Health and Safety
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 (8.31.19)
Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope you had a restful and fun summer recess. Here’s a brief update on a few salient topics and timely announcements: - Negotiations. Bargaining for a successor contract continued during the summer but we have not managed to reach an...
Adam’s Update (6.10.19)
Colleagues,Here’s a brief update on some current issues:- Negotiations. Based on your responses to our Negotiations Survey, we have prepared a proposal that emphasizes what is good for students and fair to teachers. The District, unfortunately, has delayed the opening...
Adam’s Update (5.7.19)
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues as well as a few timely reminders: - Negotiations. We urge you to respond to a Negotiations Survey emailed to you today. Your input is crucial to the development of our negotiations proposal. We plan to exchange...
Adam’s Update (4.8.19)
Colleagues, As of today, 135 teachers have already submitted their notices that they will be participating in the 2019 Retirement Incentive that we’ve negotiated with the Rochester City School District. This already exceeds the 110 threshold required by our agreement....
Adam’s Update (3.29.19) Retirement Incentive Ratified
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the RCSD Board of Education, late yesterday evening, voted unanimously to ratify our Tentative Agreement for a Retirement Incentive (see attached). Under the new pact, proposed to the District by the RTA on February 14th,...
Adam’s Update (3.20.19) Potential Reductions of Teacher Positions
Colleagues, As you probably know, the RCSD is proposing in their 2019-2020 Draft Budget a reduction of 326 positions - including 194 teachers, 50 administrators, 27 Civil Service positions, 28 paraprofessionals and 26 Teaching Assistants. The entire list of...