We should attend
school budget meetings to make our feelings known.
Not exact matches
The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's
budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and
schools to
meet the state's booming population.
And, having now worked closely with Houston ISD's Food Services department for the last four years, I feel only sympathy for
school districts trying to balance their
budgets while
meeting the HHFKA's healthier
school food mandates, all in the face of insufficient funding and negative student reactions to the food.
Although the food service director likely has no control over the cafeteria time allotment, he / she might be able to point to other barriers that make lengthening the lunch difficult (ratio of students: cafeteria size etc.,
budget for labor) 6) Schedule a
meeting with the
school principal and share your concerns and ask how you might help to arrive at a solution.
In a new post published on The Daily this morning, BPI spokesman Rich Jochum asserts that the presence of BLBT in
school beef actually helps our children because it «1) improves the nutritional profile, 2) increases the safety of the products and 3)
meets the
budget parameters that allow the
school lunch program to feed kids nationwide every day.»
With
schools on such a tight cafeteria
budget, especially at elementary, they are unlikely to offer both potato AND another vegetable, when the veg requirement can be
met by potato alone.
We're unlikely to see him poring over dense regulations, struggling to
meet an underfunded
budget, lamenting the lack of a real
school kitchen in which to cook and store food, dealing with a cafeteria too small to accommodate his students, competing with fast food outlets because of an open
school campus, or, most importantly, battling an unyielding Congress for more
school food funding.
At the same time, the entrée and side dish must comply with USDA National
School Lunch nutrition standards and
meet a
budget of $ 1 per person per serving (entrée and side dish combined).
-LSB-...] to see him poring over complex regulations, struggling to
meet an underfunded
budget, lamenting the lack of a real
school kitchen in which to cook and store food, dealing with a cafeteria too small to accommodate his students, -LSB-...]
Finding 2: Only 42 percent of
school food authorities reported having a
budget to purchase capital equipment, and less than half expected the
budget to be adequate to
meet their equipment needs.
In December 2013, another KSHF survey found that most
school meal programs (88 percent) needed one or more pieces of equipment to help them
meet nutrition standards, but only 42 percent of respondents reported that they had funding for capital purchases, and less than half of those had a
budget that was adequate to
meet their equipment needs.
As president of the
School Nutrition Association, I have seen school nutrition programs nationwide that, despite incredibly limited budgets, are meeting all these requirements and serving healthy, enticing school
School Nutrition Association, I have seen
school nutrition programs nationwide that, despite incredibly limited budgets, are meeting all these requirements and serving healthy, enticing school
school nutrition programs nationwide that, despite incredibly limited
budgets, are
meeting all these requirements and serving healthy, enticing
school school meals.
Funding to
meet first # 6,000 of additional support costs, delegated within
school budget and academy grant derived from local formula.
The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state
budget, but the State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many
schools for at least another year, if
schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to
meet this year's November deadline.
As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after
budget cuts to services,
schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are
met by passing Fair Elections.
Buffalo Public
School leaders meet with the Common Council Thursday to talk about their proposed school budget for next
School leaders
meet with the Common Council Thursday to talk about their proposed
school budget for next
school budget for next year.
Also at 6:30 p.m., NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Assembly members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon co-host a town hall
meeting about concerns over President Donald Trump's
budget proposals, John Jay High
School, 237 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn.
What's in and what's out of the
budget was the theme for a
meeting Tuesday night in Hamburg High
School.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Against the backdrop of city and state
budget - cutting teacher layoffs, Rep. Michael Grimm weighed in on LIFO with
Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, calling it «unacceptable» during a
meeting with her in his Washington office.
«We look forward to the Governor's State Aid and
budget proposals, which we hope will include a level of education funding sufficient to
meet the needs of every student throughout our State, particularly those in
schools with the greatest needs.»
One of the two
school boards on Long Island that failed to pass
budgets in the first round of voting decided to reduce its
budget to within the state - mandated tax cap, and the other deferred a decision on how to proceed with the June 21 revote until its next
meeting.
At 6 p.m., parents, community leaders, educators; the Rev. Mike Walrond; Manhattan BP Gale Brewer; former NYC Councilman Robert Jackson and others attend an AQE - organized town hall
meeting criticizing Cuomo's education
budget proposals, Wadleigh Secondary
School for the Performing & Visual Arts, 215 W. 114th St., Harlem.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The Board of Education will host a public hearing at its 7 p.m.
meeting to listen to public comments on its proposed $ 253,685,636
budget for the 2016 - 2017
school year.
The new teacher evaluations were approved in the state
budget, but the New York State Board of Regents has found a way to delay their impact at many
schools for at least another year, if
schools can demonstrate that it would be a hardship for them to
meet this year's November deadline.
Silver says the Assembly's
budget plan, due out March 11, will restore $ 260 million dollars Cuomo cut to New York City
schools, after they failed to
meet the governor's deadline to agree on a teacher evaluation plan.
That was a big enough figure for councilors to be concerned and call a special committee
meeting, but
school Superintendent Sharon Contreras wrote a letter to councilors saying the district can «effectively manage» its
budget and that the land bank is a «positive force» for the city and should continue its work.
Even a
meeting over the
school budget turned into a battleground last night for the continuing fight over Lancaster
schools use of Redskins as the sports team nickname.
BY MICHAEL CAHILL No public comments on
budget at this week's NRCSD
Meeting The North Rockland Central
School district
met on Tuesday evening at North Rockland High
School to honor several students who had won essay contests, and hold a public hearing on the 2012 — 2013
budget.
And Kremer points out that although the Regents developed the waiver option, they were unable to rescind the provision that says if
schools don't
meet the November 15th deadline, they have to give back some state aid awarded to them in the
budget back in the spring.
The Marathon and McGraw 2018 - 19
school budgets will be presented tonight at
meetings of each district's Board of Education.
The Marathon and McGraw 2018 - 19
school budgets will be presented tonight at
meetings of each district ’s
Thursday's City Council schedule will include a
meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary
budget oversight hearing; a
meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a
meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter
schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every
school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive
budget for New York City.»
De Blasio and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are set to release a joint statement Monday calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state
budget surplus on a sizable downpayment to
meet the terms a nearly decade - old court decision saying the state has shortchanged its
schools.
The wording in the
budget bill would place power with the state Education Department to deal with the matter for bilingual
schools teaching for a greater number of hours — a definition that yehivas
meet.
With
budget season well underway for St. Lawrence County
school districts and still no aid increase in the proposed state
budget, local educators are struggling to make ends
meet.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are set to release a joint statement today calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state
budget surplus on a sizable downpayment to
meet the terms the nearly decade - old CFE court decision saying the state has shortchanged its
schools.
At 11:30 a.m., students, parents and advocates
meet with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to discuss the need for after -
school programs and to restore $ 22.3 million for Advantage After School in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, A
school programs and to restore $ 22.3 million for Advantage After
School in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, A
School in the state
budget, state Capitol, Room 315, Albany.
The Town Board's regular
meeting is at 6:30, with a presentation on the Homer
School District
budget proposal planned at 7 pm.
The Kingston City
School District saw its $ 161.6 million
budget proposal
meet with overwhelming success at the polls on Tuesday,
A
school board meeting specifically geared toward the new budget turned into a discussion about Kingston High School football
school board
meeting specifically geared toward the new
budget turned into a discussion about Kingston High
School football
School football, with
THE ELIZABETHTOWN - LEWIS CENTRAL
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BUDGET HEARING,
BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a
Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at
school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school meetings in the District will be held at the
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the
budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
budget for 2018/2019
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for
school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the
Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DST).
That
meeting features a presentation on the proposed 2017 - 2018 Homer
School District
budget by Superintendent Nancy Ruscio scheduled for 7 pm.
They need to
meet a state deadline of April 23 for
school boards to finalize the
budget proposals that go before voters on May 15.
De Blasio and Miner are set to release a joint statement today calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state
budget surplus to make a sizable down payment to
meet the terms of a nearly decade - old court decision saying the state has shortchanged its
schools.
Projections unveiled at the Syracuse City
School District
budget meeting last night could push the total number of positions the district has eliminated since 2009 to more than 1,000.
School boards and district officials are expected to start outlining their
budget proposals during public Board of Education
meetings in the coming months.
RUTLAND Members of the
Budget House Appropriations Committee hosted a open
meeting at the Rutland
School District board room recently to hear testimony on what should be included in the appropriations bill.
It should not be used to
meet a Labour manifesto pledge to maintain overall
school budgets.
BY MICHAEL CAHILL
Budget Talks, and officially closing three schools The North Rockland Central School met for a Committee of the Whole Board Workshop Session of the Board of Education Tuesday night in the North Rockland Administration Building to discuss next year's budget and vote to officially close several sc
Budget Talks, and officially closing three
schools The North Rockland Central
School met for a Committee of the Whole Board Workshop Session of the Board of Education Tuesday night in the North Rockland Administration Building to discuss next year's
budget and vote to officially close several sc
budget and vote to officially close several
schools.
The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state
budget to
meet the needs of underserved
schools and fighting against
school closures and charter
schools.