School district officials have confirmed that the Rochester school board has selected Terry Dade as the next superintendent of the Rochester City School District. Dade is currently an assistant superintendent for the Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia, a district with 180,000 students. Dade will sign his contract at an upcoming school board […]
Tim Louis Macaluso
I was born and raised in the Rochester area, but I lived in California and Florida before returning home about 12 years ago. I'm a vegetarian and live with my husband and our three pugs. I cover education, health care, and local politics for City.
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East’s partnership with UR extended
The Rochester school board is extending the partnership between East Upper and Lower Schools and the University of Rochester for up to five years. A new contract still needs to be developed by the attorneys for the UR and the city school district, board President Van White said earlier today. During a meeting Thursday night, […]
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Cobbs Hill plan suits dismissed
A coalition of tenants and neighborhood residents have apparently lost their legal battle to stop Rochester Management from replacing the Cobbs Hill Village senior-resident apartment complex with new apartments for seniors. On May 2, Supreme Court Justice William Taylor dismissed two separate suits against Rochester Management, the City of Rochester, the City Planning Commission, and […]
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Judge dismisses Cobbs Hill Village suits
[Updated and revised on May 6, 2019 at 3:15 p.m.] The coalition of tenants and residents in neighborhoods near Cobbs Hill have apparently lost their legal battle to stop Rochester Management from demolishing the Cobbs Hill Village apartment complex and redeveloping the site with new apartments. On Thursday, Supreme Court Justice William Taylor dismissed two […]
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Weekend events feature RCSD superintendent finalists
The Rochester school board will hold public forums on Saturday and Sunday featuring the four finalists for the school district’s superintendent.
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Rochester school board names four RCSD superintendent finalists
The Rochester school board has identified four finalists for the permanent superintendent position. The board will hold public forums on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday May 5 to hear the candidates will describe their experience and answer questions.
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Students’ mental health needs are increasing
The college years have long been portrayed in fiction and film as the best years of a young person’s life, a time for frolic, freedom, and philosophy. But the results of the American College Health Association’s 2017 Health Assessment Survey offers a starkly different picture of student life on US campuses. And many Rochester-area higher […]
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Feldman says no to increasing armed UR officers
Addressing what has been a controversial issue concerning public safety on the University of Rochester campus’s various sites, President Richard Feldman has decided that armed Department of Public Safety “supervisors” will have unrestricted access to all parts of the UR’s campuses. But in a written statement released today, Feldman has decided against adding an armed […]
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RCSD officials wrestle with budget priorities
Preparing the budget for the coming year has always been a mammoth undertaking for the Rochester City School District, but this year it’s particularly challenging. Most school budgets are designed to implement policies, support strategic goals, and address problems. But in the city school district’s case, there are far more problems to fix than there […]
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Review of the RCSD’s budget proposal offers praise and caution
The Children’s Agenda annually reviews the Rochester City School District’s budget in an effort to give parents and the public a more transparent and analytical look at how the administration is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year. In its report on the proposed $924.5 million budget for the 2019-2020 school year, the non-profit […]
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Teachers call for prison divestment
ROC-Teachers Against Student Exploitation, a social justice caucus of Rochester Teachers Association members, has launched a new campaign to get the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, which manages the teacher pension system, to divest from private prisons like CoreCivics and GEO Group.
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CRCDS developer outlines plans for campus
Redevelopment of the 23-acre Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School property faces a challenge: producing enough income from new buildings to make it possible to preserve the historic main buildings and the broad lawn on the south side of the campus. At a meeting with Highland Park area residents Monday night, developer Angelo Ingrassia fleshed out […]
