by Matt Lavonas | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Colleagues, In our ongoing effort to keep you informed about current issues, and to respond to your most frequently asked questions, here’s today’s update: – Status of Layoffs. The proposed 192 layoffs of RTA members for next year were already predicated on the...
by Matt Lavonas | Apr 1, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that it is anticipated that the Rochester City School District will, indeed, receive the desperately needed additional State funding for this school year. The Lottery Spin-Up money, totaling $35 million, should avert the need for...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 30, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Thank you to the many RTA members who have called or emailed NYS Senate leaders urging them to provide the needed additional funding that our students and their educators need. If you haven’t already done so, please do it before the State budget is...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 27, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, The newly proposed Rochester City School budget for the 2020-2021 school year targets programs for our most vulnerable students such as Special Education, the Bilingual Academy and the Young Mothers Program. It also calls for significant reductions of...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 26, 2020 | News
Colleagues, As promised, the following represents answers to the most frequently asked questions that we’ve received from RTA members this week: – How long will our schools be closed? We do not yet know. It will depend on the advice, guidelines and...
