by Matt Lavonas | Mar 20, 2019 | Adam's Updates
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...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Air Force Association — Teacher of the Year Recognize a colleague who is preparing students to use and contribute to tomorrow’s technologies. Rochester Teachers Association and Air Force Chapter 308 have joined “forces” to recognize up to 2 classroom teachers...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 10, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, While we have not yet received a response from the District, the possibility of a Retirement Incentive is still very much alive. Since we have no counter-offer yet, we have asked the Superintendent to extend the deadline for rescinding notices of...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 1, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues,Since Wednesday’s email about our Retirement Incentive proposal, we received a substantial number of questions and requests for clarification. Here are the most frequently asked questions:- When will we know whether the District will actually offer a...
by Matt Lavonas | Feb 28, 2019 | News
by Will Astor In the mid-1980s, I sat in on an interview of Rochester Mayor Thomas Ryan Jr. with Mary Anna Towler, the editor of City Newspaper, where I was then a reporter. She asked: What was Ryan’s vision for the city? In response, the taciturn Ryan at first looked...
