Sentences with phrase «supporting local district schools»

And despite the CEA's attempt at fear - mongering, the fact that parents choose charter schools in Connecticut is not at odds with supporting local district schools across the state.

Not exact matches

Along with the 8.2 mill countywide school district property tax, these taxes go directly to support local schools.

The state's «education tax» supports schools (as do local school district taxes in most other states) and is the largest single source of property taxes in Vermont.

With the generous support of the Walmart Foundation, the newest phase of Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom shifts our focus from direct implementation in individual schools to a state - level expansion; this expansion will allow us to work in partnership with local organizations to provide district - and school - level technical assistance and support for start - up breakfast - in - the - classroom programs.

Thanks to support from the Walmart Foundation, Children's Hunger Alliance provided grants totaling $ 275,000 to 41 local school districts throughout Ohio to support the expansion of school breakfast in the 2015 - 2016 school year.

Children's Hunger Alliance consults with local school districts to improve access to breakfast and can also provide financial grants to support expansion efforts.

Districts of all sizes are utilizing farm to school programs to teach academic standards in school gardens, support the local economy through local food purchases for school meals, and fight childhood obesity and other preventable, food - related diseases.

Northern Health's Population Health Dietitians are registered dietitians (RDs) who work with community groups, early childhood programs, school districts, organizations, health professionals, educators and local government to support and promote healthy eating.

Deerfield also was among the first suburban park districts to set aside a dog - only space, in Jaycee Park, 1026 Wilmot Rd. And its park district / school district cooperative after - school program shows how local governments can support the needs of families where both parents work.

The school district's efforts to buy better quality ingredients from local businesses fit in well with the city of Austin's Good Food Purchasing program, an initiative to harness the buying power of big institutions to benefit the local economy and support the city's sustainability goals.

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

Because each of Illinois «958 local school districts has the ability to set its own property tax rate, and because each has a different base of local property value on which to collect taxes, there is a wide variance in the tax rates and dollars that support local elementary and high schools.

David started multiple initiatives in his district, including a backpack program and the creation of school gardens, along with the support of the local Kiwanis Club.

The expanded use of school kitchens can benefit school districts and their communities by improving access to, knowledge of, and the ability to prepare healthy foods; helping to process and store fresh produce from community gardens; and even supporting local entrepreneurship.

The 2013 - 14 Executive Budget and Management Plan builds on two years of balanced, fiscally responsible budgeting and invests in economic development, education reform, rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, provides support to local governments and school districts, and includes no new taxes or fees.

Others were unaware that Erie County also supports local school districts by making them whole for unpaid property taxes at county expense, another financial support that will continue.

And while the county Legislature torpedoed Consensus» recommendation of holding a referendum in November, Mahoney managed to win support of local mayors, town supervisors and school district representatives for her County - Wide Shared Service Plan earlier this year.

When asked what issues he would focus on to serve specifically the town / village of Harrison, Buchwald said that he would continue to push for the passage of a local hotel occupancy tax, attempt to relieve some of the property tax burden specific to Harrison, seek funding to repave the state roads within the town, and continue his support of the «great Harrison Central School District.»

Please recall — local taxpayers vote on (and support) school budgets put before them for approval despite NY State walking back it's historical level of support for local districts!

Chances are you want local control for your own school district but support idiots like Cathy Young and Hugh Farley dictating to the NYC schools.

The state United Teachers union is launching a television and radio campaign urging voters to support local school district budgets while also touting what they see as the success in New York schools.

Vacca can point to a number of actions he has taken as District Manager in support of disability issues, including holding up construction of a local movie theater until there was accessible design, working for accessible schoolyards and school bathrooms, and support for community residences for mentally disabled consumers.

With local businesses, including the Rochester Red Wings, ESL Federal Credit Union, and many others, REF helped coordinate a quality summer internship program for city students until the school support component was eliminated by the city school district.

SUPPORT legislation that provides funding for local school districts to invest in security equipment and school resource officers to help secure school infrastructure.

By extension, that's going to put a lot of pressure on state programs that support our local cities and our school districts and municipalities.»

In 2012 - 13, Greenport was the first — and remains the only — local school district to propose piercing the cap, for which it was able to obtain the necessary voter support.

Cuomo only asking the people to support the cap without any mention of mandate relief is the hamburger bun without the burger and simply fuels the opposition's (they say mandate relief before tax cap) claim that tax cap alone is a big - government scheme to take power away from and defund local towns and school districts and increase the power of the larger state government which created the property tax problem in the first place by passing the mandates which are the biggest property tax drivers and now refuses to change those mandates.

Officials from several states criticized the scoring of the contest, which favored states able to gain support from 100 percent of school districts and local teachers» unions for Obama administration objectives like expanding charter schools, reworking teacher evaluation systems and turning around low - performing schools.

Local law enforcement officials, politicians, school districts, musical performances, and many more people filled the room to show their support.

I will introduce a bill in the legislature in support of local proposals that IDAs may not grant a PILOT unless a majority of the affected municipalities and school districts support it.

Members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, joined by parents and members of the city's Community Education Councils, on Feb. 28 announced their support for proposed legislation that would give the local councils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their districts.

ALBANY — From tackling city finances and infrastructure failures to supporting the arts and the city's role in the local school district, Democratic candidates for Albany mayor Thursday night weighed in on the issues most pressing to Albany residents.

The money for what's dubbed Teacher Learning for the Future is being taken from its Noyce fellowship program, which supports undergraduate science majors who promise to teach, and its Math Science and Partnerships program, which links university researchers and local school districts.

When the local classroom fails to meet the young girl's special needs, Jamie rallies all the support she can find and takes on the school district and the ailing educational system.

Today, Build SF receives software and equipment from companies including Adobe, Autodesk, IBM, and Apple, grants from the Hewlett Foundation, and a wide range of local support for what is a unique partnership between the San Francisco Unified School District and the city's design community.

A proposed change in the Minnesota school - aid formula would raise the level of state support for local districts by about 15 percent, but at the same time would reduce state - subsidized property - tax credits, thereby leaving the amount of money schools receive essentially unchanged.

There is even more support — and consensus — on allowing states to take control of local school districts where there is evidence of financial mismanagement.

My department provides leadership, programs and services to local school districts, including programs to support administrators and teachers.

One afternoon, I walked to our local school district's central office with three very amped - up students who, once inside, proceeded to confidently lay out their proposals for supporting teen mothers to none other than the assistant superintendent, with whom we did manage to snag a meeting.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

-- the percentage of those giving the schools an «A» or a «B» on the traditional A to F grading scale drops 11 percentage points, from 49 % to 38 %; — support for a proposal to make vouchers available to all families regardless of income jumps 13 percentage points, increasing from 43 % to 56 %, while opposition to the proposal declines from 37 % to 25 %; — support for charter schools shifts upward from 51 % to 58 % when respondents learn the national rank of the local district, while opposition to charters declines from 26 % to 23 %; — opposition to teacher tenure climbs 8 percentage points, from 47 % to 55 %, while support for tenure drops 8 points to 25 %.

Further complicating the politics of reform, charter - receptive local civic and business groups often also support efforts to improve district - run schools — particularly neighborhood schools.

Saying they support «diversity by choice,» members of a task force led by three local mayors are urging the Wake County, N.C., school district to abandon a student - assignment plan that aims for economic integration and adopt a neighborhood - schools approach instead.

With the support of a flock of community allies ranging from Boston Children's Hospital to the Whole Foods grocery chain, the Boston Public Schools district is helping parents select and enroll in local schools through a program called Countdown to KinderSchools district is helping parents select and enroll in local schools through a program called Countdown to Kinderschools through a program called Countdown to Kindergarten.

The District of Columbia is a heavily Democratic - leaning school district and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local DeDistrict of Columbia is a heavily Democratic - leaning school district and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local Dedistrict and city, and OSP would not have been established there without the support of key leading local Democrats.

One could reasonably argue that requiring school districts to provide some financial support to students attending private school does not directly interfere with the state constitution's mandate that local school boards have control over «instruction in the public schools» (emphasis added).

These «thought partners» — as school leaders often refer to them — may be district leaders, consultants with long - standing relationships with a school, or external regional partners supporting PL in local schools.

Alternative East flourished for a little over a decade, but the nontraditional school ultimately lost the support of the local school board, which felt that district schools had «highly skilled, highly paid people, and we should be able to provide for the needs of these [students].»

Importantly, the PLC is facilitated by the school's and district's allocations of time and funding to support knowledge sharing and local teaching talent.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.