by Matt Lavonas | Sep 16, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, At their monthly meeting yesterday evening, the RTA Representative Assembly voted unanimously to declare impasse in our stalled negotiations for a successor contract with the Rochester City School District. We are filing for impasse today and asking the...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 31, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope that you’ve had a restful and fun summer recess. Here’s an initial update on some developments and issues: – Superintendent’s Conference Days. We reached out to Superintendent Rosser on August 4th and urged him to provide...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 26, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, On your summer agenda, I hope, is to relax and enjoy a well-deserved break. On RTA’s agenda for this summer is to negotiate a multi-year successor contract, to oversee a faithful implementation of the payroll Memorandum of Agreement, to advocate for...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 13, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, What a year this has been! As tough as it was, you proved to be even tougher. And only two weeks to go before the start of the summer recess. Here are key items of unfinished business that we are addressing right now and will continue to work on during the...
by Matt Lavonas | Jun 3, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that, after many months of frustrating negotiations, we have finally reached an agreement with the Rochester City School District to try to “make whole” teachers who were adversely affected by the RCSD’s payroll and Oracle...
by Matt Lavonas | May 6, 2026 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As you probably know already, the RCSD Board of Education is scheduled to vote next Tuesday on the Superintendent’s proposed budget for the next school year. If approved as recommended, it would include severe cuts of Home/Hospital teacher positions...
