Sentences with phrase «time school board member»

As a long - time school safety advocate and one - time school board member.

Our long time school board member (and now President - Elect of the California School Board Association) Jill Wynns was the genius behind this policy.

Not exact matches

Though Microsoft board member Hastings has ties to the Seattle area, he stumbled upon DreamBox while visiting a school in San Jose, Calif., that happened to be using the software and was «wowed by how kids were engaged because it has some entertainment built into it,» he told the Seattle Times.

School officials had appealed to the league to find another time for the game, but the league said in a statement Wednesday the appeal was unanimously voted down by the league's nine - member board.

That's why I devote lots of my personal time to helping elect new school board members and educating candidates on this issue.

District 99 School Board Member Mike Davenport asked administrators earlier this year to consider a fee ceiling to reduce the financial burden on families with multiple children in high school at the sameSchool Board Member Mike Davenport asked administrators earlier this year to consider a fee ceiling to reduce the financial burden on families with multiple children in high school at the sameschool at the same time.

In a New York Times Magazine investigation into the politics behind the current school lunch battle, it is reported that SNA's CEO Patricia Montague, invited Pat McCoy, vice president for sales at the $ 3 billion Schwan Food Company, to address the SNA members drafting the association's legislative positions, along with the executive board.

I was excited to see members of the Wilson Administration and School Board take time out of their busy day to come and celebrate the honor.

«I was excited to see members of the Wilson Administration and School Board take time out of their busy day to come and celebrate the honor John and Kiernan have worked so hard to achieve.

Whatever your district - level concern, write a letter or email to your own trustee, and / or show up at school board meetings and use the open time for audience members to speak your piece.

But the developer and former school board member has also earned a reputation as someone who takes his time making decisions.

Carl Paladino was the last to testify in what was a long and at times grueling four days of proceedings before State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia — a hearing that was supposed to center on whether the two - term Buffalo School board member should be removed for violating board policy when he publicly disclosed information discussed in an executive session.

AG Eric Schneiderman is investigating financial decisions at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art that led to the school's move to charge undergraduate tuition for the first time in its history, according to board members.

«Among other things, the Buffalo school board member thinks the school district needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up, to get it right this time.

Being shut up 24 hours a day behind decaying Victorian stone walls with terrible food and violent members of staff must remind them of their time at boarding school.

A majority of Buffalo School Board members voted to retain the law firm of Frank W. Miller, based in the Syracuse area, to assist in filing a formal petition with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia seeking the ouster of their colleague, Carl Paladino, who called the effort «a waste of time and money.»

With just days left before the Buffalo School Board makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciBoard makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciboard makes its decision.

«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.

She has committed her time to organizations to ensure their missions are met, including serving as Co-President of The Parent - Child Connection, Coordinator of Hamburg Youth Court, Board Member of Colton's Journey to Liberation, and is SEPTA Chair for Hamburg Schools PTSA.

«One of the first things they did was re-employ the chancellor — at that time it was Joel Klein — and then vote among themselves to give all the power to the chancellor,» she said of the members of the short - lived school board of 2009.

And this happening at a time when six out of nine School Board members in the Buffalo City School Districts minorities!

After much controversy over the selection of a new Buffalo schools superintendent School Board Member Larry Quinn says it is time to move forward.

Each of the candidates expressed their appreciation for the endorsement, one at a time, starting with Colin Smith, an attorney based in Peekskill and a member of the Peekskill City School District Board of Education who says he will step down if elected to Common Council

Parents of public school students have grown distrustful of the board, whose meetings have at times devolved into shouting matches between members and the public.

The time has come for Carl Paladino to resign as a member of the board of education of the Buffalo Public Schools; we have come to this conclusion after observing what at best can be described as divisive, caustic, disruptive and potentially destructive behavior by Mr. Paladino.

The vote comes a month after some board members questioned whether the position, which involves lobbying state and county lawmakers for funding, should be filled as the school grapples with funding shortfalls and the search for a full - time president.

It's not the first time the Buffalo School Board member has been accused of racial insensitivity.

But if Jo Anne Vasquez — pictured left — and other members of the National Science Board (NSB) have their way, holders of advanced degrees will soon be returning to the secondary school classroom, this time as teachers.

Three things happened to the TEKS and all - science education standard that called for teaching the strength and weaknesses of theories, which had, back in the last time biology text books were adopted in the mid»90s, had been used as a club to beat publishers over whether or not they included weaknesses of evolution; by which they may enlist creationists and their claims, was taken out by the writing committees and attempted to be put back on several occasions actually by the school board members.

Just make sure to check in with your MD first: «Because every woman is unique, it's difficult to make recommendations across the board, so consult with your doctor before changing the timing of your birth control,» says ob - gyn Mache Seibel, MD, a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School.

Mayor Michael R. White, along with an appointed nine - member school board and a superintendent of his choosing, will take over the Cleveland schools, returning the district to local control for the first time in nearly 25 years.

And school board members spend most of their time consolidating political support.

As one school board member, reflecting on LA Unified School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology school board member, reflecting on LA Unified School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology school freshman — as if they all had the same technology needs?

Her goal as a school board member is to make sure today's students have an easier time than she did.

Boston voters last week ousted two school - committee members whose names were dragged through a long extortion trial recently — and, at the same time, the voters approved a dramatic change in the way future boards will be chosen.

But school board members from across the country say that's likely to change soon, and they're bracing for leaner times forced by the nation's economic downturn.

«No one is going to think it's a wonderful idea, but nothing would illustrate to the public the fiscal crisis more than shortening the school year,» Roberta Weintraub, a school - board member, recently told the Los Angeles Times

Notable members of the council include: David Laws, the Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015 and Minister of State for Schools from 2012 to 2015; Baroness Morgan, adviser to the ARK board, chair of Ofsted from 2011 to 2014 and former director of government relations for Tony Blair; Philip Collins, columnist for The Times and former chief speech writer for former Prime Minister Tony Blair; and Matthew d'Ancona, a columnist for the Guardian who also writes for the Evening Standard, International New York Times and GQ.

Imagine forward to a time when you will be speaking with your school's culture and climate committee, and your committee members will be speaking with the staff, administrators, and maybe parents or school board members.

(The superintendent and staff would be paid real salaries and be housed in a real office; the school board would be made up of various «education experts» or maybe «stakeholders» who, like real school board members, would volunteer their time.)

• After election to the school board, the experience of being on the board — and part of «management» — seems to make members somewhat less pro-union over time; as a result, the unions can not count on gaining complete control of school boards even when they are continually successful in elections.

Teachers in the Allendale County (S.C.) School District soon may have to punch time clocks each morning, but they may also strike back at the board of education members who recommended their use to counter teacher tardiness.

Via LA Times Editorial Board Two candidates with different styles and viewpoints are vying to join the Los Angeles Unified school board, replacing longtime board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in DeceBoard Two candidates with different styles and viewpoints are vying to join the Los Angeles Unified school board, replacing longtime board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in Deceboard, replacing longtime board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in Deceboard member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in December.

Time will tell exactly — however what you need to know is that your Eagle County Property Taxes will unquestionably go UP — in January 2018... far more than, Jason Glass and your elected School Board members — are willing to «publically admit» to you today.

On behalf of the California Teachers Association, Karen Sher, a veteran teacher and instructional coach and member of the Oxnard Union High School District board, said that the current law offers ample time for multiple evaluations to determine whether a probationary teacher should continue in the classroom.

See LA School Report (Ratliff Supports Proposal Linking Teacher Pay to Test Scores) and LA Times (Deasy and new board member Ratliff laud teacher report, Group urges teachers» raises based on student achievement).

We extend heartfelt thanks to the superintendents, principals, district administrators, teachers, school board and community members, and state leaders in education who welcomed us into their busy work lives, providing time to talk with us, to observe in classrooms, and to complete surveys, all of which gave us the most complete national data set ever assembled to better understand issues in educational leadership.

The proposal comes at a time when Madison School District administrators and School Board members are working to close a $ 10.1 million budget gap for next schoolSchool District administrators and School Board members are working to close a $ 10.1 million budget gap for next schoolSchool Board members are working to close a $ 10.1 million budget gap for next schoolschool year.

In relation to the LAUSD school board election, this is the Los Angeles Times» endorsement of a school board member's re-election — yes, the candidate the Times SUPPORTS: «We consider [Monica] Garcia a poor choice for the school board, and we always have.

Good Morning Louisiana The Times - Picayune School board members, advocates mull over Einstein Charter's «egregious» transportation issues