Sentences with phrase «used against the district»

JPS received an «F» grade in the 2016 accountability rankings, and preliminary data from MDE, used against the district during the Commission on School Accreditation meeting this month, show that the district will receive an «F» in October as well.

Not exact matches

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

In 1997 he brought a successful lawsuit against the Naperville Park District, the operator of the park and an adjoining shooting range, claiming that lead pellets used in skeet shooting were hurting the environment and the nearby federally protected wetlands.

Asked if the Chicago Police Department planned to adjust its approach this year, spokesman Martin Maloney said in an email that the department «will continue to work with the Park District and pursue enforcement against those using illegal fireworks in an effort to ensure a safe holiday for residents.»

Devine, in a prepared statement, called the park district a «sham that has been used against the people it should have served.»

The Plan Commission last week voted in favor of the Park District's special - use request, which would allow it eventually to convert the 8,400 - square - foot gym into a maintenance building, but the commission voted against the requested parking, curbing and setback variances for the $ 300,000 structure.

Jamie's league, the Montebello Ponytail Softball Association, has filed a discrimination suit against the city of Montebello, charging the park district has allowed the boys to use 3 fields while cramming the girls on 1 fields.

Last month, the Will County Zoning and Planning Commission voted 4 - 3 against recommending a special - use permit to the Park District.

In recent months, the Park District and the village have been embroiled in a debate over the use of the Yunker Farm site, culminating in the Village Board's vote in December against annexation.

Orlando Coryell, a La Grange resident who has spent $ 15,000 in a separate suit against the Park District over the sale of Gordon Park, said he was opposed to «private development on public land when the public is denied use of it and the public is denied control and... ownership.»

School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

Among his arguments against the open - space use, Randall said there are more than 145 acres, mostly Park District - owned, of open space within a mile of the Lerch home.

«We'll post everything online, so Diaz's opponents, the media, and voters in his district will be able to use the facts against him in the primary.»

the fact they've used this as a campaign slogan to run against candidates in their districts is a real problem here,» Moya said.

The GOP majority has been strongly supportive of the Endless Testing Regime, which has tried to shove testing down the throats of students, parents and teachers and used threats against districts with high opt out rates.

King is currently facing a potentially tough race in a new district against Christie Vilsack, whose husband Tom, used to be Governor of Iowa.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pockets Alan West's tirade — something they'll likely use against him with women in his South Florida district — and looks to raise some money off it in an email from Chairman Steve Israel.

Governor Cuomo, defending himself against the accusations earlier in the week, used the words of one of the co-commissioners, Syracuse area District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, to bolster the governor's claim that any discussions his top aides had with the commission were merely friendly advice.

Judge Kimba Wood signed an immunity agreement for Walker on Friday, stipulating that his testimony could not be used against him in a pending investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

The state Board of Regents, which sets education policy, already decided in February to advise school districts against using results of Common Core tests in decisions regarding students» promotion and class placement.

Progressives have long accused Cuomo of disingenuously propping up the Senate Republican majority so he can use it as a convenient excuse — a buffer against having both legislative houses controlled by left - of - center Democrats — pointing to maneuvers like his 2012 deal with Skelos on a redistricting plan that gerrymandered districts in favor of the GOP.

Rumore said if Paladino is defending himself against actions taken as a private citizen, he should not be able to use district money to do so.

Ortt represents a Republican - leaning district stretching from Niagara County to parts of Monroe County, but Democrats were planning to use the case against Ortt in his expected re-election effort in 2018.

The issue was used with devastating effect against Democratic candidates in several upstate districts, but it is relatively inoffensive to major G.O.P. donors and business groups.

«This is a swing district and I think the Democrats know that if Claudia wins they have acres of material to use against her,» Hanna said.

Had the court ruled broadly against independent commissions, it could have affected district maps in Idaho, Montana and Washington, which also use forms of independent commissions to draw districts.

Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas will investigate and possibly prosecute «any and all matters concerning the public allegations» against Schneiderman, Cuomo said, including whether Schneiderman used his staff or office resources to facilitate the alleged abusive liaisons.

A litany of allegations leveled against Charolotte Osei including spending GHc3.9 million to partition an office, receipt of a bullet - proof Toyota Land Cruiser from the previous government, spending about $ 14 million for district offices when the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) had authorized her to use only $ 7.5 million as well as attending Cabinet meetings under President John Mahama's administration, among others.

The unrest among the prosecutors was sparked by Cuomo's use of state Executive Law to remove Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. and appoint Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas «to investigate, and if warranted, prosecute, any and all matters concerning the public allegations against Mr. Schneiderman.»

Indiana Attorney General and 9th District Congressional Candidate Greg Zoeller says tactics by opponent Trey Hollingsworth are similar to the ones used by the scam artists his office has gone up against.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Michelle Schoeneman, candidate for the Erie County Legislature's 10th District, filed a summons with notice of a defamation lawsuit with the State of New York Supreme Court against Joseph Lorigo, his campaign, and his consultant, Chris Grant, over the outright lies the campaign has used against Schoeneman in a recent robo call and television ad regarding the serious opioid epidemic.

Then he started releasing a slew of vicious campaign ads and rained direct mail pieces on district voters, charging his opponent with using her constituent mailers as a means of campaigning and charging her with voting against student loans for anyone but illegal immigrants.

Mr Walker has for the last few months at the request of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards been investigating two previous complaints I made that Bob Blizzard had repeatedly used his # 10,000 p.a. Parliamentary Communications Allowance to publicise attacks on Conservative controlled Waveney District and Suffolk County Councils and even encouraged people to vote against them.

From the tidbits of information gleaned at a hearing on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at trial.

That development came on the heels of a scandal surrounding the Senate Republican and IDC's use of lulus to pay members for committee work they didn't actually do and a mounting display of grassroots protests against IDC members in their districts.

Abortion and the Hobby Lobby decision are the latest women's issues Democrats have used against Katko, R - Camillus, in the 24th District race.

It was against this backdrop, that the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, underscored the need for part of the district assemblies» common fund to be used to rehabilitate and build new courts for easy access and quality delivery of Justice.

Mr. Schneiderman insisted he had the highest respect for all district attorneys in New York, though at least one district attorney, Kenneth Thompson of Brooklyn, has spoken out against the use of special prosecutors.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, is not overwhelmingly popular in the more moderate district — and opponents are expected to use Ms. Lynch's ties to the mayor against her.

By bending the rules and making her lovesick friend Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) share her triumph, Katniss has earned the wrath of President Snow (Donald Sutherland, evil and loving it), who uses the games to quash the 12 districts that rebelled against the Capitol of Panem.

December 27, 2014 • A fight over the use of a soccer field in San Francisco's fast - changing Mission District pitted Latino youth against tech workers.

As concern over America's competitiveness abroad intensifies, education officials in the U.S. are beginning to consider using individual states and districts — not just the nation as a whole — as the units against which to measure their international peers.

As I wrote in our study of data use in New York City, we need to move beyond either / or dichotomies that pit classroom information against district or statewide data:

Although panels of scholars warned against using VAMS to make high - stakes decisions because of their statistical limitations (American Statistical Association, 2014; National Research Council & National Academy of Education, 2010), policymakers in many states and districts moved quickly to do just that, requiring that VAMS scores be used as a substantial component in teacher evaluation...

In two separate lawsuits, opponents of educational choice alleged that Nevada's ESA violated the state constitution's mandate that the state provide a «uniform system of common schools» (Article 11, Section 2), its prohibition against using public funds for sectarian purposes (Article 11, Section 6), and a clause requiring the state to appropriate funds to operate the district schools before any other appropriation is enacted for the biennium (Article 11, Section 10).

A South Carolina school district that used newsletters, e-mail, and its Web site to drum up opposition to a tuition - tax - credit bill in the state legislature faces a lawsuit claiming it committed «viewpoint discrimination» against a resident who was denied the use of the same outlets to air his views.

As one who used to enforce these laws, I am quite certain that there are districts that are discriminating against people on the basis of race just as certainly as I am convinced that other districts are not.

These teams use these multiple sources of data to triangulate and cross-reference skill and content acquisition, notice long - term trends, and map a student's progress against class, school, district, state, and national norms.

We measured districts against each other on these three factors, which received equal weight and were standardized using percentile rank.