School moves, Ren Square problems, Social
Security scams
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Rochester school district
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Reader feedback 2.23.05
School closings, Ohio and the presidency, nukes and us
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‘Don’t close my school’
This is an emotional time in Rochester neighborhoods. The school district, facing a continual drop in enrollment and a tight budget, is going to close several elementary schools. They’ll come from a list of 16 schools whose buildings qualify because of their enrollment, physical condition, and some other criteria. The school our children attended, […]
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Our Albany scofflaws
Just picture it: state police swooping down on the capitol building in Albany, arresting Governor Pataki and members of the Senate and Assembly, and hauling them off to jail. It won’t happen, of course. If you or I refused to obey a judge, you knowwhat would happen. But not with this court order. Not […]
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Memo to the Rumpsters: there’s no quick fix
Back in the summer, some RochesterSchool District critics tipped us off that the local business leaders known as the Rump Group were preparing a strongly critical report about the district. The report was released last week, and the criticism of the district is milder than I had expected. Actually, the Rumpsters seem to go out […]
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City school district tackles the budget — again
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 […]
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Reader feedback 7.21.04
WXXI and ‘Democracy,’ the schools crisis, moving billboards, the Ginna sale
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The tough road ahead
As expected, last Thursday City Council turned down the Rochester school district’s pleas to give it the funding it wants. The vote came on a technical point: Mayor Bill Johnson’s budget gives the district $7 million less than the city charter stipulates, and Thursday’s vote was on amending the charter. The vote on the […]
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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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Merge and meld?
Merge and meld? Voters may seem to have squashed any thoughts of government consolidation last November, but cold, hard budget facts may force the issue back into public debate. Consolidation on a service level came up last week, for instance, at a City Council hearing on Mayor Bill Johnson’s budget proposal. Patricia Malgieri, CEO […]
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Caught in the middle
The RochesterSchool District has cut teachers and other staff and is closing one school. And it still faces a budget shortfall of as much as $36 million, unless state aid closes that gap. With less than a month to go in this school year, district officials aren’t sure they’ll offer summer-school programs. The reason: […]
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Oh, just let ’em fail
Far be it from me to suggest that the editorial page at The Other Paper is racist. You can draw your own conclusions. Here are excerpts from recent editorials in the Democrat and Chronicle: May 16, on the Rochester school district, which will have to cut crucial programs if it doesn’t get more […]
