Sentences with phrase «students in the district take»

All elementary - school students in the district take a set of exams each year, in reading and math.

On Tuesday, officials released dismal scores from the new Common Core - aligned tests students in the District took last spring.

Every 2nd — 8th student in the district takes the same ELA and math test.

Not exact matches

Over 1,000 schools in 308 school districts in 36 states from Alaska to Florida currently utilize the curriculum, and over 175,000 students have taken courses based on it, according to the NCBCPS Web site (www.bibleinschools.net).

In most districts, students don't have to take milk with lunch, but it must be offered.

The fate of a northwest suburban Head Start program is in doubt this week because the building being used by the program is being taken over by Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25 to house students displaced by construction work.

Leading a team of 32 food service professionals across the district, Child Nutrition Director Stephanie Dillard, MS, SNS, said that everyone from cooks to servers to cashiers take great pride in what the cafeteria offers their students.

FRAC's «Making it Work in Large School Districts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their mornDistricts» takes a look at the country's largest school districts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morndistricts — from 17,000 students in Reading, PA to 1.1 million students in New York City — and puts the spotlight on those that are «going the extra mile» to connect students with their morning meal.

The district cited students» privacy as the reason, even though I said I would allow them to vet all the photos to make sure no students were in them, and asked to take pictures of lunches before students were in the cafeteria.

Here in Boulder, [a district with 30,000 students], we're not taking any money from the general fund, although we have done some outside fundraising, and [we now serve] Colorado organic milk to every student every day.

Yet because 80 % or more of HISD students qualify for free or reduced price meals, I've often wondered if stigma is really an issue in my district; in other words, if most kids qualify for federal assistance, maybe there's less shame in taking advantage of those benefits.

And so in 2003, he took the job as food service director for Contoocook County, N.H., a district with 11 schools and 5,000 students.

This study took place in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in a large, urban US school district that serves predominantly low - income, racial / ethnic minority students.

When Assistant Superintendent Olivia Zepeda took over the Nutrition Services department in Gadsden Elementary School District # 32 she noticed something right away about her schools» breakfast — students weren't eating it.

A majority of District 25 students take algebra in the seventh or eighth grade.

I'm back from summer vacation in time to share some nice news: Houston ISD, the seventh largest district in the country, has announced that it's taking advantage of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal (free) school breakfast and lunch to every student at 166 of its schools, regardless of economic status, and without the need for meal applications or other paperwork.

The district of 5,100 students has seen a decline in students taking school lunches in recent years and generally sees a dip any time there is an increase, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food services director.

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.

Whereas, Mr. Paladino acknowledged that he made these statements; And, Mr. Paladino is an elected official charged with the responsibility to represent children and families in a district comprised of over 70 % Black, Brown, Asian, Immigrant and other minority students and families; And, Mr. Paladino took an oath to ensure that students are afforded an environment which is free from fear and respects diversity within the school district and the community and is subject to all district policies; And,

The state should adopt the Executive Budget's formula improvements that better address poverty and district need, while also taking steps to ensure that students receive additional resources — especially in schools that serve low - income students and students of color.

District leaders have been interested in expanding the popular Emerson school for years, building on its success teaching students skills they could take into careers.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says the Buffalo District Parent Coordinating Council, educators, community advocates and High Achievement New York are urging students in grades 3 - 8 to take next week's ELA state assessment.

Upstate districts such as Fairport and Chateaugay increased their participation by 14 percent and 27 percent, respectively, and the number of students taking the test improved in 15 of 16 districts in the Rochester area, the organization said.

With more than two - thirds of Oneida City School District students refusing to take the Common Core aligned exams this year, the district has one of the highest student opt out rates in New YorDistrict students refusing to take the Common Core aligned exams this year, the district has one of the highest student opt out rates in New Yordistrict has one of the highest student opt out rates in New York state.

More than 71,000 elementary and middle school students refused to take the state Common Core math test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.

More than half of Long Island students eligible to take the state Common Core test in English Language Arts refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.

Harlem Success Academy would take in students from outside the district, but give preference to applicants from the neighborhood, a spokeswoman said.

«I certainly teach my students that I think prosecutors should take the position that if there is something that would undermine the confidence of the community in a verdict, undermine the confidence of the community in the independence of a prosecutor, that is a good reason to request a special district attorney or a special prosecutor.»

The District is also looking at engaging curriculum during the day time, to see what courses students are interested in taking.

WARRENSBURG — Students of Warrensburg High School saw their school district's chief executive recently in a novel setting — they witnessed him taking on the role of a Ninja Warrior.

Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.

Radford tells WBFO he believes taking away a day of testing right now would harm data in tracking student achievement in the city school district.

An analysis of local news reports and school district data by The New York Times found that at least one out of every six students eligible to take the third - through eighth - grade tests in New York State sat at least one of them out this past school year, part of the so - called opt out movement.

And that is why you have people elected like Ed Day because people outside of Ramapo who have not seen the growth of the religious communities in their neighborhoods yet, they still understand what's happening in East Ramapo and they know that it's fundamentally wrong that people would take over a school district who don't send their children there and then deny minority students a fair education.

Take the desperate situation involving the school district in East Ramapo, where a school board dominated by Orthodox Jewish members is at odds with the parents of a student body that is largely black and Hispanic, in a situation that seemed to be crying out for some resolution at the state level.

A growing number of parents are withdrawing their children from the annual state tests; the epicenter of the «opt - out» movement may be New York State, where as many as 90 percent of students in some districts reportedly refused to take the year - end examination last spring.

We have experienced this negative phenomenon first - hand by having had a district - wide contract rescinded before the program even started due to fear caused by media attention generated from a single parent in single school who took offense to a classroom teacher leading mandala coloring and using the term, «Namaste,» with her students.

Here's hoping that the growing number of stories in the news about real babies and real children and real people affected by exposure, factually or potentially — like that father of a child with cancer who recently asked his California school district to ban non-immunized students — will start making those who've taken a stand against vaccines reconsider.

Choices for parents who think their kids might benefit from a special program at a school in a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents wanin a nearby school district: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parendistrict: In California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents wanIn California, some school districts where enrollment was dropping are taking advantage of the state's District of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parenDistrict of Choice law, which allows districts to compete for students by offering innovative programs and options that parents want.

In the Mount Lebanon, Pa., school district, students have typically been allowed to take part in graduation exercises only when they have completed their studies and are leaving schooIn the Mount Lebanon, Pa., school district, students have typically been allowed to take part in graduation exercises only when they have completed their studies and are leaving schooin graduation exercises only when they have completed their studies and are leaving school.

In addition, Russell Quaglia, president and founder of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, and Lisa Lande, executive director of the Teacher Voice and Aspirations International Center, have recently proposed three steps that school and district leaders can take to ensure teacher voice is represented in decision - makinIn addition, Russell Quaglia, president and founder of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, and Lisa Lande, executive director of the Teacher Voice and Aspirations International Center, have recently proposed three steps that school and district leaders can take to ensure teacher voice is represented in decision - makinin decision - making:

Meanwhile, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has assigned members of her staff to marshal the state's resources to help continue education for students in temporary shelters and in districts taking on a wave...

The Seminole County, Fla., school district is taking steps to reassure the public that its schools are safe after a student was fatally wounded in a standoff with police at a middle school.

But amid the strife in Decatur, Ill., over the expulsion of seven students for brawling, more districts may take another look at how they define «zero tolerance.»

A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

Such students receive an annual allocation of $ 2,600 that can be taken to any public school in the district.

Given that charter schools can and do enroll students across traditional boundary lines, our analysis took into account the demographic composition of students in the entire metro area, as opposed to a single school district.

Because these low - scoring students are either exempted from taking the standardized test, or re-take the same grade - level test two years in a row, the districts test scores appear much higher overall than they actually are.

One of the challenges of using digital tools to connect the schools in our district is the time it takes to familiarize our teachers and students with a new tool.

But the path to more success takes smart leadership — a vision for building portfolios of schools that serve students well in both district and charter schools.