by Matt Lavonas | Apr 16, 2018 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues: – Contract Approved. By a 6-0 vote, the Board of Education ratified the one-year extension of our collective bargaining agreement. The pact was approved by teachers last month with 99% voting in favor....
by Matt Lavonas | Apr 14, 2018 | News
Rochester Teachers Association and Air Force Chapter 308 have joined “forces” to recognize up to 2 classroom teachers for their accomplishments and achievements in exciting K-12 students about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Any RTA Representative...
by Matt Lavonas | Apr 10, 2018 | News
ALBANY — Much of the praise for the Raise the Age initiative, which was passed by the New York Legislature over the weekend, was effusive, with various political factions claiming it as their own victory and its supporters calling it a historic protection for juvenile...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 26, 2018 | News
Nearly 2,300 students displaced from Puerto Rico have entered New York schools. 559 of those students came to Rochester, the most of any district in the state. Wochit ALBANY – When Hilda Rosario Escher visited her family in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico in...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 24, 2018 | scholarship
The Rochester Teachers Association, through its Scholarship Committee, awards scholarships to needy and deserving college-bound students. Final selections will be based upon academic achievement, financial need, character and leadership ability. Click on the...
