Sentences with phrase «took it to our school attorney»

We developed a document and took it to our School Attorney, and with her blessing we gave it to the staff.

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«We take school threats very seriously and will continue working closely with New York State Police and other law enforcement agencies to keep our children safe,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. says.

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. said, «We take school threats very seriously and will continue working closely with New York State Police and other law enforcement agencies to keep our children safe.

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

If Wall Street executives had any concerns about the governor before — as a vestige, perhaps, of the rather more adversarial pose he struck following the financial collapse, which took place when he was attorney general — they seem to have disappeared with de Blasio's election, and the mayor's immediate push for a tax hike and limits on the proliferation of charter schools.

«Recently, the Syracuse City School District was taken to task by the attorney general for, apparently, racial bias in suspensions,» DeFrancisco said.

Since then, Superintendent Kriner Cash has taken over as superintendent and cut ties with a controversial attorney brought in by the former school board majority to take a hard line on negotiations.

The outgoing majority took a hard - line approach, bringing in a tough attorney from downstate to place demands on the table such as a longer school day and changes to the teachers» health plan.

If you are considering biotechnology patent law as a career, talk to as many people as you can: to someone at USPTO about taking the patent examination, to admissions counselors about your law school options, and to attorneys about their day - to - day work.

Honestly, if you hate it as much as you say (which I totally understand, because I hated it quite a bit as an attorney), don't go to law school unless you can do so without taking on the kind of debt that requires you to take a biglaw job.

Two years later, the winter 1964 — 1965 issue was devoted to «education and race relations» and included essays on social psychology and racial balance and another look at Prince Edward County, this time by Neil Sullivan, Ed.D.» 57, a New York superintendent who took a leave of absence in 1963 to become superintendent — at the request of then - attorney general Robert Kennedy — of a privately funded Prince Edward Free School.

notification by district attorney pursuant to Education Law, section 1130 and actions to be taken upon criminal conviction of a licensed or certified school employee pursuant to Education Law, section 1131;

Topics to be discussed include: Court Procedure: An understanding of the civil litigation process in New Jersey as it pertains to negligence claims; Damages: Understanding the standards for, and the differences between Compensatory and Punitive Damages; Facility Maintenance: Identifying potential safety hazards related to facilities and grounds, and taking reasonable steps to address common problems; Indemnification: Identifying when the school district is responsible for the actions of its employees, and when it may disclaim coverage; Insurance Coverage Issues: Understanding what is, and is not covered under a school district's insurance policy, and understanding whether your district will be allowed to choose its attorney or be required to utilize the attorney assigned by the Insurance Company; Negligent Supervision: Examples of school district negligence liability lie within the school, on the athletic field, in the locker room, and on school trips; Sovereign Immunity: Understanding the effect of the New Jersey Torts Claims Act on negligence claims against school districts.

notification by a district attorney pursuant to Education Law, section 1130, and actions taken upon criminal conviction of a licensed or certified school employee pursuant to Education Law, section 1131; and

«This policy provides clear steps our schools can take to protect our children and we commend the board for approving it,» said Linnea Nelson, education equity attorney for the ACLU of Northern California.

Referring to Vergara, UTLA attorney Quinonez said the settlement in the ACLU case acknowledges that «the solution to high turnover in schools is not to take away teachers» rights.»

Graystone's attorney Brian Leinhauser's statement last year expressed concerns that the district's decision to take legal action to close the charter school may have been connected to the racist sentiments expressed by former Superintendent Richard Como and high school Director of Athletics and Activities Jim Donato.

While the State Education Department (SED), the Attorney General's Office, and the NYC Department of Education have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do; recommendations include that SED reiterate that questions about national origin should not be asked during the student registration process; encourage school districts to adopt — and in some cases, strengthen — their protocols for how to respond to any request for access by ICE; and reinforce the importance of providing social - emotional support.

And the leaders of K - 12 Inc. settled a high - profile court case with California Attorney General Kamala Harris this year, agreeing to dispense millions in payments and debt relief to their nonprofit school operators after state officials said the Virginia - based company misled the state in order to take in more public funding.

Indeed, while serving as assistant attorney general in the Clinton Justice Department, and before becoming schools chancellor, Klein recalled how he was inspired to become a lawyer: He sometimes skipped school, he told an interviewer, so his father could «take me to the federal courthouse in Manhattan, and we'd just watch cases.»

Attorney Brooke Duncan, who represents the school board, confirmed that the board has taken no action and declined to comment further.

When one of the attorneys in the famous Sheff desegregation case said, «the state has an obligation to provide great, racially diverse schools,» Connecticut's Supreme Court agreed and ordered the legislature to take definitive action to reduce racial isolation in the state's urban public schools.

The Chairman of the State Board of Education, Attorney Alan Taylor, agreed with the Commissioner and went even further stating that there was no legal action that the state or school district could take to punish a parent or child who opted out of the Common Core SBAC test.

While the State has appealed Moukawsher's ruling to the Connecticut Supreme Court, Gov. Dannel Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen have both called for the General Assembly to take action and finally address the state's school funding challenges.

In his address to the nation the day after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and teachers and injured another 14, President Donald Trump vowed to take action, stating that he would soon hold meetings with governors and attorneys general in which «making our schools and our children safer will be our top priority.»

Education advocate Jonathan Pelto is calling on Attorney General George Jepsen, the Connecticut State Auditors and the General Assembly's Education Committee to investigate the inappropriate and potentially illegal actions being taken by Governor Malloy's administration and a group of public school superintendents in violation of prescribed testing protocols for the Common Core SBAC testing.

«Watching the continuing legal battle over Paul Vallas «s tenure as Bridgeport's school superintendent from the sidelines at the moment, the State Board of Education on Monday indicated it will take up a resolution directing the attorney general to present its concerns to the court.

According to the attorney general's office, an investigation began last year that showed the school's current financial problems were rooted in the failure of its 2006 plan to finance a new academic building by taking a $ 175 million mortgage on other property and investing and losing $ 35 million in stocks.

Vermont residents have long taken issue with this point and earlier this year the Vermont Law School Energy Clinic filed a formal complaint with the State's Attorney General insisting that in - state utilities who sell their RECs to out - of - state parties are misrepresenting the «green - ness» of their resource portfolios.

As a bankruptcy attorney, I'm seeing an increased number of graduates (some law school graduates) who clearly had little or no understanding of what it will take to repay the debt.

Add in an attorney whose trademark search engine bests the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office system while his prices stay low, a general counsel taking outside law firms to school for not knowing their own software, and a lawyer / software engineer invoking the name of Hammurabi as he turns law into computer code.

Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would pay up to $ 20,000 annually toward attorneys» school loans, providing they practice in remotely populated areas of the state and take court - appointed...

Even if you are a brand new attorney, just licensed and taking your first case ever, you can still sell the fact that you went to law school and passed the bar, just like every other lawyer licensed in your jurisdiction.

On the opposite side of the spectrum is a 45 - year - old Rockville, Md. - based attorney who attended a lower - ranked law school who is returning to the workforce, as a result of getting divorced, after 10 years at home taking care of her three children.

According to this New York Times article, when Brian Woods couldn't afford an attorney to sue the school board for services for his autistic son, he took on the board himself, soundly defeating the board's team of attorneys and recovering $ 160,000 and other concessions.

A major difference between a paralegal and an attorney is that lawyers must go to law school and take a special exam before finally becoming licensed by the state in which they want to work in.

In 1958 she transferred to Columbia Law School to join Martin, who graduated from Harvard a year earlier and took a job at New York City's Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a tax attorney.

It was my opportunity to observe attorneys at work before deciding whether I too wanted to take on more school loans to go to law school.

In my second year of law school I quit my old job as a graphic artist and took a big pay cut to work full time as a student attorney at the county attorney's office.

I think it's safe to assume that most practicing attorneys never took a trademark law course in law school.

Whether you're a recent law school graduate, a successful attorney ready to take your practice to the next level, or a motivated and experienced legal professional, we would like to hear from you.

I knew early on — after taking Moot Court, a courtroom simulation course often required at law school — that I was not going to be a traditional courtroom attorney, à la «My Cousin Vinny» or Atticus Finch.

After working as a paralegal for six years, she decided to take her career a step further by becoming an attorney; Adriana's goal since enrolling in law school was to become an employment lawyer.

Any injury case that takes place at school or on a playground requires skilled legal representation from a skilled attorney to address the claim for compensation.

The lawsuit was filed by Pennsylvania personal injury attorney Harry Kane Jr. and names the school district and the former Principal LaGreta Brown as defendants, saying that neither took action to protect Asian students from being attacked by African American classmates.

-- Going to Law School — Taking the Bar Exam — Becoming a Licensed Lawyer — Allowed to Practice Law Each of the above bulleted points is a step a person needs to take to become an experienced practicing attorney in that person's resident state.

@Terrificli — all the more reason that law schools should strongly encourage students to take on clerkships with practicing attorneys while in law school.

As your ticket attorney, Mr. Quirantes may be able to get the court to allow you to take a driving school option when you are ineligible by statute, either due to a recent driving school election or because the maximum school allowance has been surpassed.

-- Mayor Michael Udine has directed Parkland's attorney to figure out a way to take $ 25,000 in city funds and earmark it as a gift for the city's public school teachers.

In law school attorneys are taught how to fight, not cooperate, so it means many attorneys don't know how to settle a dispute without taking sides.