School-board Sentence Examples

The county is under the school-board jurisdiction, but at Kirkwall and Stromness there are public schools giving secondary education.

The number of members of the school-board was in 1905 reduced from twenty-four to five, elected by the city at large, or serving for one, two or three years; at the same time power was centralized in the hands of the superintendent of schools.

Each municipality is required to pay to its school board 25% of its receipts from the general property tax.

The police force of each municipality, or rather of each of 66 police districts, is maintained and controlled by the insular government; justice in each municipality is also administered by the insular government; the building, maintenance and repair of public roads are under the management of a board of three road supervisors in each of the seven insular election districts; and matters pertaining to education are for the most part under the insular commissioner of education and a school board of three members elected biennially in each municipality; nearly all other local affairs are within the jurisdiction of the mayor and municipal council.

In 1870 and again in 1813 he was elected on the London school board.

The county is under school board jurisdiction and Lerwick has a secondary school, and a few of the other schools earn grants for higher education.

Concurrently with this activity in higher branches, the school board provided a large number of handsome buildings in healthy surroundings.

In 1870, however, a School Board had been created in addition, and this body carried out much good work during its thirty-four years of existence.

Some of the business relating to the schools is transacted at the annual district school meeting in which women as well as men have a vote, but the schools of each district are managed very largely by a school board elected at this meeting, one-third each year; in districts without a high school the board has only three members, but in districts having a high school the board may have three, six or nine members.

All children between the ages of eight and fourteen and those between the ages of fourteen and sixteen who cannot read and write English are required to attend either a public or an approved private school for the full term unless excused by the school board on account of physical or mental infirmity.

In addition a school board is elected by the people.

The Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act 1884 applied to school board elections subject to certain variations, and has been extended by the Local Government Act 1888 to county council elections, and by the Local Government Act 1894 to elections by parochial electors.

In each municipality there is a school board consisting of the president of the municipality and from four to six other members as the division superintendent shall determine; one-half of them are elected by the municipal council and one-half are appointed by the division superintendent.

The division superintendent and the school trustees of the several districts constitute a county school board.

Education Act of 1872 severed the ancient tie connecting church and school together, and created a school board having charge of the education of each parish.

The control of the primary schools in the parishes is similarly centralized; whereas in Sweden generally each parish has its school-board.

Its schools are managed by an elected public school board.

He served on the London School Board from 1870 to 1876.

In 1870 he was elected a member of the first school board for Birmingham; and for the next six years, and especially after 1873, when he became leader of a majority and chairman, he actively championed the Nonconformist opposition to denominationalism.

The school board is an independent body, consisting of one elected member from each ward holding office for four years, but the mayor has the veto power over its proceedings as well as those of the common council.

Mr. Finlayson, Head Teacher, has asked the school board for advice on this issue.

A lawyer for the parents said the ruling was a " real vindication " for those families who challenged the school board.

The school board is doing its best to implement reading programs that will help to eradicate illiteracy among the children in our community.

They may be administered by the local school board or by an independent contractor paid by the state.

A united front can be helpful if a local school board is trying to pressure homeschooling parents.

While a rejection doesn't always mean that you cannot homeschool your child, it may cause unnecessary problems that you would have to resolve with the local school board before the next school year begins.

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Before a school district can decide whether to implement system-wide school uniforms, the members of the board would benefit from forming a committee made up of parents, teachers, administrators, school board members, and students.

Even the best deals won't help your pocketbook if the school board deems them unsuitable.

In fulfilling the requirements of a school uniform, shorts may or may not be allowed by your local school board.

Many districts create dress code committees that are comprised of school board officials, school faculty members, students, and parents.

Your school board should provide you with a list of do's and don'ts as it applies to school uniform requirements.

However, in order for a conservative dress code to work, faculty, parents, school board members, and community members must get on board with the enforcement of the specified dress code.

Joel went along without a high school diploma until years later when Joel submitted the final paperwork to the school board to be awarded a high school diploma.

He was elected to the Norwich School Board in 1899, being the first candidate run by the local Labour party to win a seat on a public body.

In 1862 she became secretary to the committee which was formed for the purpose of procuring the admission of women to university examinations, and from 1870 to 1873 was a member of the London school board.