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East High School
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Vote may be this week on UR’s plan for East
If all goes well, the Rochester school board will vote on Thursday, December 18, on the University of Rochester’s sweeping proposal to transform East High School. That would let the district meet the State Education Department’s December 31 deadline for submitting a turn-around plan. If the SED approves the plan, the UR will assume full […]
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Rochester school board looks for answers at East
Updated version: Friday, August 1, 2014 The Rochester school board met yesterday to review a plan to improve East High School. The plan, put together by a team at East High, is supposed to be submitted to the State Education Department today for approval, but some board members said they needed more time to examine […]
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No turning back now on East deal
Many people have been following the negotiations between the Rochester City School District, its unions, and the University of Rochester concerning the plan to turn around East High School. And you can be sure that some were betting that the negotiations would break down. But that didn’t happen. After several weeks of rushed and […]
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Feedback 6/4
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Green light on UR plan with a warning
The Rochester school district can move forward with the University of Rochester to develop a plan to turn around troubled East High School. Rochester School Board President Van White received a letter today from State Education Deputy Commissioner Ken Slentz saying that the district now has until July 1, 2014, to submit a detailed plan […]
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Rochester school board prepares backup plan for East High
Rochester school board President Van White has asked Superintendent Bolgen Vargas to be prepared to submit his plan to improve East High School on Thursday, May 15.
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East High proposal to be vetted on Thursday
Representatives from School Turnaround, the organization proposing to take over operation of East, may attend.
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Rensselaerville offers help for East High
Updated at 5:15 p.m. A statement from the the city school district says the proposal came from School Turnaround, an organization affiliated with Rensselaerville. The Rensselaerville Institute has responded to Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s request for proposals for an educational partnering organization, or EPO, to turn around East High School. The Delmar, New York-based organization was formed […]
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East High needs a buddy
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas is looking for a partner to run East High School. Working with an educational partner organization is one of the options the State Education Department gave the school district to rehabilitate the failing high school. The request for proposals went out two weeks ago. The deadline is April 16, Vargas […]
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East High is not alone, says Commissioner King
Other Rochester schools face intervention by the state, says education commissioner during local stop.
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Vargas looking for partner for East High School
This is a corrected version of this blog April 15, 2014 at 8:45 a.m. Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas is looking for a partner to run East High School. Working with an educational partner organization is one of the options the State Education Department gave the school district to rehabilitate the failing high school. The […]
