The Monroe County sheriff’s seat is on the ballot today, as are a slew of suburban seats and a question about whether New York should have a constitutional convention. View this article for links to the rest of CITY’s election coverage.
Malik Evans
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Feedback 10/4
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Dems pick candidates
The Monroe County Democratic Committee unanimously endorsed Sandy Frankel for county executive during a relatively smooth nominating convention tonight. The only drama came during voting on city school board candidates, which required a second round of balloting. Ultimately, the four endorsed candidates were Liz Hallmark, Malik Evans, Mary Adams, and Matthew McDermott. Hallmark and Evans […]
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Evans won’t seek seventh term as Rochester school board president
Malik Evans said today that he will not seek another term as president of the Rochester school board. Evans served six terms at the board’s helm and presided over several tumultuous periods, including the messy departure of former Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard. The board will elect its leaders in January and with Evans’s announcement, the way […]
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No home-school guarantee for RCSD
Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas’s announcement last weekend that children who live within a half-mile of their neighborhood elementary school are guaranteed placement in that school — the “Home School Guarantee” — may have been misleading. The announcement comes with some conditions, and no new policy has been approved. | The district’s Parent Preference-Managed Choice […]
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Week Ahead: Lots of school board action
The Rochester school board will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, to elect a board president.
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Reader feedback 9.3.03
‘Business as usual’ Strong Board or Weak Board? There has been little thoughtful weighing of this question, but the community must understand what is at stake before any further snuffing out of democracy for city residents in that most American grassroots institution — the elected local school board. I write this as a fan […]
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Primary challenge: the city School Board race
Seven people are running in a Democratic primary for what must surely be the most thankless of all local elected offices, the Rochester School Board. Although there will be Republican, Independence, and Working Families parties on the ballot in the November election, the four winners of the September 9 Democratic primary will have a strong […]
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Politician on the verge
In a house on Scottsville Road, just over the river from the University of Rochester where many of them first met, 10 young people discuss the plan. But unlike many of their peers, they’re not going on a road trip or to a concert.
