by Matt Lavonas | Apr 4, 2019 | News
by Justin Murphy Harry Kennedy discusses the retention rate of teachers in city schools. Wochit The Rochester City School District will offer $50,000 retirement bonuses to veteran teachers, part of an effort to find savings in a difficult budget year. The...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 29, 2019 | Adam's Updates
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,...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 22, 2019 | News
By Tim Louis Macaluso Rochester’s Interim Superintendent, Daniel Lowengard, presented his proposed budget for next year to the school board yesterday: $925 million, a slight increase over this year’s $922 million. But balancing the budget required $40...
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...
