Sentences with phrase «school board elections»

This spring the city held the most expensive school board election in the nation's history.

Yet turnout for school board elections, which are often held at dates different from those of general elections, is notoriously low, often lingering in the single digits.

Do you remember for sure whether you voted in the last school board election?

These include congressional races, gubernatorial contests, state school chief races, state school board elections, and state ballot measures.

However, things have begun to change and the teachers unions now have competition in school board election spending.

Even so, 24 percent of registered voters cast ballots, many times the turnout in the typical school board election.

What if school board elections turned on classroom results rather than petty power struggles?

Indeed, current and former public school employees are 21 percentage points more likely to claim that they voted in their last school board election than is everyone else (see Figure 8).

The Buffalo Common Council unanimously approved a perennial resolution asking the state Legislature for permission to move the date for future Buffalo School Board elections from May to the date of the November general election.

At 3 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci and members of New York State United Teachers call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill that authorizes the boards of education in union - free school districts and central school districts to establish wards for the purpose of school board elections, 20 S. Main St., New City.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There will be three new faces on the board of Buffalo Public Schools following school board elections on Tuesday, when 10 candidates went to the ballot box to compete for six open seats.

Good Morning Qualifying concluded on Friday for the Nov. 8 Orleans Parish School Board election with two incumbents retaining their seats without opposition.

The large amounts of outside money flowing into the Los Angeles Unified school board election represent a new front in the reform battles that have shaken up education politics over the last decade.

The Democrat vs. Democrat split that played out in the Los Angeles school board election also emerged in several legislative races last year.

Also for under - covering state and local education politics stories with obvious national appeal (MA Question 2 and LA school board election among them) and all but ignoring ESSA implementation until quite recently.

After contentious LAUSD school board elections in which the California Charter Schools Association was widely criticized for negative campaigning and accused of draining money from traditional district schools, the association pushed back today asserting that its opponents have mischaracterized the group as detrimental to district.

The general election for mayor and city council shared the ballot with general elections for Hudson County's clerk and board of chosen freeholders, as well as school board elections for the Jersey City school districts.

The Buffalo News has endorsed a trio of candidates for the Buffalo School Board elections Tuesday.

Nearly $ 2.3 million from wealthy charter school advocates fueled the nation's most expensive school board elections in Los Angeles last spring, but those donors and their contributions were never disclosed to voters until months after the election, a review of records shows.

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Suffern Central School District is one race to watch next Tuesday, May 15 when school board elections are held around Rockland County.

The inevitable and early progression into the Denver Public Schools board election season means that this year the political jousting began in advance of the release of the 2011 School Performance Framework (SPF)-- DPSʼs the annual ranking of every public school in the city.

The anti-voucher candidates were victors in the Douglas County School Board election last night, the Castle Rock News - Press reported.

Three Moms with Fulop's Endorsement Beat Candidates Backed by Union and Healy to Sweep School Board Election 04/18/12

Power Shift on L.A. School Board Election results for seats on the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest district in California and second - largest in the nation — will have far - reaching implications for the future of education reform in the Golden State.

The city has estimated that, between new positions that would have to be created and the expense of holding community school board elections every three years, a return to a decentralized system would cost the city $ 125 million to $ 160 million a year.

Judging by how much is being spent, Los Angeles is about to hold the most important school board election in American history.

UEA and Outside Groups are Battling Over School Board Elections Utah Policy analysis by Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor

Of the 124 districts holding budget votes across Nassau and Suffolk counties, 59 had contested school board elections as well, and 62 put up special ballot propositions.

Gathered at the Chuggin» Rhino in Pomona from 7 - 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, Kim Foskew, Hiram Rivera and Joanna Thompson rallied a group of roughly 50 for support in this year's East Ramapo school board election.

Though the approaching School Board elections will likely determine her future as Buffalo Schools Superintendent, Dr. Pamela Brown took a proactive approach Wednesday night during a review of her job performance.

Financial contributions in this year's Buffalo School Board election soared past the amount given in previous district races, with donors putting more than $ 156,000 into the six contests.And that figure doesn't represent the full extent of resources put into the races, since some candidates have neglected to file their final financial reports and others failed to report ca...

Just in case anyone forgot the lessons from the recall of the Jeffco school board in 2015, this year's Douglas County school board election provided ample evidence that practical results for families prevail over political ideology — even if it seemingly aligns with community priorities.

Good Morning Qualifying for the Nov. 8 Orleans Parish School Board election closes at 4:30 pm today.

Signed by Gov. Chris Christie last month after drawing bipartisan support, Greenwald's law allowed districts to move school board elections from April to November, with the stated goal of increasing voter turnouts from what are typically only about 15 percent of registered voters.

But more to the point, it would be very easy for a Wall Street corporation to start buying school board elections and then have their bought off school board waive every rule that limited their ability to maximize corporate profits.

From now on, L.A. school board elections will be held to coincide with state and national elections.

Jacobsen studied school board elections involving Teach for America alumni in 2009 and 2010, following the launch of TFA's Leadership for Educational Equity.

The last few school board elections in Nashville have been contentious.

«I think there are going to be school board elections around the state tomorrow.