lower-body exercises. The word cankle was made popular in 2001 when Jason Alexander's character in the movie Shallow Hal used the term to criticize an overweight womenâs lower leg saying, It's like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman..
The Role of the School Board. A school board is able to fulfill its mission when the members of the board and the superintendent understand their roles and work together in an environment of trust, mutual respect, understanding and shared purpose.
The State Board of Education is the K-12 policy-making body for academic standards, curriculum, instructional materials, assessments and accountability. The SBE adopts instructional materials for use in grades kindergarten through eight. The SBE also adopts regulations (Title 5) to implement a wide variety of programs created by the Legislature, such as charter schools, and special education. In addition, the SBE has the authority to grant local education agency requests for waivers of certain provisions of the state Education Code.