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Recent Examples of superintendents
If that number is amount is exceeded, and some schools have reached that point in Southeast Michigan, superintendents need to ask state officials for additional emergency days or start scheduling makeup days.
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Funding for substitutes and bus drivers were also noted as needs by more than 50 percent of superintendents; 64 percent needed more funding for Alternative Learning Centers.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
The Oklahoman asked superintendents, principals, teachers, and guidance counselors from across the Oklahoma City area to participate in the Student of the Week program by sending nominations for their student.
—Darla Rivera, Oklahoman, 2 Mar. 2026
Carvalho gave the keynote speech at a summit for superintendents sponsored by Age of Learning, where Kerr worked at the time as the head of sales.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Superintendent Theresa Plascencia said the superintendents around the county are having discussions about asking voters to approve a 1% sales tax to support education.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
That includes attending school board meetings, voicing concerns at those meetings during public comment time, contacting school board members and superintendents, voting in school board elections or running for school board.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 25 Feb. 2026
Before appointing Jaklich, trustees had named two other interim superintendents before announcing their replacements.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2026
The superintendents' pleas come as school districts have struggled with funding issues and declining enrollment statewide, causing many to cut costs and slow hiring.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Funding for substitutes and bus drivers were also noted as needs by more than 50 percent of superintendents; 64 percent needed more funding for Alternative Learning Centers.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
The Oklahoman asked superintendents, principals, teachers, and guidance counselors from across the Oklahoma City area to participate in the Student of the Week program by sending nominations for their student.
—Darla Rivera, Oklahoman, 2 Mar. 2026
Carvalho gave the keynote speech at a summit for superintendents sponsored by Age of Learning, where Kerr worked at the time as the head of sales.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Superintendent Theresa Plascencia said the superintendents around the county are having discussions about asking voters to approve a 1% sales tax to support education.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
That includes attending school board meetings, voicing concerns at those meetings during public comment time, contacting school board members and superintendents, voting in school board elections or running for school board.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 25 Feb. 2026
Before appointing Jaklich, trustees had named two other interim superintendents before announcing their replacements.
—Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2026
The superintendents' pleas come as school districts have struggled with funding issues and declining enrollment statewide, causing many to cut costs and slow hiring.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendents
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The tensions inside the AP — and Rinehart’s articulation of a case many managers believe but are reluctant to make — reveal a broader conflict playing out across the media over how AI should be applied within journalism, a costly craft filled with strong-willed individuals.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Both marina managers said access will be more difficult.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Connecticut Education Association President Kate Dias said that might help explain why the state’s teachers’ unions are strongly in favor of a statewide bell-to-bell ban, while administrators and boards of education are mixed, if not against.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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The White House on Friday hosted a college sports roundtable with conference commissioners, university administrators and media stakeholders, but didn’t include athletes.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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The risk when one person holds the top job for decades is that talented executives who aspire to be CEO get frustrated and leave.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Resolving the union issue has been a snag in every previous discussion to combine CBS News and CNN over the years, according to several former executives at both outlets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Both of Steppenwolf’s artistic directors, Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, will also appear on stage in the five-show subscription season.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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The board is headed by Tuttle alongside fellow directors Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Matthias Pees and Managing Director Charlotte Sieben, with German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer acting as its chair.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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Hoping to lessen the impact on interim and permanent housing as much as possible, the supervisors slashed $27 million from outreach and navigation programs and cut by two-thirds the county program that moves people out of street encampments into shelters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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People can return their mail ballots at drop boxes at supervisors of elections offices in their home counties.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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