Sentences with phrase «public school district officials»

Since Illinois passed its charter school law in 1996, Chicago's public school district officials have viewed charters as another path to district improvement, especially for its high schools, and even went so far as to support an increase on the city's charter cap from 15 to 30.

WARREN — Van Dyke Public Schools district officials will place a sinking fund proposal on the May 8 ballot.

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During a public hearing on the issue, district officials explained the staff cut was based in part on the current number of students registered for school next year.

But public outcry from consumers, parents and school district officials, triggered by YouTube videos and online petitions, drove industry and government to respond.

With the administrative buildings for the village of Glenview, the Park District and public schools aging and in need of renovations, officials say they could save taxpayers at least $ 4 million if the entities were housed under one roof.

Around the same time, Chicago Public Schools students protested their school lunch menu, and district officials agreed to overhaul the menu for the next school year to reduce or eliminate things such as nachos, doughnuts and cookies.

The principal and assistant principal of a high school on Chicago's Northwest Side face disciplinary charges after a yearlong investigation by Chicago Public Schools» inspector general revealed abuses ranging from nepotism to fraud, district officials confirmed Wednesday.

After Park District officials declined an offer to feature a Nativity scene in a public park, the Thomas More Society filed a complaint and the Illinois Nativity Scene Committee lobbied to place a privately funded depiction of the birth of Jesus at North School Park.

According to Park District officials, students participating in the program will be picked up after school by public school buses, which have added park sites to existing routes.

The Chicago - based Thomas More Society, on behalf of former Arlington Heights resident Jim Finnegan, sent a letter to Park District officials and village leaders this week asking that a privately funded Nativity scene be allowed in the public North School Park.

A Buffalo Public Schools official says that the district wants to respond to the city's serious lead poisoning problem with a sense of urgency.

The result won't do much to allay the fears of New York teachers» unions that Cuomo's real aim is to transform traditional public schools into charter schools, since charter groups were among those chosen by Massachusetts education officials to implement turnaround plans in chronically underperforming districts.

While thousands of students have left rural public districts, poverty rates in these schools have increased, according to the analysis by the New York State Association of School Business Officials.

Some Syracuse city councilors sat down Wednesday with public works, school district and parks department officials.

Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey's largest school district, Newark Public Schools, to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests could be conducted.

Robert Zimmerman, co-president of Zimmerman Edelson Inc., a public relations firm used by the school district, said the budget process is at such an early stage that any comments by district officials would be «speculative.»

Michael Borges, executive director of the New York State Association of School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public fundOfficials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public fundofficials are «responsible stewards of public funds.»

Sources said the issue is personal to Silver, who was infuriated when city officials, over his objections, sought to put the Ross Global charter school in a public - school building in his Lower East Side district.

School boards and district officials are expected to start outlining their budget proposals during public Board of Education meetings in the coming months.

Superintendents and education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the education budget for the third year in a row.

Buffalo, NY — Buffalo Public School officials said Wednesday plans are already in place to counter a student absentee rate that is contributing to the district's poor graduation rate.

On Tuesday evening in Brooklyn, school district 15, which includes parts of Sunset Park, Kensington, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook, schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña will hold a town hall «from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at P.S. 516... Local elected officials including City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz and State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are expected to attend and answer questions from the public from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.,» according to DNAinfo.

Bank officials, along with Elmo from Sesame Street, celebrated the launch of the program yesterday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum — it's one of the 14 centers and has received a 2 - year, $ 384,000 grant to work with 20 preschool teachers, 20 aides, and 600 students from public schools in the District of Columbia.

For example, your elected officials should be focused on things like equal access to essential public services, fair governmental priorities and policies, city hall policies, school district choices, and public health measures.

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While schools often are required to ask students for proof that they live within a district, school officials essentially are barred from asking about immigration status and can not block a child's access to a public K - 12 school based on such status, under a landmark 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plyler v. Doe.

The principal, a veteran of the city's public schools, was so delighted that he wrote a memo to a district official.

In 1949, he took charge of the newly created National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools, which, by the end of the 1950s, helped spur the creation of more than 15,000 citizen groups focused on working with local district officials to improve local school problems.

In an attempt to attract attention in anticipation of January's legislative session, district officials released a four - point platform calling on legislators to again revise state - aid formulas for public schools.

In separate lawsuits, Green Dot Public Schools and Partnerships to Uplift Communities, or PUC Schools, allege that district officials have failed to provide «reasonable offers of facilities,» as required by Proposition 39.

But unlike the procedures established under IDEA, school - voucher laws give parents the right to select a private placement without having to convince public school officials of the need for such services, to say nothing of the legal costs of proving to a hearing officer, or a state court judge, that the decision of the school district was in error.

At the Askwith Forum on November 17, Washington, D.C., Public Schools officials discussed how the district is going farther faster, together with its families, to create sustainable improvements in educational outcomes for all its children.

A plan by Pennsylvania officials to redirect funding from private schools for students with special needs to public school districts could force the schools to shut down and disrupt the children's education, critics of the proposal have charged.

Public schools in Charlotte, N.C., could go the way of modern - day sports stadiums under a proposal that would allow district officials to name rooms and other school facilities for corporate donors.

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearSchool District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearschool newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearschool students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearSchool District almost 20 years ago.

The school district accountability groups for each grade level will include all students enrolled in a public school in the district or placed out of the district for educational services by the district committee on special education or a district official.

In compiling this report, the authors conducted extensive research — including interviews with state and district officials, along with an examination of curricula price lists — which provides a detailed picture of how public schools could increase the return on investment, or ROI, of taxpayer dollars.

Despite a smoother budget process this year, city school officials say the district continues to struggle with chronic underfunding, and is stuck waiting for the delayed recommendations of a state commission charged with revamping spending on Maryland public schools.

The Chicago public schools are facing a budget crisis so severe that it threatens to shut down the system next fall unless the Illinois legislature comes up with more money, district officials warned last week.

Although votes are still being counted on Washington's charter school initiative, Spokane Public Schools officials have already decided the district will apply to have one if it passes...

After Lynchburg (Virginia) City Public Schools officials learned in fall 2007 that a middle - school student had MRSA, school officials cleaned desks and common areas and alerted parents about the causes of the infection and ways to stop transmission, said Anne Bond - Gentry, the districts coordinator of student services.

Also onboard is Marshall Tuck, former president and chief operating officer of Green Dot Public Schools, which has built a chain of charter schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor faSchools, which has built a chain of charter schools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor faschools in the district while organizing a parents» «union» and constantly pushing district officials to take bolder steps to improve the performance of children from poor families.

The officials offered criticisms of the current state of the Indianapolis Public Schools — criticisms that struck some within the district as a little harsh.

Chicago Public Schools will open more than 100 school, library and park district sites to students affected by Friday's one - day teacher walkout, but district officials warn they can't accommodate all 300,000 - plus kids, and parents should find an alternate option if possible.

11 While the ruling called for more urgent action from districts to desegregate their schools, the ambiguity of the phrase provided ample leeway for officials such as those in Prince Edward County to implement delaying tactics.12 In fact, in the years following the Brown rulings, Virginia's NAACP chapter continuously fought county officials in court as they refused to set a start date for integrating the public schools.

ARSA provides a unified voice for rural schools and districts to local school boards, legislative bodies, and elected public officials.

State and city officials, however, said only that Mr. Christie and Mr. Baraka would offer more details soon, as Mr. Hespe's statement said, «to establish a common vision and path forward for the future of the Newark Public School District.»

Reducing or eliminating funding for these programs would also be especially harmful to charter management organizations that recruit heavily from the AmeriCorps alumni network, including KIPP, Success Academy Charter Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the progPublic Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the progpublic charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the progpublic charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the program.36

By July 1, the picture will become clearer as officials from Spokane Public Schools and 12 other districts statewide submit applications detailing the types of charter schools they hope tSchools and 12 other districts statewide submit applications detailing the types of charter schools they hope tschools they hope to host.