by Matt Lavonas | Oct 4, 2017 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Just a few timely updates and clarification on current issues: – This Friday. The time schedule for the October 6 Superintendent’s Conference Day is the same as on a regular day – consistent with Section 16 (Professional Day) of our collective...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 1, 2017 | News
By Matt Glynn | Frank Lipka spent 20 years in the trucking industry with Consolidated Freightways, working on the dock. He drove a forklift and loaded cartons by hand, before getting out at age 60. “It kept me in good shape,” said Lipka, who previously...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Justin Murphy, @citizenmurphy A reorganization of special education in the Rochester City School District intended to restore more control to school-level administrators has been fumbled in the first few weeks of the school year — the apparent result of insufficient...
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Justin Murphy, Late last winter, the Rochester City School District received a damning report on its special education services. Among the most glaring problems was North S.T.A.R., a small program for students returning from jail or other out-of-district placements....
by Matt Lavonas | Sep 20, 2017 | News
By Bill Cala (Bill Cala is former superintendent of the Fairport school district and served as interim superintendent of the Rochester district.) Regarding CITY’s September 30 article on activists’ push for more minority teachers: I strongly support concerned...