The Rochester City School District’s graduation rate for 2018 continued its trend of slowly inching upward, according to a State Education Department report yesterday. The graduation rate for students who entered the district as freshmen in 2014 and graduated last June went up from 51.9 percent to 53.5 percent. When students who graduated last August […]
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Fewer students to transfer buses at transit center
In a strong response to the ongoing problem of youth disturbances at the new Regional Transit Center, the Regional Transit Service and the Rochester City School District will significantly reduce the number of students who will be able to stop downtown and transfer buses. Concerns about student and customer safety and customer satisfaction are cited […]
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Budget hangover
Compared to some past budget deliberations, the city school district’s budget for 2013 to 2014 passed without much fuss. But to close a $50.2 million budget gap, Superintendent Bolgen Vargas made a cut that has some students, teachers, and parents worried. Even some board members are apprehensive about the cuts they approved. The new budget […]
