C. school superintendent recommended that six schools be closed due to, among a number of things, low academic performance.
The officials found it was not unusual for the school superintendent to reinstate students after the principal recommends expelling them.
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The families then learned that there had been a previous complaint by a child against Clay, and they took their case to the school superintendent.
They were students at Wilmington High School, the school superintendent said.
And unlike in other US cities, the Los Angeles mayor does not have the power to make key city appointments such as police commissioner or school superintendent.
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To fill the remaining two years of the term, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, appointed Denver School Superintendent Michael Bennet -- a man who has never run for statewide office before.
Under an archway of blue and white balloons at the door of Mary Bethune School, students line up for a camera-friendly ceremony behind a grinning school superintendent and other school board officials.
It has been called both a "resounding success" by Steve Goldstein, head of the gay-rights group Garden State Equality, and a "bureaucratic nightmare" by James O'Neill, the interim school superintendent of the township of Roxbury.
But part of what we want is an environment in which everybody agrees -- from the governor to the school superintendent, teachers, principals, and most importantly parents and students -- that there's no excuse for mediocrity.
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After telling a press conference that he was "horrified by the chain of events", the school superintendent Paul Vance announced an investigation, suspensions of staff and the setting up of a counselling team for children and families involved.
The incidents prompted officials to put schools on lockdown in Herkimer and Mohawk, as well in as the nearby municipalities of Ilion, Frankfort, Little Falls, Richfield Springs, Dolgeville, West Winfield, Bridgewater and Newport, said Mark Vivacqua, the Herkimer school superintendent.
Meanwhile, the school district superintendent said that classes would continue on Tuesday, and counselling would be available to pupils.
The victim is expected to be released this evening, school district Superintendent Erroll Davis said at a 5 p.m. news conference.
Three other elementaries, one middle school and one high school on the island were also affected, school district Superintendent Stewart McDonald said.
The school board, superintendent, principals, and the select teachers running the pilot all saw the potential, were willing to throw out everything they knew about how schooling worked, and make the leap.
On a recent school district visit I had an assistant superintendent tell me that her school system better figure out how to meet the needs of these digital learners because they have access to so many free resources and experts and she fears that their institution might soon be obsolete.
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The school system's superintendent says she believed that the teacher bore no ill intent but that the assignment should have been worded differently.
But I want to thank the school board and the superintendent and the union for working together to do the right thing for your students.
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Officials emphasized that school closures are ultimately local decisions, which Superintendent Al Hambrick at the Sherman Independent School District in North Texas also stresses.
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The seven-member school board unanimously approved the superintendent's request last week, but not before two hours of heated debate.
The superintendent of the school was suspended for ninety days.
Michael Hinojosa, superintendent at Dallas Independent School District, said the federal money could offset some of the cuts he is considering.
The superintendent for Cascade High School didn't respond to requests for comment.
His substantive professional experience was superintendent of a Denver school system that saw an enormous amount of reforms that he can proud of.
Tulane University President, Scott Cowan, the Head of the Bring New Orleans Back Education Committee, says most of the spending and educational decisions would be made not by a district superintendent, but by school principals.
Children and teachers were trying to get back to normal, though some children who were on the bus where Dykes killed the driver on Jan. 29 have not yet returned to school, said Donny Bynum, superintendent of Midland City schools.
Wendell Waukau is the superintendent of the Menominee Indian School District.
John Deasy, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, said the new calendar lets students wrap up finals before the three-week winter break and gives high-school students more time to complete college applications.
Others share academic program costs, business officers or even share a superintendent, often the highest paid school employee.
"This is deeply disturbing to me and the entire community, " said Barbara Nakaoka, superintendent of Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.
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