L.A. Unified Board Will Back Classroom Breakfast Program A majority of L.A. Unified
School Board members said they will vote to continue a classroom breakfast program that feeds nearly 200,000 children but was in danger of being axed after sharp criticism by the teachers union.
School board members said repeatedly they didn't want to close the school, but a projected million dollar budget deficit could not be ignored.
During today's press conference,
school board members said they were committed to providing students with as many options as possible while the voucher program remained stalled by the court challenge.
The school has until July 5 to request a hearing over the board's decision, which
school board members said was related to concerns about low enrollment and poor academic outcomes for students.
But
school board members said the decision was made without enough input from the board or the community.
State
school board members said this week that not counting those schools violates state law.
Fellow
school board members say Paladino improperly disclosed information about teacher contract...
«I think you're going to see a president with so many talents,» the onetime gubernatorial candidate and current Buffalo
School Board member said.
The New Orleans Advocate: International School of Louisiana should have informed Jefferson officials of problems finding new campus,
school board members say http://bit.ly/2j0sKd8
After events involving a six - year - old student who identifies as the opposite gender, a Cumberland County
school board member says he hopes to develop a policy on how to accommodate transgender and gender nonconforming students.
Budget «crisis»: Volusia County
School Board members say the district is in «crisis mode» after the preliminary budget shows a deficit of $ 4.2 million.
A month after the Newtown school shootings, most of New York's
school board members say they're still worried students don't have adequate access to mental health services.
Not exact matches
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).
«You have to reduce the power of the CEO, and one of the very few ways to do that is to separate the chairman - of - the -
board position from the CEO position,» Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills said in Corporate Board Member magazine (March / April 2
board position from the CEO position,» Harvard Business
School professor D. Quinn Mills
said in Corporate
Board Member magazine (March / April 2
Board Member magazine (March / April 2003).
She also
said that a
board member participated in gambling, despite the
school's prohibition against it.
The variety ranges from cases in which faculty elect some
members of the
board of trustees from among their number, to cases in which faculty as a group is formally charged with certain responsibilities (
say, nominating new faculty, or establishing policies governing the academic program of the
school), to cases in which faculty effectively have neither responsibility, authority, nor power in the
school's polity.
School officials had appealed to the league to find another time for the game, but the league
said in a statement Wednesday the appeal was unanimously voted down by the league's nine -
member board.
Reacting to evidence of a point - shaving scheme involving Tulane's basketball team (SI, April 8) and allegations of improper payments to players, Kelly
said he would recommend to Tulane's 23 -
member Board of Administrators that the
school's basketball program be disbanded.
As a longtime
school nutrition director and SNF
board member, Joanne Kinsey has a passion for professional development and she
says Jessie stood out right away.
«Eventually the other
board members said it was the best idea we ever came up with; that's what got me thinking about
school nutrition, and it evolved from there.»
Phil Crusius, an Arlington Heights
school board member, died Tuesday after battling pancreatic cancer, Superintendent Sarah Jerome
said Thursday.
Board member William Dussling
said the lockers, which are 9 inches wide, are so small that «you could not get a winter jacket (into them),» and the
school does not allow students to wear heavy jackets after arriving at
school.
However, Park District
board member Ken Nolan, who is proposing the resolution,
said the
school district is not complying with storm - water retention plans.
School board member Kevin Connor
said he was surprised by the Park District's rejection of the plan.
The Park
Board has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school dist
Board has scheduled an executive session for Saturday morning, and
board President Ken Nolan said he expects the five - member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school dist
board President Ken Nolan
said he expects the five -
member board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the school dist
board to vote to proceed with a lawsuit against the
school district.
School Board member Tom Tonniges, chairman of the district's curriculum committee, said the group hopes to get feedback from parents before it meets again next month and recommends the curricula to the school
School Board member Tom Tonniges, chairman of the district's curriculum committee, said the group hopes to get feedback from parents before it meets again next month and recommends the curricula to the school b
Board member Tom Tonniges, chairman of the district's curriculum committee,
said the group hopes to get feedback from parents before it meets again next month and recommends the curricula to the
school school boardboard.
Because of traffic and other concerns, residents and Park
Board members have
said previously that the Chicago Avenue site would be better than building a
school on Norfolk.
Under consideration now by
school board members is a districtwide ban, which supporters
say would eliminate a risk to students suffering from potentially life - threatening allergies.
A major concern is enforcement of the state law prohibiting tobacco and alcohol use on
school property, according to
school board member Nancy Binion, who
said parents attending events sponsored by youth athletic associations often violate that prohibition.
Board member Sheila Pacholski said she would like to have the school board review the issue in January to determine whether the tax benefits the school district receives from owning its own autos justifies the cost of the
Board member Sheila Pacholski
said she would like to have the
school board review the issue in January to determine whether the tax benefits the school district receives from owning its own autos justifies the cost of the
board review the issue in January to determine whether the tax benefits the
school district receives from owning its own autos justifies the cost of the car.
Board member Jeanne Kragie
said the agreement does not spell out maintenance responsibilities, although the Park District does regularly maintain the baseball fields behind Tyler and Bentley
Schools.
«I believe that when the sun is going down, we should be winding down our activities, especially during the
school year,»
said board member Maureen Block.
On any given day you can find her pinning her heart away at Twiniversity's Pinterest page,
saying howdy to a new
member of Twiniversity's Message
Board, working on
school work while she earns her double degree of History and English at Ashford University, catering to her teenagers every beck and call or chasing one or two naked babies around the house!
As
schools adjust to the needs of the concussed student, we are happy to help educate
school board members about the various considerations surrounding this important topic and offer our services as Athletic Trainers as resources to developing the appropriate protocol,»
says NYSATA President - Elect Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT and co-presenter of the NYSATA session.
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.
Village
Board members said they will vote next week on whether to turn over 1.25 acres the village owns at the Cherry Hill
School site on Washington Street.
Thus far, Masterson
said, Park District
board members have refused the residents» request,
saying that children attending nearby Dirksen
School should be able to use the path, though it was not originally intended for bicycle use.
Brown did
say in a statement Thursday she looks forward to working with the new and returning Buffalo
School Board members.
Buffalo
School Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state cap
Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper
saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and
said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the
board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state cap
board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capital.
The authority to remove an elected
School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia
said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.
School board members in favor of seeking his removal have argued that Paladino's latest comments underscore an ongoing pattern of behavior that they
said includes harassment and bullying of his colleagues on the
board and
members of the administration.
«If any of our Buffalo Public
School children
said any one of these offensive remarks... the student would be suspended,»
said board member Paulette Woods.
«The
board member who spoke such disgusting words presents a danger to the children at Buffalo Public
Schools and I will keep
saying that in the clearest, loudest voice possible until he is removed from this
board,»
said Rachel Dominquez, concerned parent.
«If any of our Buffalo public
school children said any of these offensive remarks... the student would be suspended,» said School Board Member Paulette
school children
said any of these offensive remarks... the student would be suspended,»
said School Board Member Paulette
School Board Member Paulette Woods.
«We heard from
school superintendents,
school board members, teachers, parents — the same message, all united,» Otis
said.
«I appreciate that the criterion for removal is very narrow, however, I believe that to remove an elected
school board member, overturning an election, it should be done by the Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sa
school board member, overturning an election, it should be done by the Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sam
board member, overturning an election, it should be done by the
Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,» said former School Board President James Sam
Board of Education, providing for transparent, open hearings and ensuring due process,»
said former
School Board President James Sa
School Board President James Sam
Board President James Sampson.
Other Democrats who have
said they are considering running include Rochester Councilman Adam McFadden, Brighton Town
Board member Robin Reynolds Wilt, and Rochester
School Board President Van White.
But the reality today is it can happen to us so we really have to have our ducks in a row,»
said Utica City
School District
Board of Education
member Michele Mandia.
Under her plan for mayoral control over Syracuse
schools, Lavine
said she would pick
school board members with the advice and consent of the Syracuse Common Council.
Lavine
said the
school board can not do consistent work if
board members are up for election every two years.