by Matt Lavonas | Jan 8, 2020 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update about several topics currently salient and a couple announcements about workshops available to you: – Layoffs. The original number of proposed teacher layoffs was 168. That number was reduced to 155 and then, just hours...
by Matt Lavonas | Jan 1, 2020 | Adam's Updates, News
Dear Colleagues, By early next week, I will email you a more complete update on several salient topics such as the status of the RCSD’s budget, mid-year layoffs, mid-year displacements, negotiations for a successor contract, and the results of the recent RTA survey on...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 20, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, More than 1000 teachers, parents and students showed up to the rally and more than 90 speakers – students, parents and teachers – pleaded with the Board of Education to spare our students and to postpone the mid-year cuts. Shamefully, it all...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 19, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Just a reminder that today’s “Rally to Spare Our Students” begins at 4:30pm in front of RCSD’s Central Office. We have asked the school board to move the site to a larger venue but they refused to do so. Neither this, nor the cold Rochester...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 15, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Dear Colleagues, As you may have already heard, the District asked us whether we would be willing to make concessions to avert some of the mid-year layoffs of teachers. We have indicated to the District that we would respond only after we reach out to you to learn the...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 12, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, December 19, the RCSD Board of Education will vote on the ill-advised recommendation for devastating mid-year cuts. Between now and then, we are doing all we can to dissuade them from approving that hurtful proposal which would disrupt...
