The New York State Department of Education has appointed a “Distinguished Educator” to help break the Rochester City School District out of its cycle of low student performance. State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia announced that Kenneth Eastwood, a former superintendent of schools in Oswego and in Middletown, will help the Rochester schools better […]
Rochester City School District officials say “several teachers” at School 12 have been placed on administrative leave…after three teachers marked Trevyan Rowe “present’ the day he wandered away from school and drowned in the Genesee River. And Rochester School Board President Van White says there’s worse to report: the evidence shows somebody tried to hack […]
The Rochester City School District faces a $65 million budget gap this year, according to a presentation made to the school board over the weekend. The deficit is a result of increasing salary and benefit costs, plus paying for the school system’s debt obligations. The district usually faces a revenue gap when it starts its […]