Sentences with phrase «way local boards»

The way Local Boards are set up has not changed since 1950's..............

Not exact matches

An outpost in Miami is seen as a way to link local «treps to the growing number of business tycoons who are based in Latin America, where Endeavor first got its start and has access to board members in sectors such as tech, telecoms, retail and finance.

This way of doing college and university ministry will require rethinking not only by campus ministers and their boards,, but by local congregations and judicatories, all of which need to understand that the church on campus is an extension of — not an annoyance to or a competitor with — the local church.

«Chief Collaboration Officer Rodney Youckton, as well as other executive team members, leads by example and sit on local nonprofit boards such as Community Youth Services, the Boys & Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters or United Way,» Miles says.

One way suggested by forum readers was for parents to demand that local school boards run schools more like businesses to eliminate unnecessary expenses:

Residents involved with local sports organizations that use Park District facilities packed the board meeting to urge the district to go ahead and buy the land — any way you can, they said — before it's developed and no longer available for recreational use.

Another way to further attract members to your chapter is to post flyers (which we will provide) around your area on bulletin boards and submit free calendar listings to local parenting publications (if any), weekly papers, and any local parenting websites that feature stuff to do.

A simple way to advocate cloth diapers in your community is to print out the pamphlets made available through RDA's website and tack them up on the bulletin board in local coin - operated laundry facilities.

de Lench: I would like to see far more women on the boards of youth sports organizations, from the national governing bodies all the way down to local level, especially in predominantly boy's sports such as football, baseball and hockey.

In the past, the committee had considered alternate ways to act as a park district liaison between the board and local homeowners associations and other community groups.

The Dundee Township Park District and the Carpentersville Police Department are seeking a $ 30,000 grant from the local United Way to help start a Boys and Girls Club in December, the Park District board was told Wednesday night.

Saying that most residents aren't motivated to come to board meetings, Trustee Nancy Czarnik said televising them would be another way to bring local government into people's homes.

Local Labour MP Gwyn Prosser said: «There's no way the board's current submission can make any progress, it's dead in the water, and a good thing too.»

Thompson has served the local community in numerous ways, including as a Savona school board member and President, Commander of VFW Post 1470, member of the Bath Planning Board, member and sponsor of the Savona Fire Department, and President of the Steuben County Veteran's Memoboard member and President, Commander of VFW Post 1470, member of the Bath Planning Board, member and sponsor of the Savona Fire Department, and President of the Steuben County Veteran's MemoBoard, member and sponsor of the Savona Fire Department, and President of the Steuben County Veteran's Memorial.

Paterson quickly signed five pieces of legislation on his first day in office: to add the New York State Department of Labor to the New York City Transit Track Safety Task Force; to eliminate a law that discouraged employers from holding blood drives; to change the way in which members are appointed to a state health and research board; to restore eligibility caps to certain senior employment programs; and to grant tax exemptions to several local development corporations in New York State.

The Ulster Town Board is seeking input from local residents as it thinks about a meaningful way to commemorate former

There is also often no way for the public to know how to file a complaint with their local ethics board.

«I feel that I have the ability to relate to the local mayors, the supervisors, the different boards throughout the district in ways that other people can't because I live what they live on a daily basis,» said Milne.

Should its apparatus have contempt for its voluntary membership, and routinely use officials to squash local parties, fix votes to regional boards, tip off favoured folk about upcoming juicy selections, and instruct delegates which way to vote at annual conference?

The shareholders also authorised that the additional capital of N100bn should be raised by way of a public offering, rights issue or any other method deemed fit by the board in local or international market or the combination of both.

The Ulster Town Board will consider ways of cracking down on the use of personal fireworks in the days leading up to and following next summer's Independence Day after a local resident discussed her concerns before councilmen at a meeting last week.

In this way, local resources will be used in the best way possible: we will be encouraging economic development in our area, using a local workforce to carry out that development, and using targeted local incentives to assist in appropriate development projects,» County Executive Poloncarz said Board Member Michael Hoffert, President, Buffalo AFL - CIO Labor Council, called the labor force policy «a no - brainer.»

A Bronx local community board approved the rezoning of a massive site on the Harlem river, potentially paving the way for a 1000 - unit complex to be built.

With upward of 90 percent of the vote in, Cancel appears to have placed next - to - last in today's six - way Democratic primary, drawing fewer than 1,000 votes beating out only local community board chairwoman Gigi Li, an attache of Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin.

She's a pragmatic, thoughtful person who spent time on her local community board, who understands these issues, so I think she will handle this in a responsible, thoughtful way.»

The Woodstock Republican Committee at its September 15 caucus injected new life into the local electoral season by choosing independent candidate Lorin Rose for town supervisor over Jeremy Wilber, the freshly minted Democratic nominee, and endorsing the Town Board candidacies of Peter Cross and Ken Panza, who will face incumbent councilman Jay Wenk in a three - way race for two seats in the fall election.

Phelan describes how after speaking with local businesses about his technology, he invited an industry representative to serve on a department board, which helped bolster the department's profile for fundraising and public relations purposes, and generally paved the way for more interactions between university and industrial scientists.

DENVER — Along the way to testing an old - but - new concept in nuclear waste storage — burying spent fuel in a hole drilled kilometers below the surface — the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors relearned a lesson that seems frequently forgotten: Get the locals on board first.

The Almond Board of California's Los Angeles Food Trends Tour, held Feb. 7 - 9, 2018, showcased some of the most creative and innovative ways local chefs and food and beverage product developers are using California almonds in recipes or finished...

Taking these pictures meant having to move out of the way a dozen times for passing cars, once for two teen - aged boys on skate boards, and once for a city truck searching for the coyote that was roaming around in the local backyards (not even kidding!).

Additional to this, the game also includes a unique way for two people to play the game in local multiplayer cross-table playing mode, whereby the console acts as the chess board.

Newspaper editorial boards, civic leaders, local chambers of commerce, and parent groups have made it eminently clear that they want everyone to find a way to «get along,» and they expect district leaders to find a way to avoid upsetting the apple cart.

«This law moves against the tradition of local control in a fundamental way,» said one midwestern school board member in the autumn of 2001.

Our suggestions, then, should be seen in part as ways to lean on school boards and superintendents to take their fiduciary responsibilities seriously, and to counteract the pressures of unhelpful local politics.

Board members in Washington last week for an annual conference said shortfalls in state budgets coupled with pessimistic predictions about local revenues are forcing them to look for ways to trim next year's budgets, which they are working on now.

On the upside, new charter - school legislation is making its way to the governor's desk; it would enable the state board of education to authorize charter schools rejected by local school districts.

A battle under way in the Maine legislature could undermine the hard - won victory last year — led by Democratic Gov. John E. Baldacci — to consolidate the state's hundreds of school districts and local school boards.

The nation's schools will not improve substantially until local school boards and state legislatures set concrete goals and then get out of the way.

Washington State goes even further: not only can a teacher appeal a principal's decision to the local school board; the board's decision can be appealed all the way to the state supreme court.

A model one - way desegregation program begun 15 years ago in Hartford, Conn., is being phased out by order of the local school board, which argued that the district can no longer afford to send city students to suburban schools.

But the way the law was written makes charter schools accountable and ties them to local school boards or the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The way the Wake County government computed the need for increased local funding for the Wake County Public School System was questioned Tuesday by school staff and board members alike.

«Technology innovations enable local school boards to connect with their communities and support students and teachers in ways that were unimaginable even a decade ago,» said NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

Clarifying how and in what ways the key work of local school boards reflects grassroots democracy in action.

The new guidelines require ways to connect student - level data with college outcomes; evaluations that include tests for teachers, principals, school boards and superintendents; a focus on school overhauls; and the agreement of local teachers» unions.

But in February 2003, the local school board made a textbook decision, a decision that made the parents coalesce and moved them to action in a way that had not happened since the school opened in 1999: The board decided to eliminate math textbooks for middle schools as a cost - cutting measure.

The modest website is http://www.cfep.uci.edu/gsa/ — Shelly Beck, mom of Mason L. Jeff Langdon, Director of Curriculum and Instruction K - 8, Oak Hills School Local School District Through a task force comprised of stakeholders (teachers, parents, board members, etc) from the Oak Hills School District, Jeff Langdon and his administrative team researched, organized, and implemented an amazing and innovative way to achieve success for his schools.

That spirit animates Amendment 8, which former Miami - Dade School Board member Janet McAliley singled out for criticism in a recent opinion piece, «Tallahassee pols concoct a sneaky way to take away your power over local schools.»

I'm never one to doubt that local school boards and public safety officials will find a way to hire even amid bad budget news, but the pressure on state and local budgets is so great and shows so little sign of abating that I couldn't help wondering where the money might come from.

I have way more connections — parents, school boards, local communities.