Sentences with phrase «sees as school board»

He said on Friday that he would resign at the end of the year because of what he sees as school board meddling.

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As a father of two, I «m encouraged to see this become a priority for the school board and the provincial government.

My enemies are people who would deny me my religious freedom, not Christians as a whole, and the best remedies tend to involve civil conversation, the courts, and the occasional school board meeting... When doing inter-faith work the goal is not to convert anyone or get them to agree with you, but to help them see you (and our community) as a positive.

Whatever works best, because the worst thing that will happen is we'll see an erosion of the public school system as each religious sect starts its own school board (and there goes integration).

«I am willing to stand up at a school board meeting and explain to them why, we, as students would like to see individual rankings done away with.

While I haven't taken it as far as our state board of education (see What to Do if Your School Wellness Policy Isn't Being Enforced), I will continue to advocate for healthy class parties and fundraisers.

A new Los Angeles USD superintendent has been appointed by the school board — John Deasy — and Jamie sees this as «a glimmer of hope» for his Food Revolution.

I don't care to see rifts created between her and the school board or the administration over an issue as important as this.

Horton said school boards and administrations need to demonstrate to the communities they serve how school meals are «critical for fulfilling the mission of the school, and stop seeing them as a separate program that needs to break even.»

ROSELLE — The issue of a swimming pool for Lake Park High School was brought to the Roselle Park District board Wednesday night as local citizens, led by Barb Layer, sought to determine if there was any Park District interest in seeing that one be built.

Input your information to see how the change would affect your schools, then share your results with all interested stakeholders, such as state and federal legislators, school board members and superintendents.

Current Board President Theresa DiFalco is running for reelection and three newcomers are running as a team — something not always seen in school board electBoard President Theresa DiFalco is running for reelection and three newcomers are running as a team — something not always seen in school board electboard elections.

In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Fatai Kolawole enjoined members of the committee to see themselves as owners of the facilities and schools at large in their various communities.

«Essentially we have the beginning of a tsunami, where literally we could have a hole in our community with the closing of Sophie Finn and the closing of the Kingston Hospital campus right next door which I can see every day from my office,» said Gallo during a press conference which — as he paced back and forth in the Common Council chambers before an audience of reporters, community members and at least four school board trustees — seemed at times similar to the delivery of an opening argument at trial.

Teachers, parents, union leaders and even some school superintendents and board members in New York are clothed in blue to show their concern for what they see as an overemphasis on testing, an under - emphasis on state education funding, and inequitable spending between districts.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

The drive to remove Paladino from the school board comes after he told the alternative newspaper Artvoice that as part of his wishes for 2017 he wanted to see President Obama dead of mad cow disease and First Lady Michelle Obama living with a gorilla in Africa.

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Besides Green's wondrous transformations into the falcon she's named for, the actor has little to do but mug for the camera (for a more entertaining and similarly flaccid period piece starring Green as a boarding school teacher, see Jordan Scott's 2009 film Cracks).

This created class» experience is seen through the lives of Kathy (Carey Mulligan and Isobel Meikle - Small), Tommy (Andrew Garfield and Charlie Rowe), and Ruth (Keira Knightley and Ella Purnell)-- deprived of even the identity of a full surname — as they move from an isolated boarding school in the English countryside to a boarding house where trips to town must be permitted and, ultimately, to their final fulfillment for the greater good.

We see flashbacks of Turing's early years when at boarding school where he fell for a boy named Christopher, who introduced him to the art of cryptography, as well as glimpses of his final years, pre-conviction, as he sits in an interrogation room with a detective who suspects high treason rather than homosexuality.

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In a letter seen by Tes, parents were told that the trust could not find the «required saving» and as a result «need to make the painful and very difficult decision to close the boarding school».

Our suggestions, then, should be seen in part as ways to lean on school boards and superintendents to take their fiduciary responsibilities seriously, and to counteract the pressures of unhelpful local politics.

For its part, the traditional public - school establishment, including district boards and superintendents, are hostile to charters, which they see both as competitors for students and resources and as possible threats to their reputations.

Accountability's edge is undoubtedly due not only to widespread public support for the idea (see «What Americans Think about Their Schools,» Fall 2007), but to the fact that, as practiced, it has posed only a minimal threat to the great vested interests of American education: local school boards, state departments of education, schools of education, and teacher Schools,» Fall 2007), but to the fact that, as practiced, it has posed only a minimal threat to the great vested interests of American education: local school boards, state departments of education, schools of education, and teacher schools of education, and teacher unions.

They see union involvement as an unwarranted intrusion of labor's influence into the rightful domains of school managers, school boards, or legislatures.

«To me, that says that people see our schools as our hope and our vehicle to move out of that sense of frustration,» said Leticia Quezada, a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District board.

Recognize that DPS is at risk for financial collapse and develop a plan to replace DPS with a community «portfolio manager» board and superintendent who will see their role as overseeing a citywide system of high - quality schools rather than operating schools directly.

The dearth of contenders was a highly unusually development in a state in which school - board seats frequently are seen as prize political plums worthy of all - out electoral fights.

We are starting to see the growth of a real nationwide movement as more and more schools and teachers come on board.

Ultimately, she sees her research and work on the Justice in Schools project as a means to help bridge the gap among key players like parents, teachers, administrators, school boards, and others involved in decisions.

In the off - year school - board elections for which I have data, 1997 and 1999, the median turnout of registered voters is 9 percent, as can be seen in Figure 1a.

Education Next's Mike Petrilli talks with Gene about his experience as a school board member — and now, school board president — and whether he sees a future for this last bastion of local control.

Having seen in the first two years the increasing sense of ownership and commitment, and the quality of the school board members, I am confident that they will serve as effective partners for the schools.

As a former 12 - year school board member for the Houston Independent School District, I have seen this happen in Houston and in school board member for the Houston Independent School District, I have seen this happen in Houston and in School District, I have seen this happen in Houston and in Texas.

There are meetings with school boards as well as «town hall» sessions, where everyone in the community can see what's proposed.

Pointing out that school superintendents typically last for only three years and politicians see school boards as jumping - off points of their careers, Kirp reminded the audience that these facts impact education.

Funding is an issue across the board, and academies are seen by many as an increasingly attractive alternative to the traditional model, whether they are sponsored academies, or converted local authority schools.

The Upper Carmen Charter School and Salmon School District — its authorizer — have not always had a congenial relationship, as the district board initially saw the charter as a threat to enrollment and budgets.

As an auditor working closely with schools, I see many excellent examples of well balanced and accountable boards supporting their schools to achieve great educational outcomes for children.

The department was accused of being a «national school board,» and, finally, eight years after NCLB was supposed to be rewritten, it has been — with some of it a direct rebuke to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, as seen in legislative language such as this:

But it remains to be seen if the College Board is up for tackling a bigger problem in its next 50 years: using AP as a lever to raise the academic standards of high schools.

For example, I've seen some elite boarding schools with impressive, high - dosage help from the school counselor, leading to, as needed, referrals to competent outside psychiatrists.

I've seen how painful this process can be, both as a charter authorizer who closed schools and a board member of a school that had to close.

Instead almost all district boards, superintendents, principals and teachers saw chartered schools as organizations that were taking away «their students.»

But Cheatham urged the board not to see it as an us - vs - them proposition, noting the charter school and its students would be fully part of the district if the contract was approved.

Timothy G. Kremer, the executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, said that even as he finds a lot to like in the package, he sees a paradox in pursuing such ambitious changes in a time of fiscal distress.

Although there have been charter schools in Los Angeles since the early 1990s, the movement took flight early in this decade behind such figures as philanthropist Eli Broad, former school board president Caprice Young, former Mayor Richard Riordan and a long list of teachers and principals who were fed up by the ever - shifting reform agendas of Los Angeles Unified — and by what many saw as a recalcitrant teachers union, the powerful United Teachers Los Angeles.

«The demand for places is growing, as we are beginning to see the pressure on primary schools transfer to secondary,» said Helen Jenner, chairwoman of the capital's admissions board.