Sentences with phrase «school closing plan»

Report after report show the folly of the mayor's mass school closings plan.

New Chicago schools chief Barbara Byrd - Bennett, herself African - American, has fired back at those who criticize the school closings plan as racist.

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About a year later, Elon and his younger brother Kimbal, who has long been Musk's closest friend and chief co-conspirator, drew up plans to open an arcade near their school.

(Poets & Quants)-- T.J. Duane began the Startup Garage course at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business last September planning to build a closed online network for lawyers.

Medbery capitalized on both: She won $ 25,000 in 2010 from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education Business Plan Competition, and nabbed two of the contest's judges as close business advisors.

Back in November, Western Mass News told you about two high school sweethearts from Springfield who spent close to two years planning their dream wedding in Puerto Rico, only to have it destroyed by a hurricane.

Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis Passed Mini Stimuli Began Asia «Pivot Increased Support for Veterans Tightened Sanctions on Iran Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants Passed Credit Card Reforms Eliminated Catch - 22 in Pay Equality Laws Improved Food Safety System Expanded National Service Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission Improved School Nutrition Expanded Hate Crimes Protections Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill Pushed Broadband Coverage Expanded Health Coverage for Children Helped South Sudan Declare Independence Killed the F - 22

Im a Txn who plans to pray that we will soon vote out of office the Repug hardcaseswho so far plan to decimate education, by closing schools & laying off teachers.

If a local congregation announced today that it planned to close its church school because it did not see the Christian education of children as the legitimate task of a church, that announcement would, I suspect, produce no little criticism and consternation.

The actual number by that date was probably not much more than a third of that total; furthermore, despite the good that existing centers have done and are doing, the plan's most imaginative features — those that would bring such centers into close contact with schools, churches, the police, and other responsible community organizations — are the ones that have been least realized.

Building on an outstanding foundation of curriculum, programming and thought leadership at Drexel, the Close School is the engine driving the expanded culture of entrepreneurship envisioned by the University's strategic plan.

Dykes» requests and plans now went through a Cal lifer who, according to sources close to Dykes, was unconcerned with operations and procedures at schools outside of Berkeley.

As the School Food Plan Office came to a close yesterday, 31st March 2016, we wanted to update you on the exciting future and also say a personal thank you to everyone we have worked with over the past three years.

To start planning we looked at the calendar, starting with the first day of the daycare or school closing, penciled in our travel days, and highlighted the holidays.

As the School Food Plan Office came to a close yesterday, 31st March 2016, we wanted to update you on the exciting future and also say a personal thank you to everyone we have worked with over the past...

A member of the NYC Panel for Educational Policy appointed by de Blasio was forced to quit last week after voting against the city's plans to close several schools.

«[T] omorrow, she is planning to close all 22 of her schools and bus hundreds of students up to Albany to use as props.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

But New York's most controversial Charter School Executive Eva Moskowitz has reached a new low: tomorrow, she is planning to close all 22 of her schools and bus hundreds of students up to Albany to use as props.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose increased school funding.

He criticized the «chief law enforcement officer of the state» for not standing up for Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to close charter schools, «for the corruption in Albany» and for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to close the Moreland Commission, an anti-corruption panel that was created by Cuomo in 2013.

Dietl and Malliotakis said they would reject a plan, endorsed by the mayor, to close the Rikers Island jail, criticized de Blasio's stewardship of the schools, his administration's efforts to build more below - market - rate housing, and budgeting.

Legislative leaders say they are close to agreement on the tax plan, which could include shifting income tax burden to a payroll tax (to be deducted by employers), and enabling tax - deductible charitable donations to healthcare and school funds.

Mayor Bloomberg is moving ahead with plans to close 33 low - performing schools, but remains optimistic about a deal with the UFT on teacher evaluations.

The DOE plans to close middle school grades at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performingschool grades at Wadleigh Secondary School for the PerformingSchool for the Performing Arts.

On Monday, he opted not to close middle - school grades at Wadleigh Secondary in Harlem, as had been planned.

The DOE is also moving forward with plans to close and re-open 26 additional schools, which could bring the total number of new schools as high as 80.

Cuomo's plan includes $ 1 billion more for schools and the extension of an additional tax on New York's highest income earners, known as the millionaire's tax, in order to pay for education spending and close a $ 3.5 billion budget gap.

The plan closes two schools, reintegrates the 5th and 6th graders into an elementary school environment, and puts the 9th graders back into the high school.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testifies before the NYC Council Committees on Education, Oversight and Investigation on the DOE's plan for closing schools.

The declaration came just hours before he convened legislative leaders in a closed - door meeting to detail plans to slash $ 10 billion in planned expenses, including aid to schools, hospitals and local governments.

The authority had planned to close the center, which lets the public use Stuyvesant High's athletic facilities when school is not in session, on Dec. 20 — much to the outrage of residents and officials — but the authority agreed to keep it open while they work with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to find a new operator for the facility.

Tricia Joyce, a member of the task force, said she remembers that five years ago, city officials said they would take a closer look, and it did lead to opening temporary «incubator» space early for two new Downtown schools, but this was the first time she ever remembered being invited into smaller planning meetings.

Karen Lott doesn't want her departure as principal from Milner Elementary School earlier this month, or the plan to close it in 2019, to be seen as evidence that the inner city school could not suSchool earlier this month, or the plan to close it in 2019, to be seen as evidence that the inner city school could not suschool could not succeed.

When Mayor de Blasio first announced his plans to close the ATR pool, Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina pledged to do so without resorting to forced placement — a policy that allows the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to place a teacher from the ATR pool at a school whether or not the principal wants to hire that teacher.

RCSD now has two months to decide to either close the school, or submit a plan for independent receivership of the school and get it approved.

However, the state education commissioner said if the district fails to submit the signed evaluation plan by July 1, he would recommend to close the school.

And DiNapoli notes that state lawmakers had little time to consider changes to the state's education policy — which included measures aimed at new teacher evaluation criteria, changes to teacher tenure and plans to close schools deemed to be struggling or failing.

The weather is making headlines this morning, and has resulted in the cancelation and / or postponing of a number of planned events — including today's joint legislative budget hearing on the housing portion of the executive spending plan — as well as school closings.

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.

«Our goal will be to keep residents in the boroughs they called home when possible, so that breadwinners do not lose jobs, children do not have to switch schools or experience long commutes and people can also be close to their medical needs and preferred places of worship,» the plan says.

During negotiations, two basic things happened to affect the financial plan Cuomo sought: the Senate rejected most of the tax hikes he proposed — such as closing a loophole on third party internet sales on sites such as Amazon — and lawmakers nearly doubled what the school aid increase that Cuomo planned in January.

Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.

NEW YORK (WCBS 880)-- In addition to cutting more than 6,000 teaching jobs from New York City's public schools, Mayor Bloomberg's proposed $ 67 billion spending plan could force 20 fire companies to close.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

The six - point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

They protested the planned closing of the school.

The Council plans to introduce resolutions that would allow schools to close in neighborhoods with large concentrations of Asian students.

The councilman announced his plans to increase traffic safety, remove trash, lessen pollution and fight against plans to close traditional high schools like Long Island City HS.

The spending plan does eliminate 150 positions, many at Elmwood Elementary school which will be closed under the plan.