School district officials have confirmed that the Rochester school board has selected Terry Dade as the next superintendent of the Rochester City School District. Dade is currently an assistant superintendent for the Fairfax County Public Schools in Falls Church, Virginia, a district with 180,000 students. Dade will sign his contract at an upcoming school board […]
Rochester superintendent search
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Weekend events feature RCSD superintendent finalists
The Rochester school board will hold public forums on Saturday and Sunday featuring the four finalists for the school district’s superintendent.
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Superintendent search ‘on schedule
The search for the Rochester City School District’s next superintendent is well under way, school board president Van White says. The board received 31 applications for the job, and it has narrowed that down to seven people. The board is interviewing them in person now. The goal is to narrow that group down to three […]
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Superintendent search closed to the public
Selecting superintendents for Rochester’s schools has become something of a ritual over the last 10 years. And some form of public engagement is often part of the process. You may remember the search that led to the selection of former superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard: public forums, writing your questions for the candidates down on index cards, […]
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Nothing ‘interim’ about Cimusz’s agenda
Interim school superintendents are often thought of as placeholders: people who keep the lights on and the buses running until a permanent leader is found. That’s not a description that fits Linda Cimusz, who was thrust into the interim job with the Rochester school district after a health crisis felled the school board’s pick. Though […]
