by Matt Lavonas | Aug 30, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, The Rochester City School District’s fiscal woes continue. Part of it is due to lower registration of kindergarten and pre-kindergarten students. Another reason is that the District continues to find discrepancies and miscalculations in their existing...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 21, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Late last week, the New York State Division of Budget notified all school districts that the State is now projecting a $14.5 billion budget shortfall and therefore may be reducing state aid to school districts by 20%. The Rochester City School District’s...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 18, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues,Here are a few timely reminders as well as a status report on some current issues: – Forum on Reopening. In addition to holding five forums on reopening for parents, every District must hold at least one forum for teachers and other staff. The...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 13, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues, For at least the first ten weeks of the 2020-2021 school year, and for all students and all grades, the Rochester City School District will have remote teaching and learning only. The remote teaching will be from home, not from the school or...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 10, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that our sister teacher unions in Monroe County announced their support for postponing plans for reopening schools for in-person learning until it can be ensured that all safety concerns are appropriately addressed. The Monroe...
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 9, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Colleagues, Last Friday our Governor indicated that, pending approval of their plans by the NYS Department of Health, school districts can, not must, reopen for in-person instruction. He also said that parents and teachers must be comfortable enough to support the...
