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On this page you will find the most up to date health and safety information for the 2021-22 school year.  When there is updated information we will contact members and update this page.

Adam’s Update (8.31.26) Supts Day, Negotiations Impasse, Triborough Salary Placement, Retention Incentive & Labor Day Parade

Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope that you’ve had a restful and fun summer recess. Here’s an initial update on some developments and issues: - Superintendent’s Conference Days. We reached out to Superintendent Rosser on August 4th and urged him to provide teachers on...

Adam’s Update (6.26.26) Agenda For the Summer

Colleagues, On your summer agenda, I hope, is to relax and enjoy a well-deserved break. On RTA's agenda for this summer is to negotiate a multi-year successor contract, to oversee a faithful implementation of the payroll Memorandum of Agreement, to advocate for full...

Adam’s Update (6.13.26) Implementing the Payroll MOA, Beginning Negotiations, RCSD Budget Cuts, RTA End of the Year Social

Colleagues, What a year this has been! As tough as it was, you proved to be even tougher. And only two weeks to go before the start of the summer recess. Here are key items of unfinished business that we are addressing right now and will continue to work on during the...

Adam’s Update (6.3.26) Payroll MOA

Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that, after many months of frustrating negotiations, we have finally reached an agreement with the Rochester City School District to try to “make whole” teachers who were adversely affected by the RCSD’s payroll and Oracle...

Adam’s Update (5.6.26) Rally For Our Students And Urge the BOE to Reject the Superintendent’s Hurtful Proposed Budget Cuts

Colleagues, As you probably know already, the RCSD Board of Education is scheduled to vote next Tuesday on the Superintendent's proposed budget for the next school year. If approved as recommended, it would include severe cuts of Home/Hospital teacher positions as...

Adam’s Update (Today is the Day)

Colleagues, Just a reminder that today’s “Rally to Spare Our Students” begins at 4:30pm in front of RCSD’s Central Office. We have asked the school board to move the site to a larger venue but they refused to do so. Neither this, nor the cold Rochester...

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Adam’s Update (BOE Meeting 12.19)

Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, December 19, the RCSD Board of Education will vote on the ill-advised recommendation for devastating mid-year cuts. Between now and then, we are doing all we can to dissuade them from approving that hurtful proposal which would disrupt...

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Adam’s Update (Join The Fight)

Dear Colleagues, This week’s Rochester Teachers Care video features last Thursday's “Spare Our Students” rally <https://youtu.be/DvMzoX8hvDY  Rochester Teachers Care/Rally at The Board of Education We are grateful to the several hundred teachers who showed up...

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Adam’s Update (12.8.19)

Dear Colleagues, Last Friday was one of the saddest day for all of us in the Rochester City School District, especially for our colleagues and for our students. Despite the eloquent remarks by parents, students and teachers at last Thursday’s Board of Education...

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Adam’s Update (12.3.19)

Colleagues, We have learned earlier this evening that the District will lay off 152 teachers, 32 non-teaching employees, 22 paraprofessionals, and 12 administrators. Although we still do not know which teachers will be laid off, affected teachers are supposed to get...

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