is available to all Seattle public high school students.