A Rochester City School District student has been arrested on a charge of making a terroristic threat against East High School. Because 21-year-old Abigail Hernandez is an illegal alien, she’s being held at the federal detention center in Batavia. She’ll be held there until a hearing is scheduled. Rochester Deputy Mayor Cedric Alexander and Deputy […]
Rochester Police have charged a Rochester School District paraprofessional with third degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. Police say 51-year-old Mariano Velazquez of Rochester worked at Edison Career and Technology High School since the fall of 2015. But his arrest is related to an incident that happened in early 2015 when […]
The New York State Department of Education says Rochester’s East High School has made “demonstrable improvement” since its takeover by the University of Rochester, but not enough to get off the state’s list of “persistently struggling schools.” But Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says East won’t be turned over to a receiver. She says the extensive […]