Sentences with phrase «seat on a charter school board»

To suggest that a local district school board should have a designated seat on a charter school board is tantamount to suggesting that the South Kingstown School Committee should have a designated seat on the North Kingstown School Committee, which is just nonsense.

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Just over half the students attend a charter school that reserves one or more seats on its board for parents.

Ref Rodriguez, the co-founder of a charter school, won a seat on the school board in Los Angeles this week.

In the spring of 2015, charter founder Ref Rodriguez (top) challenged the union - friendly incumbent Bennett Kayser for a seat on the school board in what was possibly the most expensive school - board race in history.

Laws about who can sit on charter boards vary around the country, but D.C.'s law limits charter boards to 15 unpaid members, with two seats reserved for school parents; 51 percent of members must be D.C. residents.

As Howard Blume notes in the Los Angeles Times, the school board has traditionally leaned anti-charter, but supporters of charter schools have a good chance to win a majority of seats on the board.

Despite our Board adding nearly 9,000 public charter school seats since 2013 — 14, the number of unique families on public charter school waitlists has risen from 7,205 in April 2014 to 11,317 in April 2018.

Despite the charter board adding nearly 9,000 charter school seats since 2013 - 14, the number of unique families on charter school waitlists has risen from 7,205 in April, 2014, to 11,317 in April, 2018.

New Haven, CT — The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on WedCharter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wedcharter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wednesday.

Outside the office, Alysson serves on the governing board of the Choice Foundation, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orléans, a free French immersion public charter school in New Orleans that reserves two - thirds of its seats for students of low - income and at - risk backgroboard of the Choice Foundation, and is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orléans, a free French immersion public charter school in New Orleans that reserves two - thirds of its seats for students of low - income and at - risk backgroBoard of Directors of the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle - Orléans, a free French immersion public charter school in New Orleans that reserves two - thirds of its seats for students of low - income and at - risk backgrounds.

That bill remains on suspense in the state Senate while an Assembly policy committee is expected to consider companion legislation from Chau next week that would give school districts authorizing new charters a seat on the new entity's board.

But charter school parents and educators are particularly focused on another race - three out of seven seats are up for election on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school parents and educators are particularly focused on another race - three out of seven seats are up for election on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School District (LAUSD) board.

They also worked with State Rep. John Allen to create successful laws that gave public charter school leaders a voice and a seat on the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools and State Board of Educharter school leaders a voice and a seat on the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools and State Board of EduCharter Schools and State Board of Education.

The figure is largely based on State Board of Education data on the number of student applications for charters and the number of charter seats available in the 2010 - 11 school year.

Whether it is a local school board seat or a contest for statewide office, if there are implications for charter schools and the communities they serve, CCSA seems to have an eye on it.

At stake were four seats on the seven - member Board of Education — and the direction of the school system, whose leaders have been in a pitched battle over the growth and oversight of charters in the nation's second - largest district.

Teachers sporting «proud to be charter and union» buttons filled almost every seat in Morris Jeff Community School's library on Tuesday in anticipation of the New Orleans campus» board of directors vote to recognize their union.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on WedneCharter Schools Network today sent the following statement in response to additional charter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wednecharter school seats that were proposed for approval to the State Board of Education on Wednesday...

Yesterday's elections were not just about winning seats on the LAUSD board; they were about a vision of ensuring there is a public school system in which all district and charter students have access to high - quality public schools.

in an article co-written with public education advocate Wendy Lecker, Malloy gives Charter School Industry another seat on the CT State Board of Education.

Perry is now relying on Sean Combs to fill the seats in the charter school that the New York Board of Regents approved for Perry.

On July 19, 2017, the unelected, governor - appointed Connecticut State Board of Education approved 504 additional seats in state charter schools for next year, with 154 of those seats going to Capital Preparatory Harbor School in Bridgeport.

As CT Mirror reports, the two - year budget that was passed on July 3, 2015 allocates $ 12.4 million dollars to add about 700 seats to existing charter schools and to open two new charter schools this fall, one in Bridgeport and one Stamford, both of which are being opened despite the local boards of education voting against them.

Despite a successful push by charter school advocates to win a majority of seats on the Los Angeles Unified school board, it's is unlikely that there will be a major expansion of charter schools in the state's largest school district within the foreseeable future.

With those three seats in play, foes and supporters of charter schools alike will be fighting to solidify their side's support on the board.

Kleban will soon be leaving the charter network he founded to take a seat on the Orleans Parish School Board, and said he intends to continue exploring the issue at the citywide level.