by Matt Lavonas | Dec 18, 2020 | Adam's Updates, Uncategorized
Colleagues, The District just notified all teachers and staff that there’ll be a special announcement from the Superintendent, later today, about the District’s plan for reopening of schools. After that announcement, RTA members will receive an update from me that...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 11, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues: – Remote Teaching From the Classroom? It appears that the current position of the District is that teachers report to schools and teach from their classrooms even if all their students are remote. Not if...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 30, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Welcome back. Hope that you had a good Thanksgiving. Here’s an update on some current issues: – APPR. The current NYS Education Department regulations require that the existing Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) agreement remain in...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 25, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, On this Thanksgiving, I am so grateful for the opportunity to represent you. You are this community’s everyday heroes. Often without recognition, you always do all that you can for your students – way beyond the call of duty. Your dedication and...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 20, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, You have just received a communication from Superintendent Myers-Small about the District’s plan to gradually transition to a hybrid model of instruction. Like you, we have had no advance indication that such a plan was being advanced and regretfully,...
by Matt Lavonas | Nov 19, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, The Rochester City School District is really bad with math. First, they announced a budget deficit of $199M. More recently, they are poised to “right-size” the District because they claim, we could get by with half the teachers we now have. Neither of...
