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Electing school board members who understand how important sex education is to students» well - being is a crucial task for the savvy voter, and the parents and students of Phoenix Union are lucky that their district has forward - thinking folks at the helm — folks like Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona's endorsed candidates Ian Danley and Lela Alston.

As the Times reports of the three school board members who voted the expansion down: «In their recent reelection bids, Poindexter LaMotte and Lauritzen relied almost entirely on a total of about $ 1 million in union contributions.

NREPP listing provides external assurance about the quality of research behind Safe & Civil Schools resources, offering peace of mind for administrators and school board members who want to ensure that their investment will produce immediate and lasting returns that con - tribute to increased learning and improved behavior outcomes for all students.

School board members who want great schools should seek the best principals.

They will replace three school board members who voted in 2013 in favor of a $ 20.5 million no - bid contract for north suburban - based SUPES Academy — a onetime employer of former CPS chief Barbara Byrd - Bennett.

It also serves as a blueprint for school board members who wish to create a better - coordinated system of supports for children and their families.

One of those school board members who opposed her, Cindy Stuart said that some incidents had eroded the board's trust, including one in which the board did not learn for 10 months about a special education student who had a medical emergency on a school bus and later died.

Genethia Hudley Hayes and Jose Huizar, the school board members who proposed the motion, say they question whether a national standardized test like the Stanford 9, on which many low - income black and Latino children do poorly, is the best measure.

Limited Exemption — All new charter holder and / or charter school Board Members who have operated charters or campuses that have all been rated «Acceptable» or higher for at least 2 of the last 3 most recent ratings need only to complete a total of 8 hours of board training provided by a TEA registered trainer within their first year of service.

Membership enables you to converse with other school board members who share your interests in effective school board leadership, high student achievement, and equity for all students in our public education system.

He noted NSBA's partnership with its state associations and the important grassroots advocacy work of individual school board members who participate in the Federal Relations Network (FRN), with FRN membership rising exponentially from 1,600 to 53,000 in just two short years.

We will have several sessions focused on advocacy tips and techniques including a panel of school board members who will talk about how they advocate for their schools with lawmakers.

State school boards associations are nonprofit organizations that represent more than 90,000 local school board members who are dedicated to educating every child to his or her fullest potential and committed to leadership for student achievement.

The goal was to identify more district employees in order to satisfy the school board members who wanted more central office cuts (heads on stakes).

More than 84 percent of school board members who responded to a recent North Carolina School Boards Association survey said they support a bill making it a Class H felony to communicate a school threat.

Only 18 percent of the 292 school board members who took a recent N.C. School Boards Association survey said they'd support deploying the National Guard as a school safety option.

Our state associations represent more than 90,000 local school board members who are dedicated to educating every child to his or her fullest potential and committed to leadership for student achievement.

All five of the school board members who stood for re-election on April 1 are backers of the 13 - year - old state - enacted program that allows 11,000 children from low - income families to use state money to attend private schools.

We began our analysis by comparing the vote shares of incumbent school board members who ran and faced an opponent with the test - score performance of the schools and districts they represented.

School board members who try to work on broader issues often become discouraged by board politics and decide not to run for re-election, Houston added.

Following up on a pledge to usher «a revolution» into the nation's second - largest school system, Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan has begun a campaign to unseat the four school board members who are up for re-election in April.

On election day last week, voters in Douglas County, Colorado elected a slate of school board members who want to undo the reforms embraced by the last board.

(Maybe that's why some of the school board members who commented on my blog post complained about my characterization of all boards as «union - dominated.»

County executives, mayors and school board members who seek to restructure collective bargaining agreements must confront a similar reaction from their employees: «We have Triborough — why do this to ourselves?»

The Buffalo School Board member who replaced Carl Paladino has abruptly resigned.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- The Buffalo School Board member who took the ousted Carl Paladino's seat has resigned from her position in protest after the Board's vote to switch nursing providers.

They also renewed their displeasure about a Buffalo School Board member who was one of Trump's top local campaign advocates.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, a Democrat from Albany and a former school board member who was openly critical that more regents weren't replaced last year, said Tuesday's elections were «exceptionally gratifying.»

Paladino, the GOP's 2010 nominee and a former Buffalo school board member who was ousted last year, is not running.

Portelli, 62, is a former Albany City School Board member who ran for mayor of the upstate city last year, also on the Green Party line.

«Rob Astorino is a product of public schools, a father of three children in the public education system and a former school board member who was recruited to serve by teachers,» spokeswoman Jessica Proud said in a statement.

Competing to replace him are two Holbrook residents: Doug Smith, a Republican and former aide to Mr. Graf, and Deborah Slinkosky, a Democrat and former school board member who twice tried to unseat Mr. Graf.

In that spirit, this past summer we conducted an e-mail interview with Sandy Kress, a lawyer and former school board member who, as a domestic policy advisor in the White House, served as President Bush's chief negotiator during the original NCLB debate.

Isis Castro, a former Fairfax County School Board member who is now on the Virginia Board of Education, said: «The programs that we implemented didn't work, and the communities that we were trying to help didn't have a real seat at the table.»

«That would really be a nuclear option,» said Huebert, a former Valley Center school board member who now sits on the House Education Budget Committee.

His opponent is Diane Douglas, a former school board member who focused everything about her campaign in protest of the Common Core Standards and the federal government's involvement in state - level educational policies.

Faunce, the school board member who worked at the school as a dean of students in its first years, says the charter school and TeamCFA have no political agenda that makes its way into classrooms.

Donalds is the Collier County School Board member who helped organize her own school board association, separate from the Florida School Boards Association.

That's why Hickey, a former Park City school board member who is still active in education efforts, is spearheading an effort to raise $ 20,000 this spring to help undocumented students apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

David Tokofsky, a former LA Unified school board member who works for the principals union, pointed out that the school board and superintendent should have more scrutiny of the charter schools that will be getting the extra $ 2 million a year, especially if they continue to remain on the state's improvement list.

I have been unable to get any help from the teacher, the principal, every school administrator, the school district and the school board member who «represents» the school.

Steve Zach, an Oregon School Board member who discussed the ratings in private with Superintendent Brian Busler, said he's more concerned that schools are being rated at all than the individual ratings Oregon schools received.

Oakland's charter movement can be traced to 2003, when the state took over the financially troubled district and concerned parents clamored for more choices for their children, according to Gary Yee, a self - described charter skeptic and a former school board member who was interim superintendent before Antwan Wilson took over as superintendent.

If there is a Betsy DeVos of New Orleans, it is Leslie Jacobs, a former insurance executive and school board member who has been one of the most tenacious advocates for the city's charters.

«We have this pattern of neglecting struggling schools and then doing something drastic,» said Andrea Merida, a school board member who is also unhappy with the restructuring.

Noel Gallo, the lone school board member who supported the resolution, said it was time for the district to back its priorities financially.

«The amount of testing was at the top, followed closely by concerns around charter schools,» Colleen Grady, the former Strongsville school board member who is now a senior policy advisor for the Ohio Department of Education, told the board then.

But several teachers who wrote letters of support for their pedophile colleague — as well as a West Branch - Rose City school board member who has publicly supported Erickson's family — are now at the center of a public firestorm.

Jill Speering, Madison's school board member who opposes the takeover, said Barbic's claim gives her pause that some parents who don't speak English may not have understood what was said.

Praise for Three Rivers also has come from the lone school board member who in 2001 voted against creating Three Rivers.