The State Education Department has approved a plan submitted by the Rochester school board and the University of Rochester to improve East High School.
The intervention plan puts the UR in charge of the school and the university will report to the school board. A more detailed plan describing implementation has to be submitted to the SED for approval for the 2015-2016 school year.
The voluntary partnership between the UR and the Rochester school district to turn around a troubled school is the first of its kind in New York.
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2014.
