It’s a position no one would envy. For the second time in this year’s budget cycle, Rochester school district officials are having to cut their budget, and more jobs and programs are on the line. Critics, including Mayor Bill Johnson, State Assemblyman David Gantt, and some business-community leaders, have repeatedly charged that the […]
Manuel Rivera
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A call to action
There’s a crisis in our schools — and the budget’s a distraction When City Council votes on the Rochester school budget next week, odds are it will do what Mayor Bill Johnson wants it to do: give the district $7 million less than it has asked for. One reason is that the city has […]
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In the eye of the storm
Again this spring, the Rochester school district has been wrestling with a serious budget gap, with expenses increasing faster than revenue. Again this spring, the district — like school districts throughout New YorkState — has had to put together its budget without knowing how much it will get from the state, its largest single revenue […]
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Doing the math: the middle-school dilemma
When our son, proud alumnus of the Rochester school district, was a high-school senior in 1988, he and his classmates wore a T-shirt created especially for them. Its wording: “They saved the best till last.” The school was Monroe Junior-Senior High School, of which his (we thought) was the last graduating class. The next […]
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News Briefs 7.17.02
Those who frequent the Water Street Music Hall know to make a beeline for the long bar’s left side for the coldest beer, swift service, and a slice of local history. There, beneath the neon and Rattlesnake Pete’s gaze, stands Chops, Rochester’s notoriously sharp-witted, longest-running bartender. “Chops is an institution,” says Water Street owner John […]
