Sentences with phrase «school board cut»

Mr. Moore argued that Jeffrey was subject to discrimination when his public school board cut a special needs education program that provided learning services for students with learning disabilities due to a lack of funds.

• School closures, employee cuts, selling land debated by near bankrupt Inglewood Unified: School district staff are recommending the school board cut $ 14 million from their budget.

The letters ask the departments to look into mismanaged safety funds (an allegation brought to light by a determined young student reporter, Kenneth Preston, whose diligent reporting was called «fake news» by the superintendent when the school board cut his time to three minutes and disallowed his witnesses).

The West Hartford school board cut funding for two vacant positions — a department supervisor for world languages and an instructional coach — earlier this week.

Not exact matches

A former school board trustee, Wynne said she made the jump to provincial politics to stop the cuts imposed by the Tories under Mike Harris.

While Gori took advantage of a cutting - edge funding platform and all the social - media tools at his disposal, he also used one of the world's oldest marketing techniques: He put on a sandwich board and walked in a parade and at a school festival, passing out fliers.

«Most recently, they announced emergency funding for school bus programs — the same programs they encouraged school boards to cut, just months ago.

«Unlike businesses and schools we can't close down, we still have a lot of in - patient care going on so [we're] moving patients away from windows, boarding up windows and making sure supplies are all in place if the hospital does get cut off and transport becomes very difficult,» he added.

Today at one school, after seeing that almost 90 % of apples came back untouched (first graders have missing / loose teeth) I asked the kitchen for a knife and cutting board.

Students stood before the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday and excoriated the members on the food served at lunch and cuts to school sports.

Also, board members learned that the Washington D.C. school district recently announced it is cutting out flavored milk, which tends to be high in sugar.

The cuts will be across the board, including nurses, managers and staff at both the Loyola University Medical Center and the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

In SFUSD, for example, the school board has in the past contributed funds to cover a food services shortfall; in an era of steep budget cuts, that's a hard pill to swallow.

TBD: A Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be scheduled and open to the entire community... with School Board Members, the Superintendent, CCSD and Dean Rusk MS leaders participating in the festivities.

School board member Jeanne Kragie said the board has agreed to cut eight parking places from a proposed lot, screen parking areas with plantings and establish a 111 - foot buffer next to residential land.

Celebrating the ribbon cutting for Bascomb Elementary School's new permanent shade structure are, from left to right, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower, School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, Atlanta North Dermatology dermatologist Dr. Ellen Koo, PTA grant writer Amanda Weber, Principal Kathleen Chandler, Georgia PTA President Lisa - Marie Haygood and School Board Member Rick Steiner.

And that would cut the number of community boards, police precincts and school districts for the seat in half.

Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

Lawmakers passed a controversial bill on Monday that takes aim at the Gary School Board — cutting its meetings and allowing the district to make mid-year staff layoffs in a rare one - day special session.

Witghout a property tax cap, your local school board can pass those cuts right onto the packs of property owners.

Well its really the teachers union driving up the costs and school boards that negotiated the contracts and who aren't willing to make the appropriate cuts elsewhere.

«That kind of across the board cut comes with serious consequences — and I simply can not support it,» she said, arguing that too many jobs depend on the projects, which include things like repairing bridges and building schools.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

Finance board members expect to cut the $ 25,291,300 school spending plan further at their next meeting, to comply with the results of the ballot's two advisory questions.

East Ramapo schools have suffered deep cuts to programs and staffing from the school board, which is controlled by the area's Orthodox Jewish community whose members send their children to private yeshivas.

The president of the College of New Rochelle resigned as the school considered declaring «an imminent financial crisis» that could lead to budget cuts and faculty layoffs, according to a statement from the chairwoman of its board of trustees.

Superintendent Christopher Brown told his school board recently that the district would have to cut 62 full - and part - time positions, drop a year of middle school art and eliminate its seventh - grade reading program and high school Latin classes, among many other reductions.

Warwick school board President Dave Eaton agreed Cuomo's budget plan didn't seem to grasp the devastation this type of aid cut could cause.

Cannon, 62, a longtime West Ender and ex-mayoral candidate with a background in municipal finance, tells voters he would be a «fresh voice» on the board and suggests slashing «bloated» administrative costs to help pay for school programs that budget cuts have phased out.

Brennie has been very active as the Town Board's liaison with the town's recreation department and Brennie has helped to cultivate a strong relationship with the Highland Central School District in an effort to work together and possibly share services to cut costs when and where it makes sense.

The petitions of current school board president James Sampson and member Jason McCarthy, however, did not make the cut — putting the board's Paladino - aligned majority in jeopardy.

In addition to scrapping the Common Core, Hawkins would improve schools by restoring aid cut during the state's economic downturn, encouraging desegregation through voluntary interdistrict transfers and returning curriculum decisions to local school boards.

The school boards group also urges a statewide freeze on government salaries - which would save billions without laying off a single employee or cutting back a single service - and requiring all workers to pay at least 10 % of their health insurance costs, which is less than most private - sector workers shell out.

The Oswego City School Board approved a $ 79.5 million budget Tuesday, despite opposition from several students and parents who criticized its cuts to athletic programs.

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Since 2005, the board has made severe cuts to public schools, eliminating 445 positions; reducing full - day kindergarten to a half - day; and dropping half the district's athletic programs and extracurricular activities, the state investigation found.

Since then, Superintendent Kriner Cash has taken over as superintendent and cut ties with a controversial attorney brought in by the former school board majority to take a hard line on negotiations.

Although the law deliberately cuts the School Board out of decision - making for struggling schools placed in receivership, the board could attempt to undercut Cash as he exercises those poBoard out of decision - making for struggling schools placed in receivership, the board could attempt to undercut Cash as he exercises those poboard could attempt to undercut Cash as he exercises those powers.

North Syracuse, NY — The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education could cut more than 30 positions and raise taxes to close a $ 2.2 million budget gap.

The fiscally - strapped Buffalo school board has been looking at a laundry list of ways to cut spending in its budget for the approaching school year.

Plainfield Superintendent Kenneth DiPietro presents a list of proposed school budget cuts, at a Plainfield Board of Education meeting on Dec. 13.

Matt Pommer Gov. Jim Doyle's talk of a 2.5 percent cut in state aid to local schools guarantees more stress for school boards, unionized teachers and property taxpayers.

Since 2009, the board has made major cuts to the public schools, eliminating over 400 positions and reducing kindergarten to a half day while increasing spending on special education and transportation for private school students.

That leaves $ 77 million the School Board will have to cover with either cuts or new revenue over the four years.

The Hasidic - controlled school board says the budget for the public schools is approaching destitution levels and they are therefore cutting out programs offered to the public schools except perhaps for your Common Core.

Community and board members are taking a stand, fighting to reinstate music programs cut from school budgets over the last decade.

Faced with a $ 1.6 million deficit requiring major cuts in programs, members of the North Chicago city school board were ready to close the district's nine schools in March, until Gov. Jim Edgar of Illinois promised emergency operating funds for the 4,300 - student district.

An investigation launched by Tes has found that exam boards may be set to increase their fees for schools and are considering cuts to subjects in reformed GCSEs and A-levels, as they struggle with financial pressures.

Part of the answer certainly lies in the policy arena — giving charter schools equitable access to funding (including capital funds), cutting unnecessary regulations, ensuring that institutions other than local school boards can issue charters in every jurisdiction.