We asked several times to interview
school district officials about how they investigated the matter.
Complaints from
school district officials about how long students needed to take part of the English language arts section of the Smarter Balanced test, also known as the Badger Exam, prompted the Department of Public Instruction to shorten the test.
Not exact matches
Eureka High
School in Eureka, Calif., postponed its drill that had been scheduled for Thursday, partly because
officials were concerned
about the mental state of students, said Fred Van Vleck, the
district superintendent.
When Nikolas Cruz turned 18, he refused to let the
school district continue providing him with crucial mental health and other services — and there was nothing
officials could do
about it, Broward
Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said Monday.
Harris, a retired general manager for a Columbus, Ohio, engineering company, wants to help educate residents
about various programs by working with
school and Park
District officials.
Officials from the Oak Forest
school district spoke to Park District commissioners last week about the school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood
district spoke to Park
District commissioners last week about the school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood
District commissioners last week
about the
school they are hoping to build at 173rd Street between Central and Lockwood Avenues.
Conley, a resident of the village since 1978, decided to take on the project when Park
District officials talked
about recruiting a high
school class.
She has by now developed a whole litany of complaints
about the
school project, and has even gone so far as to rent a room in a park
district building Wednesday night for her own meeting between neighbors and
school officials.
In scathing letters, Park
District and
school officials argued back and forth
about how to deal with flooding.
Village
officials said Tuesday that they have talked with developers
about the proposed impact fees for the
school district and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for Distr
district and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for
DistrictDistrict 140.
Ivy Ken, a DCPS parent and longtime advocate for more healthful food in
schools, said she is «thrilled» that the lawsuit is bringing to light concerns people have had
about the food program that were often dismissed by
District officials.
That's despite a considerable amount of grumbling by local municipal and
school district officials and business leaders
about the lack of mandate relief that was promised by the administration to take the edge off the cap's impact, but so far has not materialized.
In fact, only
about 50 of the more than 700
school districts in the state have even submitted applications for the money,
officials said.
In Nassau, Ryder said
officials at 40 of the county's 56
school districts have access to the Rave Panic Button, a cellphone alert system that allows teachers or administrators to notify authorities
about an active - shooter situation with the push of a button.
But in letters to parents and
district residents, the Longwood and Huntington
officials disputed Cuomo's assessment and sought to reassure parents
about the safety of their
schools.
Despite a precipitous drop in scores — a drop experienced by pretty much every
school in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this Sept
school in the state
officials in the Kingston City
School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this Sept
School District remain optimistic
about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this September.
About 50 people attended the forum, and several residents addressed
school district officials and law enforcement authorities.
Use the links below to learn more
about federal
officials, state
officials, cities,
school districts, courts, and ballot measures in this county.
Teachers are increasingly frustrated that
district and union leaders can not reach a new agreement to replace their long - expired contract.Business
officials consider the city
school district the greatest obstacle to the region's economic development.Political leaders are worried as well
about the direction of the still - struggling city schools.Throughout the city, stakeholde...
Both the Syracuse
school district and state education
officials are being hush
about the future of one of the city's elementary
schools, possibly because the
district is still scrambling to come up with a plan, as sources have indicated to WRVO.
And at a high
school in Sayreville, N.J., a
district official said
about two dozen teenagers joined the National...
While
schools often are required to ask students for proof that they live within a
district,
school officials essentially are barred from asking
about immigration status and can not block a child's access to a public K - 12
school based on such status, under a landmark 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plyler v. Doe.
School officials used some $ 316,000 in funding from the
School Energy Efficiency Program, available to qualifying K - 12
districts in 18 counties in California and administered by the Resource Solutions Group, to retrofit
about 12,000 fixtures between March and July 2007.
Officials of the Livingston, Calif.,
school district are at odds with members of the Sikh religion
about whether students of that faith should be allowed to carry symbolic daggers, called kirpans, under their clothing.
These «findings» by the lower court
about the purported benefits of neighborhood
schools were based entirely on the claims of Oklahoma City
School District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation o
School District officials, claims which are currently echoed across the country by
school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation o
school districts seeking to be released from their desegregation orders.
Less than half of California
school districts and only
about a quarter of teacher unions have promised to make key education reforms required for the state to win $ 700 million in competitive federal grants,
officials said Wednesday.
Cracking down on those small but energy - inefficient devices was just one of many suggestions
about 50 superintendents and other
district officials heard during a recent «energy summit» sponsored by the American Association of
School Administrators.
At the urging of
district officials,
about 35 students at Poughkeepsie High
School coordinated a schoolwide survey to find out what their peers wanted to see in their s
School coordinated a schoolwide survey to find out what their peers wanted to see in their
schoolschool.
The Metro Nashville
district in Tennessee began an intensive high -
school - redesign process six years ago, and,
about three years ago,
officials there began developing an intensive professional development strategy to help high
school teachers improve their work in project - based learning.
One of the ballot issues defeated was a request by
school officials for authority to issue $ 160 million in bonds to cover the
district's current - year deficit, which represents
about 23 percent of its annual budget.
Many
districts simply fail to define their theories of reform - in some cases because superintendents and
school - board members can not agree on what should be done; in other cases because
officials don't wish to make specific promises
about actions and results.
NCLB «is pushing
school districts to do things out of their comfort zones,» says Robert Maranto, who last year surveyed state education
officials throughout the country
about NCLB.
Vicki L. Barber, the superintendent of the 30,000 - student El Dorado
school district, and other
officials from the area
about 30 miles east of Sacramento, have traveled to Washington in a campaign to promote more study of the risks of naturally occurring asbestos, which is widespread in California.
Still, while complaining
about the lack of money, Reading
school officials have seen the
district's federal aid increased from $ 513 per student to $ 1,022 per student from 1998 through 2002, a boost of 99 percent.
In New York City,
school officials have implemented a variety of special programs designed to attack the same problem — daily absenteeism runs at
about 23 percent of the
district's high -
school students.
District officials opened elementary
schools with substitute teachers on Nov. 11, four days after the strike began, but
about three - quarters of the pupils did not attend.
Michigan
officials notified
school districts this month that an unexpected surge in enrollments will cause per - pupil funding to drop by
about $ 10 this year.
Don:
School district officials seem to be worried
about the so - called «funding cliff» - when federal stimulus funds run out.
«Some are mislabeling students or finding ways of moving them off the books,» and in some places, such as in Detroit and Camden, N.J.,
districts are making it easier to get a diploma at the very same time
officials talk
about making
school more rigorous.
In their own news releases,
school officials talk
about how Operation Graduation, which includes a credit recovery component, boosts the
district's graduation rate and quotes one former student, Victor Lopez, as saying: «It was a shocker to learn what I could get done in a day.»
Instead of deflecting potential concerns, it aggravated them, opening a festering sore
about funding for
district schools, which local
officials say are straining to make do under an outdated state financing formula that has not kept pace with spiraling costs.
Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected
officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of
schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the
district's better
schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation
about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?
In «Partnership Is a Two - Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive
School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&
School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious
about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.&
school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state
officials and
school district educators.&
school district educators.»
Many also don't have information
about discounts that other
school districts have received, and, when purchasing from a company like Apple, which has a reputation for being rigid with pricing, some
district officials don't even know they can ask for larger discounts.
After Lynchburg (Virginia) City Public
Schools officials learned in fall 2007 that a middle -
school student had MRSA,
school officials cleaned desks and common areas and alerted parents
about the causes of the infection and ways to stop transmission, said Anne Bond - Gentry, the
districts coordinator of student services.
Some area legislators are hoping to move forward legislation they say will provide relief to local
school districts whose
officials are worried
about meeting mandated class - size limits this fall.
Although the ESSA and educational
officials will continue to care
about reading and math scores, the opportunity for states and local
school districts to redefine accountability is an exciting one.
Inviting your elected
officials to visit your magnet
school is a powerful way to inform them
about the theme - based programs that are offered in their
district, and to show them how important federal, state, and local support is for these programs.
Schools in our district actually are in official MOU partnerships with our charter schools to say, «Let's explore this; let's learn about that together.
Schools in our
district actually are in
official MOU partnerships with our charter
schools to say, «Let's explore this; let's learn about that together.
schools to say, «Let's explore this; let's learn
about that together.»
An estimated 150 teachers,
school administrators, parents and others from around the state came to the conference at the University of Washington Tacoma to learn
about charters, which are public
schools that permit significant decisions to be made at a
school level, rather than by a
school district or state
officials.