AMERICAN FORK — Alpine
School District officials on Thursday appointed Dan Weishar as the new principal of American Fork High School.
When business leaders work with state and
school district officials on K - 12 schooling, they need to keep in mind that they are negotiating not as claimants but as valued partners.
Not exact matches
During a public hearing
on the issue,
district officials explained the staff cut was based in part
on the current number of students registered for
school next year.
The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus
on a 13 - acre parcel of Park
District property along 95th Street, but library
officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High
School.
The City Council agreed to hold off until June 20 before deciding whether they will give library
officials the requested $ 18.6 million to construct the facility
on Park
District - owned land
on the south side of 95th Street, west of Neuqua Valley High
School.
Prior to the November election, Cary Park
District officials promised residents that if they voted down referendum measures seeking to fund a proposed swim center and ballfields
on 80 acres near Cary - Grove High
School, they'd drop a condemnation suit for the land.
School officials hoped to swap their park land
on Norfolk Avenue for Park
District land
on Chicago Avenue.
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.
Only a fraction of the additional $ 4 million went into improving the
school building; the remainder was spent
on attorney fees, construction delays, storm - water improvements and land swap problems caused by wrangling between the
school district, Clarendon Hills Park District and Clarendon Hills village of
district, Clarendon Hills Park
District and Clarendon Hills village of
District and Clarendon Hills village
officials.
But he said
school district officials did everything in their power to keep it
on track.
Several residents volunteered to serve
on the committee, and Park
District director Kirk Reimer said he has received commitments from city and school district officials asking to be part of th
District director Kirk Reimer said he has received commitments from city and
school district officials asking to be part of th
district officials asking to be part of the group.
City
officials have proposed a number of controversial steps to relieve
school overcrowding in Rogers Park, including building a new
school on Park
District land, according to records and interviews.
After months of negotiations, Park
District and library
officials presented the City Council with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park
District facility
on 13 acres
on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High
School.
School officials said they are working with the park district on a formal, written agreement, but did not expect it would be ready before the June 10 school board me
School officials said they are working with the park
district on a formal, written agreement, but did not expect it would be ready before the June 10
school board me
school board meeting.
Park
District officials originally looked into constructing a temporary skating facility
on a parking lot at the area high
schools, but backed away from the idea because the season would be cut short when
school starts up again at the end of the summer.
After investigating, state
school board officials found the Arlington Heights School District's policies on dealing with food allergies to «go above and beyond» state require
school board
officials found the Arlington Heights
School District's policies on dealing with food allergies to «go above and beyond» state require
School District's policies
on dealing with food allergies to «go above and beyond» state requirements.
School officials in Arlington Heights District 25 are working on a compromise to keep pupils displaced by school renovation from pushing a preschool out of its
School officials in Arlington Heights
District 25 are working
on a compromise to keep pupils displaced by
school renovation from pushing a preschool out of its
school renovation from pushing a preschool out of its home.
The second is Lake Park High
School District 108, which has told park officials that this will be the last year the Park District can use the school's fields on the west campus because of renovations slated for next
School District 108, which has told park
officials that this will be the last year the Park
District can use the
school's fields on the west campus because of renovations slated for next
school's fields
on the west campus because of renovations slated for next year.
Three students at Forest Glen Elementary
School were disciplined for looking at porn on the Internet while at school, officials with Glen Ellyn District 41
School were disciplined for looking at porn
on the Internet while at
school, officials with Glen Ellyn District 41
school,
officials with Glen Ellyn
District 41 said.
The principal and assistant principal of a high
school on Chicago's Northwest Side face disciplinary charges after a yearlong investigation by Chicago Public
Schools» inspector general revealed abuses ranging from nepotism to fraud,
district officials confirmed Wednesday.
School board
officials said The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 requires them to change pricing because the law states that
schools must charge
on average no less for paid student meals than the
district receives in federal free meal reimbursement.
Pencils, paper and even textbooks are
on the way out as
officials at Glen Ellyn
School District 41 plan to put laptops and tablets into the hands of each student within three years.
Glen Ellyn
District 41
officials are
on the hunt for a search firm to help choose a new leader after Superintendent Ann Riebock announced she will retire at the end of this
school year.
Glen Ellyn
District 41
officials are
on the hunt for a search firm to help them choose a new leader after Ann Riebock, the current superintendent, announced her retirement at the end of this
school year.
The Chicago - based Thomas More Society,
on behalf of former Arlington Heights resident Jim Finnegan, sent a letter to Park
District officials and village leaders this week asking that a privately funded Nativity scene be allowed in the public North
School Park.
A substitute teacher at
School 14 told four fifth - graders to change the answers
on a recent state test, Troy City
School District officials confirmed.
A threat posted
on Facebook last night prompted a number of Scotia - Glenville parents to pull their children out of
school today — the day of a planned walkout to protest gun violence,
district officials said.
Both state law and
district policy prohibit elected
officials from disclosing information discussed in executive sessions, and there has been at least one previous attempt to remove a member of the Buffalo
School Board
on those grounds.
The bill, dubbed the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» would ban federal
officials from requiring states and
school districts to rate the job performance of teachers and principals, though states could continue doing that
on their own.
County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and
school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap
on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.
An
official from Cuomo's office told POLITICO the proposal would focus more
on the methodology of how
districts are distributing funds, and wouldn't infringe
on voter rights as local voters approve the
district budget as a whole and not how resources are distributed by
school building.
Dr. King, the state commissioner, said the disturbing nature of these records was part of the reason he and other state education
officials recently recommended a ban starting next
school year
on the longstanding practice of teachers» grading their own students» tests and would urge
districts to improve monitoring
on test days.
School officials with the school districts in Hamburg and West Seneca have announced that schools in those communities will be closed on Monday and Tuesday of this
School officials with the
school districts in Hamburg and West Seneca have announced that schools in those communities will be closed on Monday and Tuesday of this
school districts in Hamburg and West Seneca have announced that
schools in those communities will be closed
on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
Projected increases in 2016 - 17 tax levies in these five
school districts are higher than what
officials anticipate their state cap
on property - tax increases will be.
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing
school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based
on the governor's education funding proposal, which
district officials use to help shape their own budgets.
The problem,
officials said Wednesday, is that a statewide cap
on property taxes championed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo four years ago is expected to hold their
districts to near - zero tax increases for the next
school year.
«If you work in a
district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A
on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members,
school board leaders and teachers union
officials.
In a letter sent to SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman H. Carl McCall
on Oct. 14,
officials and education advocates criticized the state's decision to allow Success Academy to change its application to site a
school in
District 2 — which covers Lower Manhattan, much of the west side and the Upper East Side — so that it could open in
Districts 1 or 6.
Some
school groups said the funding was not adequate, and expressed loud concerns over a new requirement for larger
school districts — and eventually all
school districts — to submit plans to state
officials detailing how they would allocate money
on a
school level.
Lead exceeding
district standards was found in 12 water fountains in six buildings throughout the Northport - East Northport
school district on Long Island earlier this month,
officials said, and those water fountains have been shut down.
The Lancaster
School District postponed tomorrow's student vote on a recommendation for a new mascot until June 2, school officials
School District postponed tomorrow's student vote
on a recommendation for a new mascot until June 2,
school officials
school officials said.
«For years the small business community, municipal
officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs
on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.
Maryvale
School District officials are asking residents to write letters to state representatives to encourage Cuomo to release figures
on the planned state financial aid.
Disrespectful conduct» from Common Core protesters at a Wappingers Central
School District board meeting prompted a call to state police and abrupt adjournment on Monday night, but it's unclear what, if any, policy changes could be headed the district's way, school officials
School District board meeting prompted a call to state police and abrupt adjournment on Monday night, but it's unclear what, if any, policy changes could be headed the district's way, school officia
District board meeting prompted a call to state police and abrupt adjournment
on Monday night, but it's unclear what, if any, policy changes could be headed the
district's way, school officia
district's way,
school officials
school officials said.
A $ 15 an hour minimum wage in New York would wreak havoc
on school districts» finances, the state Association of School Business Officials
school districts» finances, the state Association of
School Business Officials
School Business
Officials said.
School districts in the 2016 - 17 budget year will have a record - low cap
on property tax increases, a report from the New York State Association of
School Business
Officials found.
Eastport - South Manor
school officials, whose
district is among four
on Long Island identified by the state comptroller as fiscally stressed, have begun notifying residents that belt - tightening measures — including staff and program cuts — may lie ahead.
A pro-charter advocacy group wants New York education
officials to investigate 10
district schools in Brooklyn that it says had «suspiciously high spikes» in scores
on state tests.
On Friday, March 12th, Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) joined by New Rochelle Superintendent Richard Organisciak,
school officials and students, presented a $ 100,000 grant to the New Rochelle School Dis
school officials and students, presented a $ 100,000 grant to the New Rochelle
School Dis
School District.
School officials estimate that, depending on the school, between 25 and 40 percent of students miss at least 18 to 20 days of classes a year in the dis
School officials estimate that, depending
on the
school, between 25 and 40 percent of students miss at least 18 to 20 days of classes a year in the dis
school, between 25 and 40 percent of students miss at least 18 to 20 days of classes a year in the
district.