Sentences with phrase «public school officials in»

The median pay package for the top leaders of the 16 charter schools in Boston was $ 170,000 last year, making most of them among the highest - paid public school officials in Boston, according to a Globe review of payroll data.

A federal appeals court has reinstated a $ 1 million jury verdict awarded to a special education teacher who claimed she was fired by public school officials in Portland, Ore., in retaliation for complaining that her students were getting a raw deal.

Not exact matches

Japan's Finance Ministry proposed crafting a cover story with a school operator at the heart of a political scandal to justify a discount in the price of public land sold to the school, a ministry official said on Monday.

In the United States, which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schoolIn the United States, which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schoolin the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schools.

Police have charged a New Jersey school superintendent with relieving himself in public, after school officials reported seeing human waste near an athletic field on a daily basis.

One need not be a historian of education or a theologian to assess the damage done to public education and then to society in general by how these cases were decided and what public school officials were empowered to do (or so they believed) despite the clearly given cautions from the Supreme Court itself.

The greatest present bar to a mature religious orientation in public education is the assumption that the church and the synagogue are the only appropriate channels for religion, and that anything done about religion in the schools must be accomplished through these channels or at least with the official approval and sanction of the recognized religious officials.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

What matters, of course, is how a school answers these questions in practice, not necessarily in its official public rhetoric about itself.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

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.

For example, the Broward County Public Schools in Florida have been offering soy milk to any lactose - intolerant child whose parent requests it, but officials say the option is not widely advertised because of the costs involved.

The discovery of the tainted chicken, which Illinois health officials say showed ammonia contamination levels as high as 133 times the acceptable level, sent state education officials scurrying to gather up 360 cases of chicken tenders sent to 49 public schools, including 11 in the Chicago area.

Last month when a furor erupted over a beef product opponents dubbed «pink slime» being served in schools and fast - food restaurants, Chicago Public Schools officials quickly assured the public that «none of our food contains any of this substance.schools and fast - food restaurants, Chicago Public Schools officials quickly assured the public that «none of our food contains any of this substance.&Public Schools officials quickly assured the public that «none of our food contains any of this substance.Schools officials quickly assured the public that «none of our food contains any of this substance.&public that «none of our food contains any of this substance.»

Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools officials announced firm plans to pursue a longer school day in the 2012 - 13 school year, by which time state law allows them to implement a longer day whether or not the union agrees.

Illinois Department of Public Health officials said their investigation indicates frozen breaded chicken fingers served for lunch were probably contaminated at a U.S. Department of Agriculture commodities site in St. Louis that distributes food for school lunch programs.

Despite severe cost cutting, scores of layoffs and wholesale restructuring last year, Chicago Public Schools faces a budget deficit estimated at $ 600 million to $ 700 million in 2013, with the cost of a longer school day still unknown, officials said.

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.

In some states, public health and school officials would like to ban the miniature cakes from schools entirely, along with all other sugar - laden goodies.

The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected Chicago Public Schools officials» offer of a 2 percent raise for elementary school teachers in exchange for a longer school day starting in January.

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.

But some elected officials on both the city and state level have criticized this approach as a way to close public schools and open a charter school in its place.

During his first official meeting as a Buffalo School member, a Buffalo woman brought her own bat during the public comment session to «combat any actions that are not in the best interest of the students.»

Buffalo Public Schools officials who asked not to be identified said in March they were also looking into social media reports of underage drinking at the senator's home.

Sources on Thursday said state officials were closing in on a deal that would allow for a $ 10,000 reimbursement for teacher certification for public schools, while parochial and community - based organizations hosting pre-K programs would be in line for a $ 7,000 reimbursement.

In Buffalo, public school officials led invited guests on a tour of a handful of schools, hoping to show them how the dollars secured from their respective governments are impacting the students.

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.

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.

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

«All decisions by the DOE to co-locate schools are viewed by communities as the City giving up on the extant traditional public school,» the elected officials wrote in a joint letter last week to Chancellor Carmen Fariña and PEP Chairperson Vanessa Leung.

It's time our elected officials stand up for public school students and fight for this funding in the current state budget.»

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.

Iris Chen, director of the city's Fund for Public Schools, resigned this week — making her the seventh top official to step down from the de Blasio administration in less than two years.

So local government officials are teaming up with leaders from business, labor, schools, and neighborhood groups to figure out how to shrink the layers of public bureaucracy in Onondaga County.

At 11 a.m., NYC Coalition Against Hunger Executive Director Joel Berg, NYC Public Advocate Tish James, City Councilman Stephen Levin and other officials hold a news conference to criticize changes in participation of city schools in school breakfast programs; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Cuomo took on school superintendents» salaries in his budget, which shocked some public school 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.

Public schools were ordered closed in NYC and above - ground subway service was suspended as of 4 a.m. ahead of the dangerous mix of elements, officials announced.

Castorina has never run for public office before, but is well known among the Island's elected officials for his pro bono lawsuit filed against the city in 2010 to restore school buses for seventh and eighth grade students.

The state Senate has passed legislation to create a new process for selecting Board of Regents members, which are the appointed officials tasked with crafting public education polices for schools in New York.

Talks are also still ongoing as whether to include a statewide health exchange in the budget and a controversial provision — sought by the teachers» unions — to forbid school officials from making teacher evaluations public.

New York City officials announced an increase in a major funding source for the city's public schools that aims to help high - need students.

«The impact on public education would be significant, particularly in light of a tax cap that is projected to be near or at zero for next year,» said Michael Borges, executive director of the state association of School Business Officials.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

Homeowners and elected officials are obviously in favor of the cap, but school officials, teachers unions and others involved with public education are claiming that the inability to raise taxes by even a modest amount could mean cuts in the classroom.

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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.