At one school, after the principal two years ago «was giving out limited access letters like candy,» McLean said, his local Community Education Council held a meeting
with city school officials and the National Action Network to discuss the issue.
Not exact matches
• The Corps continues to work
with city and
school officials to identify and design critical facilities for
schools, Saint John's Hospital, and first responders.
«Our treasury rifled; our credit shaken; the poor laborer asking vainly for his honest wages day after day; the rich
official reveling in disreputable gains; an enormous debt heaped upon us we know not how; our
schools decaying, our teachers cowering before their Catholic masters; our press, when it ventures to complain, threatened
with violence or insulted by offered bribes; the interests of the
city neglected, its honorable reputation gone.»
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN)- Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial
school teacher were charged Thursday
with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former
official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the
city's district attorney's office said.
Rebuffed by
school officials, his mother sued the
city school board in July 1945
with the help of a Unitarian minister and a group of Jewish businesspeople in Chicago.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district administrators who have attacked Chicago as having the shortest
school day among the nation's 10 largest
cities have begun touting this as an accomplishment: CPS
officials say the 7.5 - hour day will tie Chicago
with Philadelphia as «the leader among the largest
cities in instructional time» for...
The loss of federal funds has stung
city school officials, who started the program
with the idea that they would get federal money to help pay for the free meals, which are being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at various elementary
schools during the strike.
After months of negotiations, Park District and library
officials presented the
City Council
with the latest plan to construct a library and a Park District facility on 13 acres on 95th Street west of Neuqua Valley High
School.
If your
city isn't holding an
official event, they may be able to put you in touch
with businesses who've expressed interest in giving away
school supplies to local children.
Flanagan is specifically taking issue
with city Department of Education
officials submitting a report on
school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.
Sen. Jeff Klein on Tuesday announced New York
City officials will soon provide parents
with health inspection reports of
school cafeterias.
School officials have their hands full
with the current outbreak of the flu, but measures taken to prevent the spread of the illness appear to be working the Rochester
City School District and suburban
schools.
A Buffalo Public
Schools official says that the district wants to respond to the
city's serious lead poisoning problem
with a sense of urgency.
In one of his first
official decisions as the
city's new
schools chancellor, Richard Carranza sided
with the status quo, putting adults» interests over kids» education.
Officials with the Utica
City School District's office reportedly were denied access to a meeting
with the governor's office last week.
City Hall would agree to make it easier for charters to get public -
school space or obtain funding to lease private space, said an education
official familiar
with the discussions.
Cuomo's team has plenty to work
with, given that Teachout listed Vermont as her address in
official paperwork as recently as 2013, avoided paying state and
city sales taxes on a car she bought in New York, listed Vermont as her home on tax forms when she joined the faculty of Fordham University Law
School in 2009, and reported to tax authorities that she lived in New York for zero months in 2009.
Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of
School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&
School (OST) and after -
school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&
school programs, the steps of
City Hall were flooded
with northern Manhattan after -
school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.&
school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected
officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»
Some Syracuse
city councilors sat down Wednesday
with public works,
school district and parks department
officials.
ALBANY — New York
City isn't the only place where
school officials play fast and loose
with grades, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
ALBANY — A Staten Island senator is holding up a bill to reduce New York
City's speed limit because he wants city officials to get on board with his longstanding proposal to require stop signs around scho
City's speed limit because he wants
city officials to get on board with his longstanding proposal to require stop signs around scho
city officials to get on board
with his longstanding proposal to require stop signs around
schools.
School officials said they expected enrollment to grow
with students who move into the
city, but the number will still likely be far smaller than in past years.
Before taking on the New York
City school system, Klein was an executive
with German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, and before that a longtime Justice Department
official.
Though hit hard by the recent federal sequestration numbers,
officials in the Kingston
City School District are still anticipating crafting an operating budget for the 2013 - 14 school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or
School District are still anticipating crafting an operating budget for the 2013 - 14
school year with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or
school year
with a tax levy increase of 2 percent or less.
All five are currently designated as renewal
schools, identified by the
city for their under - performance and given a timeline for improvement
with support from the DOE, according to education
officials.
The decision is a stunning blow for Bloomberg, who has repeatedly defended his choice amid intense criticism from parents groups, elected
officials and other advocates who said the
city needs a
schools chancellor
with a background in
schools.
That short list includes issues
with a deadline, including the extension of mayoral control of New York
City's
schools, as well as matters that might be described as politically necessary in this election year, including the need to deliver to the governor's desk at least one piece of legislation addressing
official corruption.
Worked
with Rye
City officials and our local middle
school to bring a program to our local harbor, the first of its kind in Westchester.
State
officials also are requiring the
city to come up
with a backup plan to phase out East High
School in case the education commissioner doesn't approve the takeover plan by the U of R.
PLATTSBURGH —
City officials last week approved a plan to share services
with the Plattsburgh
City School District (PCSD).
«We will also present our Shared Services Plan that we spent the last few months working on collaboratively
with local
city, town and village
officials as well as
school districts and BOCES.
Two of the
city's most prominent charter
school leaders criticized the de Blasio administration on Saturday, after a meeting
with schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and about 100
city charter
officials on Saturday morning.
City Hall has largely demurred when facing Moskowitz in the past — ever since losing a high - profile fight
with her and the network in the spring of 2014 over charter
school space —
with officials saying they wanted to avoid unnecessary conflict.
In mid-October, during a meeting inside the magnet
school with the waterfall,
city school officials unveiled proposals for
school closures as soon as next summer.
City Councilman Daniel Dromm held a press conference
with other elected
officials and community members Thursday to demand that the Department of Education designate Diwali as a day off for public
school students.
State
officials came up
with a new list of 188 «priority»
schools, including 90 in the
city, to meet a March 1 deadline under the federal No Child Left Behind Act — or risk consequences such as a loss of funds.
The Bronx Beep also has strengthened his ties
with officials in the
city's charter -
school movement, many of whom have ties to wealthy donors who could back a future citywide campaign.
City Hall
officials compared the fight
with Uber to de Blasio's battle
with the charter
school lobby last year that caused a dip in his approval ratings before they rebounded.
The controversial charter
school leader, whose Success Academy
schools spread to about two dozen locations across the
city under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, has been rejected from a plan to share space
with three additional public
schools this fall,
officials said.
But today many
city schools in poor districts are still lacking sorely needed funds and basic resources because state
officials say the state doesn't have enough money to comply
with the court ruling that took 14 years to win.
«We look forward to working
with officials in Albany and New York
City to minimize the effects of these proposed cuts on our classrooms, and to protect the interests of the city's public school children,» said UFT President Michael Mulg
City to minimize the effects of these proposed cuts on our classrooms, and to protect the interests of the
city's public school children,» said UFT President Michael Mulg
city's public
school children,» said UFT President Michael Mulgrew.
City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina was among several city officials who traveled to Albany to talk with lawmakers as the session's end drew n
City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina was among several
city officials who traveled to Albany to talk with lawmakers as the session's end drew n
city officials who traveled to Albany to talk
with lawmakers as the session's end drew near.
In explaining the changes,
city officials noted that some plans approved by Mr. Bloomberg would have required elementary
school students to attend class inside high
school buildings, and others would have required cutting programs for students
with disabilities.
City school officials say they're working to help students who had trouble
with the Common Core tests do better in the coming
school year.
Topics of discussion included the Buffalo Billion scandal, the ramifications of this week's
School Board elections, and efforts by
City Hall and Erie County
officials to deal
with Buffalo's lead poisoning problem.
About the Parent Advisory Board The Parent Advisory Board gives Queens public
school parents an opportunity to be heard on education issues and concerns and provides a forum to meet
with senior
city and state DOE
officials.
The Syracuse
City School district reached a contract agreement
with its teachers, which district
officials are calling historic.
Both the Syracuse
school district and state education
officials are being hush about the future of one of the
city's elementary
schools, possibly because the district is still scrambling to come up
with a plan, as sources have indicated to WRVO.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown along
with other
city officials are calling on Buffalo residents to donate basic household and
school supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Success Academy charter
school officials want the city to fork over more rooms in the Wadleigh High School campus, according to papers to be filed with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen
school officials want the
city to fork over more rooms in the Wadleigh High
School campus, according to papers to be filed with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen
School campus, according to papers to be filed
with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.