by Matt Lavonas | Apr 9, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, First and foremost, thank you for all that you continue to do for your students during this difficult time. While schools remain closed, teachers are working as hard and as much as they do during “normal” times – if not more. Your professionalism,...
by Matt Lavonas | Apr 7, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Thank you to the more than 1600 RTA members who joined today’s Telephone Town Hall. As promised during my update, I want to offer some clarification about questions and concerns raised by the emails from the District concerning expectations from teachers...
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 23, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, I hope that you are staying healthy and taking good care of yourselves and your your loved ones. This update is intended to keep you informed about some current work-related issues and to respond to some frequently asked questions that we are receiving:...
