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Gail Ahlas, superintendent of the public school district that oversees the charter, says the process isn't meant to exclude anyone, but to «set the tone» for the school as a rigorous college - prep environment.

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Child Nutrition Services - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Child Nutrition Services (CNS) assists school districts and other program sponsors in providing quality nutrition programs that promote life - long healthful living while providing nutritious meals each day that prepare children for learning.

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soSchool of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soSchool Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soschool district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

They are: Stewart Weinberg, an educational consultant and former superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools in New York; Joan Hochschild, superintendent of Grayslake School District 46; and Lawrence Pekoe Jr., superintendent of Oak Creek - Franklin Joint School District in Wisconsin.

Just about one year ago, we were checking in with some of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom districts to see how their first year of breakfast - in - the - classroom was progressing; check out what Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines, Iowa and with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, had to say about the value of BIC.

Day three of the hearing to remove Carl Paladino from the Buffalo School Board began with School Superintendent Kriner Cash taking the stand and testifying that Paladino's public comments about the teacher contract hurt the district and its future contact negotiations.

Anne Spadone, Superintendent of the Lackawanna City school district, added, «Lackawanna Public Schools is very excited to be part of this pilot program, having a CPS worker housed within our district will add a new dimension as we directly link our students with the very critical services needed.»

The DOE's executive director of public affairs, Micah Lasher, testified that district superintendents would not be responsible for schools outside their district by the end of the year.

Each CEC consists of 12 members (9 elected members, 2 appointed by the Borough President and 1 non-voting high school student appointed by the superintendent) who serve as volunteers and provide hands - on leadership and support for their district's public schools.

When the Rochester School Board decided its superintendent search process would not be open to the public, board President Van White pointed out that there would still be ample community input in the form of small focus groups as well as a survey posted on the district website.

Thousands of young Buffalo Public Schools students fell further behind in key literacy benchmarks as they progressed through the district's early grades, according to a study from 2006 to 2011 ordered by a former superintendent.

City School District of Albany Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard invites the public to come to Albany High tonight.

Michael Borges, executive director of the New York State Association of School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&School Business Officials, said that recent containment of school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.&school spending and taxes demonstrated that district boards, superintendents and business officials are «responsible stewards of public funds.»

Dec. 29: A state audit finds the district awarded $ 1.3 million in contracts without going through the bidding process, overpaid Superintendent Susan Johnson by $ 32,769 for the 2012 - 13 school year, routinely held closed - door meetings to the exclusion of the public and failed to screen and provide services for some special - needs children.

Former Erie 1 BOCES superintendent Donald Ogilvie could become the next interim superintendent of the Buffalo Public School District.

Day three of the hearing to remove Carl P. Paladino from the Buffalo School Board began Monday with School Superintendent Kriner Cash taking the stand and testifying that Paladino's public comments about the teacher contract hurt the district and its future contact negotiations.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley spoke with the Assistant Superintendent of Special Education for the Buffalo Public School District to learn how the District is working to engage students in their academics.

Buffalo's Public Schools will be under the leadership of a new superintendent in the fall, with the election of Dr. Pamela Brown to head the district.

She stressed the importance of public input in a variety of contexts, from improving policing to the state budget process to the search for a new Albany City School District superintendent: «You have to be a part of the process.»

Paladino filed a lawsuit against Buffalo Public Schools in July 2012, citing abuse of executive session and lack of transparency in the process of awarding a contract to the district's new superintendent.

Recent mention of the Putnam Central School District in the Post Star «Boo» section in the April 18 edition, criticizes Superintendent Matthew Boucher for his refusal to provide public documents subject to a FOIL request.

Buffalo, NY — The Buffalo Board of Education has approved an offer by M & T Bank President Robert Wilmers to pay for a national search for a new superintendent for the city's struggling public school district.

The head of the Syracuse public school teachers union and the superintendent of the district will sit down this week in hopes of repairing a fractured relationship.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Dozens of school administrators gathered in protest outside City Hall on Wednesday evening against the Buffalo Public School District and Superintendent Krinerschool administrators gathered in protest outside City Hall on Wednesday evening against the Buffalo Public School District and Superintendent KrinerSchool District and Superintendent Kriner Cash.

Syracuse City School District superintendent Sharon Contreras apologized Wednesday night for the way news about plans to phase out three of the city's schools was made public.

These included changing the format of Panel for Educational Policy meetings to allow for more public comment, revising the city's school closing and co-location processes to make it more difficult for the city to close or co-locate schools, adding parent training centers so that parents in groups like the Community Education Councils can participate knowledgeably in the structures of governance, and restoring a degree of authority to district superintendents vis - à - vis principals.

The District of Columbia tiptoed up to the edge of this idea in 2005, when then superintendent Clifford Janey called for public - private partnerships to support improved school performance.

06, Ed.D.» 14, noticed as the new superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools was that the fine arts and athletics in the district were disappearing.

magazine hosted a videoconference this spring in HGSE's Learning Technologies Center with five national leaders in education: Mitchell Chester, Ed.D.» 91, Assistant Superintendent for Accountability, Ohio Department of Education; Karen Mapp, Ed.D.» 99, Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement, Boston Public Schools; William Moloney, Ed.D.» 79, Colorado Commissioner of Education; Jennifer O'Day, Ed.D.» 73, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research; and Manuel Rivera, Ed.D.» 94, Superintendent, Rochester (NY) City School District.

«School districts can continue their graduation exercises as planned before this litigation began,» state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said during a conference call with reporters following the much - anticipated ruling.

Prior to his appointment by the Governor, he was Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego City Schools, the nation's eighth largest urban school district.

Oregon's superintendent of public instruction has reversed his decision to withhold state funds from a school district dominated by members of an Eastern - style religious sect.

... Clifford Janey, the chief academic officer for the Boston public schools, has been named the superintendent of the 35,000 - student Rochester, N.Y., district.

The arrival of a new superintendent, Dr. David Gayler, in the Charlotte County (Florida) Public Schools about three years ago also shifted the district's focus to customer service, according to Michael Riley, a district spokesman.

USP codirector Senior Lecturer Deborah Jewell - Sherman was pleased with the event as a celebration of the program and Peterkin, noting that it attracted not only alums from around the country, but also superintendents from large urban districts such as Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall.

With districts and schools under tremendous pressure to make every dollar count, California teachers can now download top - rated content from the site at no charge, said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.

The superintendent of the West Fresno Elementary School District in California has been charged with embezzlement and theft of public funds.

The superintendent of Boston's public schools has become the focus of harsh criticism and intense speculation over how long she will remain at the helm of the 64,000 - student district.

Margaret Fortune gained renown as founding superintendent of St. Hope Public Schools, a California charter district that emerged from the closure of Sacramento High School.

Prior to joining MCPS, Dr. Starr was the superintendent of Stamford (Conn.) Public Schools, and held executive - level positions in urban and suburban districts, including New York City Public Schools.

The Little Rock, Ark., public schools are facing a cash - flow crisis that will force them to close next month unless efforts to secure an infusion of funds prove successful, the district's superintendent, Ruth Steele, said last week.

Dallas — Educators have failed to «put aside blinders» in confronting radical shifts in the demographic makeup of schools and a decline in the proportion of the population that has a direct interest in public education, Superintendent Billy R. Reagan of the Houston Independent School District told a group of educators here late last month.

Tom Payzant, the veteran superintendent who heads up Boston Public Schools, says large school districts get funding from a variety of philanthropic organizations, but he has had to work hard to persuade these funders to align their efforts to support a system - wide vision of how to improve education and avoid contributing to what he calls «project-itis,» which is just a series of ad hoc donations that make givers feel good but have little impact on students.

The late Appleton, Wisconsin, superintendent Tom Scullen supported charters within his district but cautioned, «Charter schooling will fail if it tries to become a second track of public education.

Superintendent of the K - 12 Highland Park Public School District and adjunct faculty for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, and Montclair University.

Most of the crucial decisions about how U.S. schools run and who teaches what to whom in which classrooms are still made in 14,000 semi-autonomous school districts, nearly all of them run by locally elected school boards, often with campaign dollars supplied by those with whom they negotiate collectively, and managed by professional superintendents, trained in colleges of education and socialized over the years into the prevailing culture of public education.

Often administrators, even ones in districts that have public relations departments, don't realize the value of cultivating good public relations skills, added Carr, who is the former assistant superintendent for public information for the Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools.

«An objective observer of the District of Columbia schools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public Sschools must conclude that our superintendents, principals, and teachers are being asked to do an enormously difficult job with one hand tied behind their backs,» says the report, issued last month by Parents United for the District of Columbia Public SchoolsSchools.

«Folks like this use comedy and music and are fun, but in the midst of their humor, they have really good substance,» said Fred Morton, superintendent of the Henrico County Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia, who has used Wavelength in his current and former district.