Sentences with phrase «talk about the district»

Members of the RCSD staff talk about the district's budget, and then a discussion about preserving musical scores.

Russlynn Ali, the former assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, talks about the district where a black Kindergartener gets suspended for pulling a fire alarm while a white tenth grader does the same thing and gets off with a warning.

And he hosts an online «lunch with the superintendent» to talk about the district's work or share information with community members.

More than 40 school districts across the United States have stopped talking about district and charter schools as two systems locked in battle and begun using a portfolio strategy to manage their public schools.

Not exact matches

In the District of Columbia, concerns about the high maternal mortality rate — in 2014, it stood at about 40.7 deaths per 100,000 births, according to the analysis by United Health Foundation, substantially exceeding the U.S. rate and those of neighboring Virginia and Maryland — have periodically sparked talk of a review committee, but not enough to push a measure through.

At a Toastmasters International district conference in a Toronto suburb in November, members made plenty of direct eye contact as they talked about the shyness that had once silenced them, holding back their lives and careers.

He added, «I would ask you to talk to (Manhattan District Attorney) Cy Vance about that — DA Vance — it's his case right now.

«I've been talking about UBI for years,» said Rocky Fernandez, Region 5 director for the California Democratic Party and district director for State Senator Bob Wieckowski, who played a leading role in getting UBI included in the platform.

At a time when financial planners are talking about a «retirement crisis» in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity,» Tom Wroblewski, District 751 president, said in a statement.

Teammates talked about wrestling in districts in their coach's honor and the way they all want to make him proud by trying their best on the mat — and in the classroom.

errr, if you want to talk about kicking a hornet's nest, the opening volley was made by certain members of the Dover School District.

Similarly, Kerri Thompson often talks about the privilege of making wine from the Peglidis vineyard in the Watervale district of South Australia's Clare Valley.

Paying off all the delinquent accounts at a school is well beyond the means of most people, but I've seen several friends talk about calling their school districts to see if there's any way they can help by paying off the balances of one or two, or making contributions towards kids» account balances.

Jessica currently works in many different school districts teaching the kitchen staff to improve their culinary skills and talking to the students about cooked - from - scratch foods.

Park District officials plan to talk with residents in the Ashbury subdivision about the outcome of a traffic study that was originally expected to be completed last fall.

Ingram, special programs director for the Mokena Park District, was talking about teens with flying wheels under their feet Saturday at the first «Wheels in Motion» competition at the Park District's outdoor skate park.

As we've talked about many times on The Lunch Tray, school food reform will only be successful if parents and districts work together collaboratively, each respecting the concerns and expertise of the other.

In 2009, Bellingham Public Schools in Washington state brought together a coalition of district employees, parents, students, foodservice workers, community organizations and food advocates to talk about school food.

But most of all, I wondered why no one seemed to be talking about taking the more moderate step — as some school districts already have — of getting dairies to lower the sugar content in the milk (and get rid of other objectionable ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavors and colors) before we decide to ban flavored milk altogether.

So officials from the Lake Barrington Countryside Park District, North Barrington, Tower Lakes and the Barrington Area Council of Governments, or BACOG, plan to meet over coffee and begin talking about what kind of park services the three communities can share.

He's the superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, and we were talking about whether this is still the land of opportunity, where education offers that opportunity to everybody who wants it and is willing to work for it.

On a frigid February day last year, Michele Hays filed into Evanston Township High School with other concerned parents to talk with district administrators about school lunches.

The district is talking with local farmer, Greg Rinehart, about possible farm visits and a presentation on local food in the coming year.

And yes, no question that pink slime is gross no matter how depicted and I'm really glad he talked about it, but I also take Dana's point that pink slime has little to do with local school districts and a lot to do with the federal government.

We'll be talking about how to engage & rally education staff, approach principals and administrators to drum up support for initiatives, demonstrate to administrators how your initiative is essential to achieving the overall district goals and mission, and engage communities to support and embrace your program.

* In a forthcoming post I want to talk about a related issue — the frequency with which pizza appears on middle and high school menus in my Houston district.

«I talked to the park district officials last year about what I think the problem could be, «Levin said.

That building's future is even hazier — Park District officials have talked about razing it.

Conley, a resident of the village since 1978, decided to take on the project when Park District officials talked about recruiting a high school class.

This year, the district sent employees to some of the city's most popular beaches, where they talked with beachgoers about keeping beaches clean by throwing away trash and not feeding gulls.

About a dozen people came to the Park District meeting room on Tuesday to talk about the idea of asking voters to fund the project through a referendum iAbout a dozen people came to the Park District meeting room on Tuesday to talk about the idea of asking voters to fund the project through a referendum iabout the idea of asking voters to fund the project through a referendum issue.

«For a building of this size and scope, Gilbane didn't miss [the deadline] by a whole lot, but it was enough of a delay that we're talking about it,» said the Park District's attorney, Steve Adams of Naperville.

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Having grown up in Chicago's financial district, Sandra knew how to talk about U.S. equities, commission reports, investment management, and just about everything else with a number in it.

If you find a BabyBjrn Baby Carrier and Google Calendar in the vicinity of a stock trading floor, chances are you just might catch a glimpse of Fox Business Network reporter and new mom, Sandra Smith.Having grown up in Chicagos financial district, Sandra knew how to talk about U.S. equities, commission reports, investment management, and just about everything else with a number in it.

We are not referring to federal or state code (while important and will be taken into consideration,) we are talking about how your district defines or describe the food ingredients procured for your meal programs.

Right now, the Park District does not have the money to do anything with it, and would have to go back to its voters to ask for more money to build a golf course or water park, like they've been talking about.»

The Park District is in talks with Lollapalooza organizers about next summer.

They talked about the idea of dividing the site, questioned how the Park District was spending funds it receives from developers through the village's land / cash ordinance, and inquired about a need for the district to do long - range pDistrict was spending funds it receives from developers through the village's land / cash ordinance, and inquired about a need for the district to do long - range pdistrict to do long - range planning.

As Mayor Richard Daley announced his choice to lead the Chicago Park District a month ago, the mayor known for his fondness for trees and wrought iron got to talking about a different passion.

Talk about bad timing — it seems that while the Elk Grove Village Park District Board was in the throes of fending off neighbors» complaints about a proposal to build a skateboard park at Audubon Park, lo and behold, the Youth Commission came out with the results...

Last fall, the district began talking about closing the rink.

Officials in Glencoe said they also are talking with the Glencoe Park District about the prospect of a partnership with the commission and the possibility of relocating the water plant north of its present site.

«We are talking to the Arlington Heights Park District about how to revive [the skateboard park],» Buckley said.

We've talked before on The Lunch Tray about efforts by school districts to source at least some of their produce from local or regional producers.

James Travis [of School District 200] held a meeting at the school and invited all the other government agencies to talk about how we could prevent this from happening again,» recalled Ken Kutzka, director of parks and planning.

With Chicago Park District Superintendent Michael Kelly and a representative of the Army Corps of Engineers on hand Thursday, Emanuel talked at the Field Museum about the next steps in the evolution.

Village officials said Tuesday that they have talked with developers about the proposed impact fees for the school district and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for Distrdistrict and, though developers are concerned because home costs will increase, they agree that there is no other way to secure needed revenue for DistrictDistrict 140.

In Riverview School District, «high school Future Farmers of America (FFA) club members visited each school in the district during lunch and handed out samples of locally grown produce and talked with students about their pDistrict, «high school Future Farmers of America (FFA) club members visited each school in the district during lunch and handed out samples of locally grown produce and talked with students about their pdistrict during lunch and handed out samples of locally grown produce and talked with students about their products.

Yes, Piedmont is one of the very, very rare districts with 0 % F&R eligibility, but we're talking about a 6 school district with less than 1,100 students.