At a forum on the problems of the Rochester school district last night, parents discussed a wide range of issues, from the need to understand parents’ own challenges to the importance of the city-operated recreation centers. The event was the first of three forums that Mayor Lovely Warren is holding in the wake of Distinguished […]
Rochester’s poverty rate
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How to reduce poverty: Boost workers’ wages
The statistics shouldn’t be a surprise to any of us; many of them have been in earlier reports. But still, the numbers are staggering. And so are the rankings those numbers put us in. Rochester is the fourth poorest city among the 75 largest metro areas in the country. We have the third-highest concentration of […]
