Sentences with phrase «said the school board»

When the topic was raised in the Debate Prentice said school boards had $ 460 million in their reserve funds and should use these funds to deal with overcrowded classrooms.
But Davidson said the school board had talked about the differing plans.
Horton said school boards and administrations need to demonstrate to the communities they serve how school meals are «critical for fulfilling the mission of the school, and stop seeing them as a separate program that needs to break even.»
Marlette says school boards would have to pass a resolution that would then go to the voters via referendum.
«Words matter, Mr. Paladino,» said School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold.
«If any of our Buffalo public school children said any of these offensive remarks... the student would be suspended,» said School Board Member Paulette Woods.
Lavine said the school board can not do consistent work if board members are up for election every two years.
Nevergold said the school board sets policies for how students should act — policies that come with expectations for civility, courteousness, and respect for authority, as well as encouragement to stand up to injustice and bullying.
And she says school board votes routinely attract just one quarter to one third of eligible voters.
Olesheski said the school board had recently decided not to go with partial payments of school taxes.
Officials with the New York State Council of School Superintendents pushed to knock down that delay possibility, saying school boards across the state are looking to approve their coming fiscal year budgets by April 19.
We strived to come up with a unanimous decision,» said School Board President Lou Petrucci following Wednesday night's nomination and public vote at City Hall.
In the report on South Huntington, which covered July 2014 through December 2015, auditors said the school board and district officials overestimated general fund appropriations in the last three adopted budgets, resulting in operating surpluses totaling approximately $ 10.6 million.
«I understand that people certainly have to shake their heads sometimes at what they see,» said School Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold after yesterday's meeting and the continuing heated battles over establishing a process to pick an interim replacement for at least a year.
«It's highly unusual,» said School Board President James M. Sampson, who was knocked off the ballot for his West District seat last week because he did not collect the required 500 valid signatures.
He said the School Board's majority «routinely tried to mute his voice long before that unfortunate Artvoice article was published in December.»
Superintendent Raymond Ciccarelli said the school board decided to use the restored aid for lowering taxes.
Officials said the school board voted to drop the tax plan after deciding that the San Francisco tax would most likely...
«I think the trend is very important, and that wave of change is going to continue,» said school board member Patricia O'Neill, noting that the change might be taking some residents by surprise.
Roldan said the school board runoff election could determine whether the board reconsiders the C requirement.
«We're going to have to close schools on May 16,» said school board member Steve Unruhe, a retired math teacher.
«We applaud the teamwork, urgency, and «Kids First» focus of this year's honorees,» said school board President Mónica García in a statement from the district.
She said the school board rushed through the process, without giving enough time for substantive feedback.
CPS did not specify how it would amend its graduation policies, and only said the school board would take up the issue sometime in the future.
«We needed to make huge academic and financial improvements, but we knew we couldn't do it by ourselves,» says school board Chair Denise Link.
One of those tools is the Balanced Scorecard, a management review system that assists the board in setting program goals, determining benchmarks for success, and monitoring the progress of its initiatives, says school board President Mark GiaQuinta.
«We want our district to be intentional about how we support these students,» said school board President Matt Haney in a written statement.
«When the school board asked why students weren't graduating... we called kids and the community together to share their stories,» says school board President Kathy Danek.
Finding a way to motivate students — to engage them in their learning — is always key when working with students who are academically behind or struggling with a traditional school setting, says school board Chair Tom Heidemann.
«Our numbers are decreasing because the public has lost confidence in us,» said school board member Anthony Standberry.
«This is really saying that every neighborhood school is at play, but every option school is as well,» said School Board Chair Barbara Kanninen.
If they do not work out, however, Lagarde said the school board may simply construct a temporary campus with modular buildings, much as it did for Priestly School of Architecture and Design in Mid-City.
«It's here to stay and the future is bright for that program as we expand it and make it better,» said school board Chairman Eugene Nocera.
Sauls said the school board plans to make good on its long - term financial commitments, such as paying its most effective educators under union contracts and rebuilding the district's school buildings.
Several task force members said the school board will have to refine dozens of the recommendations, which include having an effective teacher in every classroom by 2016.
«The statistics show that children who are in schools where there are well - to - do kids do better than if they're relegated to schools where there's just disadvantaged kids,» said school board member Tom Marshall (Leesburg).
«It's growing at an alarming rate,» said school board member Reginald Bledsoe.
Teaching needs to move to a more abstract form I say its the school boards fault because that have the Data of the test scores its been in decline since the 80s This could have been prevented from happening if Proper action was taken.
«We are not adopting a budget tonight; this is one of the first steps we have to take,» said school board director Rocky Treppiedi.
«It's another example of poor planning, and it's another example of reckless fiscal behavior by the district,» said school board President David Kakishiba, before the board passed an advisory measure urging the state to delay the election.
«We were looking for candidates with experiences that would help us meet our goals,» said school board President Tina Marquis.
Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools expects to have a preliminary tally Friday of how many teachers are taking leave that day, said school board Chairwoman Mary McCray.
«I just have concerns that it's too graphic, even though these are Muppets characters,» said school board member Mary Carney.
«I will candidly admit I did not anticipate how much backlash there would be on this,» said school board president Daniel Harris.
Marante said School Board Rosalind Osbourne shared a sobering message when she saw him at a vigil last week.
«This is not a place you want to raise a kid or have an illness,» said school board member Erica Whitman.
«We will go back to the city and amend the contract,» said School Board member Abby Freedman.
At a «Conversation with the District» meeting recently at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward School Superintendent Robert Runcie said the school board has decided to relocate used modulars to the two Parkland schools.

Not exact matches

Although poaching does happen, Alan Middleton, professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University and former board chair of ABC Life Literacy Canada, says employees feel a greater commitment to workplaces that have invested in them.
Pitch your company to several firms and try to simultaneously line up more than one offer, says Noam Wasserman, an entrepreneurship professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business (and a member of Inc.'s advisory board).
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