Sentences with phrase «up to the school superintendent»

It's up to the school superintendent as well as the local sheriff's office to decide whether to join the program.

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School Board Vice Chairman Mike Chapman, left, serves up lunch in Captain America costume to students on School Lunch Hero Day along with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower.

The district was awarded the 2010 - 11 State School Health Award as well as the Superintendent's Platinum Level School Health Award, while teacher Dean Tessitore — who is also a Wellness Council leader at the school — won Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor of the year for LouiSchool Health Award as well as the Superintendent's Platinum Level School Health Award, while teacher Dean Tessitore — who is also a Wellness Council leader at the school — won Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor of the year for LouiSchool Health Award, while teacher Dean Tessitore — who is also a Wellness Council leader at the school — won Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor of the year for Louischool — won Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor of the year for Louisiana.

Cuomo mentioned the salary of a Syosset schools superintendent, Carole Hankin, who earns $ 386,868 a year, as an example of where education officials might consider cutting to make up for the loss of state aid they are expected to suffer during this budget cycle.

Suffolk County school superintendents stepped up efforts to halt the state's next round of Common Core standardized tests, now less than a month away, with a direct appeal to Cuomo.

A Texas school superintendent threatened to suspend any student who protests gun violence while on school grounds — on the same day a kid threatened to shoot up a district...

The pro-Cuomo Committee to Save NY is backing up a recent TV spot supporting the governor's proposed education aid cuts with a mailer that accuses school superintendents of going behind closed doors and «taking money out of classrooms — but putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in their own pockets.»

At least 100 people in Syracuse care enough about how far kids have to walk to school, and whether or not the superintendent's contract is extended, to show up to a board meeting to talk about it last night.

The superintendent told us his bargain offers access, quality and opportunity in all the schools and it is now up it is up to parents and students to embrace it.

«Governor Cuomo and State Education Commissioner John King deserve high marks for standing up for our kids and successfully pressuring Buffalo School Superintendent Dr. Pamela Brown to void a highly questionable, secret side deal with the teachers» union that threatened to significantly undermine their teacher evaluation system before it was even implemented.

Squinting into a bright noon sun, the former LaFayette School Superintendent reiterated the main talking points that have defined her candidacy up to now: more police on the streets to fight crime, mayoral control over a struggling school district, and ethics rSchool Superintendent reiterated the main talking points that have defined her candidacy up to now: more police on the streets to fight crime, mayoral control over a struggling school district, and ethics rschool district, and ethics reform.

The superintendents said schools would be limited in their ability to raise taxes to make up for any state cuts in school aid.

Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash agreed to come up with a plan to deal with the situation in city sSchools Superintendent Kriner Cash agreed to come up with a plan to deal with the situation in city schoolsschools.

As part of Wednesday's resolution, Southold school board members will vote to approve sending a follow - up letter of endorsement to Gov. Cuomo and Mr. King regarding the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association's lschool board members will vote to approve sending a follow - up letter of endorsement to Gov. Cuomo and Mr. King regarding the Suffolk County School Superintendents Association's lSchool Superintendents Association's letter.

(WBEN) As she weighs whether to oust Carl Paladino from the Buffalo School board, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia is also taking up an idea that Paladino himself has put forth recently, to replace the entire board and just let the superintendent run things without them.

Southold School District Superintendent David Gamberg is criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to ratchet up the importance of student performance on state assessments when it comes to teacher evaluations.

As Mr. Polakow - Suransky put it, for superintendents reporting to school boards, «So much of the work ends up being managing constituent services, which quickly turns into corruption.»

«A task force has been set up between my administration and Superintendent Cash where we have staffs that are looking at ways that the city and school district can work together to find deficiencies to further improve educational outcomes in our schools,» the mayor said.

Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash says the computers and systems can help students accelerate their learning to catch up with their peers, especially their suburban peers who live in worlds filled with technology and equipment at home and classrooms working electronically with the homes.

The superintendents say schools would be limited in their ability to raise taxes to make up for any state cuts in school aide.

We wanted to clear that up so we reached out to City School District of New Rochelle Associate Superintendent Diane Massimo.

Her 1974 book The Great School Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the scSchool Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the scschool history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the schools.

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.

By the time the school board asked her to take over as interim superintendent in January 2012, she had worked her way up to assistant superintendent.

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.

So he did something else that most school superintendents would never even consider: he invited both YES Prep and KIPP to take up residency in two middle schools, building grade - by - grade expansions that would lead to YES Prep establishing a high school program within an existing Spring Branch high school.

These supports include additional funding of $ 20,000 per school (up to a maximum of $ 170,000 per district) for superintendent and principal mentoring and monitoring; $ 15,000 for teacher release time for job - embedded professional learning; 2 provincial professional learning sessions for principal and teacher teams from all schools involved; and Ministry developed documents, resources and facilitation, including tracking templates for the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.

In 2003 schools chancellor Joel Klein appointed her and the project, through a no - bid three - year $ 5.4 million contract, to the task of revamping the way literacy skills are taught in more than 100 district schools, including most of those in Brooklyn and Queens, the project's mission is to retrain — through onsite workshops, leadership seminars, curricular materials, and an intensive summer institute — primary and upper - grade teachers, administrators from principals up through district superintendents, and central department policymakers.

During his tenure as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, from 1995 to 2001, Paul Vallas racked up a long string of accomplishments that would be the envy of nearly any school superintendent.

Newark, New Jersey, superintendent Cami Anderson (see «Newark's Superintendent Rolls Up Her Sleeves and Gets to Work,» features, Winter 2013) recalls that when she served as area superintendent for New York City's alternative schools and programs, the district had two «conventional wisdoms» when it came to evaluating guidance counselors and social workers: «The first was you'd be violating student confidentiality if you observed guidance counselors or social workers interacting with kids one - on - one, and the second was, if you weren't licensed as a clinical supervisor, you didn't have the authority to evaluate or document performance for these superintendent Cami Anderson (see «Newark's Superintendent Rolls Up Her Sleeves and Gets to Work,» features, Winter 2013) recalls that when she served as area superintendent for New York City's alternative schools and programs, the district had two «conventional wisdoms» when it came to evaluating guidance counselors and social workers: «The first was you'd be violating student confidentiality if you observed guidance counselors or social workers interacting with kids one - on - one, and the second was, if you weren't licensed as a clinical supervisor, you didn't have the authority to evaluate or document performance for these Superintendent Rolls Up Her Sleeves and Gets to Work,» features, Winter 2013) recalls that when she served as area superintendent for New York City's alternative schools and programs, the district had two «conventional wisdoms» when it came to evaluating guidance counselors and social workers: «The first was you'd be violating student confidentiality if you observed guidance counselors or social workers interacting with kids one - on - one, and the second was, if you weren't licensed as a clinical supervisor, you didn't have the authority to evaluate or document performance for these superintendent for New York City's alternative schools and programs, the district had two «conventional wisdoms» when it came to evaluating guidance counselors and social workers: «The first was you'd be violating student confidentiality if you observed guidance counselors or social workers interacting with kids one - on - one, and the second was, if you weren't licensed as a clinical supervisor, you didn't have the authority to evaluate or document performance for these people.»

The only written commitment she had from the school system was a four - line letter from then new superintendent, Clifford B. Janey, dated March 2005, saying that D.C. Public Schools will «cover the Residency year salaries... for up to 20 New Leaders who will train in DCPS during the 2005 - 2006 school year.»

Virginia superintendents who weren't 100 percent satisfied with Curry graduates could call upon a Curry faculty member to come to the school and get the new teacher up to speed.

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.

Consider the school personnel who already understand, intuitively, how this principle works: the music teacher whose program has been cut in order to fund computer labs; the principal who has had to beef up security in order to protect high - priced technology; the superintendent who has had to craft an «acceptable use» agreement that governs children's use of the Internet (and for the first time in our history renounces the school's responsibility for the material children are exposed to while in school).

Even as school officials across the country continue to weigh cutbacks because of the still - bleak economy, Greg Murry, the superintendent of this 9,000 - student district, faces an enviable challenge: how to spend, within a tight time frame, an economic - stimulus windfall of up to $ 7 million.

At the urging of the superintendents of the nation's Roman Catholic schools, the National Catholic Educational Association is drawing up a proposal for establishing an accrediting agency for Catholic elementary schools, according to an ncea official.

But almost as persistent as the district's low test scores and high dropout rates were the number of school superintendents — eight in seven years — who promised change and failed to deliver, swallowed up by petty politics and power struggles.

«Wisconsin's superintendent of public instruction took the first step Thursday toward withholding up to $ 175 million in federal funds from Milwaukee Public Schools because of the district's failure to meet yearly academic progress targets required under law.»

A California coalition founded by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, and a schools superintendent is gearing up to put a ballot initiative before state voters in the fall that could dramatically expand the number of charter schools in the state.

Nonetheless, the overwhelming majority of superintendents, school district officials, and school principals rise through the ranks the traditional way - first as teachers, then as assistant principals, principals, and then up to the district office.

Fryer and his colleagues at EdLabs worked with the superintendent to apply the five tenets to the failing schools: helping to hire new principals and new teachers, setting up a culture of no excuses and high expectations, and implementing tutoring in reading and math.

Since instigating the trimester plan, Mark Keen, superintendent of Westfield - Washington Schools, told Education World that student attendance and achievement are up, discipline problems have declined, and many students now have the time to enroll in advanced courses, apprenticeships, mentoring, or internship programs.

Teitel has coached individual superintendents, helped set up ongoing learning networks among superintendents and among principals, and has worked with intact leadership teams to help them support school and district improvement.

Opening oneself up to an evaluation by the community takes some nerve, but Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools superintendent Dr. Pedro Garcia was up for it.

In 2012, then schools superintendent Cary Matsuoka asked principals at all district schools to come up with redesign plans that would integrate technology; use data to inform instruction; allow flexibility in space, time, and student grouping; and center on student learning.

In Duval County, Florida, Superintendent John C. Fryer Jr. not only uses data rooms but has trained most of the school superintendents in neighboring Georgia on how to set them up and use them.

Facing troubling absenteeism at the district's elementary and middle schools, the superintendent devised an incentive plan to get more students to show up.

Florida Fails Children of Miami - Dade County «Our anticipated gains in the number of foreign - born students alone will require us to build one elementary school a month just to keep up,» Roger C. Cuevas, Miami - Dade County school superintendent, told Education World.

So, I was all ready this week to send a scathing letter to a school superintendent in Edwardsville, Illinois who not only told his teachers not to discuss Ferguson if it comes up in class, but to change the subject if it does!

Sandra Thorstenson, superintendent of the Whittier Union High School District in Whittier, Calif., likes to say that «demographics do not determine destiny,» and she backs it up with statistics.