School 16 will transform from a small, wood-frame building to one of the most impressive in the Rochester City School District if all goes according to plans. The architectural planning phase for the school’s remodel is mostly complete, says district Chief of Operations Michael Schmidt. Parents, teachers, and neighbors can now better imagine what the […]
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Cost concerns about renovating School No. 16
It took many months for residents and parents in the 19th Ward to convince Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas to save School No. 16 — the school is closed until renovations can be done. And they got Vargas to include No. 16 in the second phase of the district’s massive $1.2 billion school building modernization plan. […]
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School 16 will re-open, after all
Residents of the 19th Ward Community Association fighting to save School 16 in the Rochester school district scored a victory tonight as Superintendent Bolgen Vargas announced that the school would be renovated and re-opened. Numerous maintenance issues with the school forced its closure last year. Since that time, Vargas has insisted that the school is […]
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Future of School 16 surveyed
Tonight, Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas will tell members of the school board which district buildings, including schools, he wants included in the second phase of the long-term project to overhaul and modernize the RCSD’s infrastructure. The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. at the district’s central office, 131 West Broad Street. I’ll be curious to […]
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Week Ahead: RPO court case, city violence forum, RCSD meetings, saving School 16
At 11:30 a.m. today, State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Fisher will hear arguments on a lawsuit against the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s board. Attorney Eileen Buholtz is suing the board over its annual meeting and elections, which took place on January 23. She says that neither the RPO board nor its executive committee set the membership […]
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School 16 spurs neighborhood action
The situation at School 16 has many residents in the city’s southwest neighborhoods re-thinking their relationship with the Rochester school district, neighborhood leaders say. Residents are holding a meeting tonight — Wednesday, August 29 — to discuss the situation. The Rochester school board approved closing School 16 for this school year for much-needed repairs — […]
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WEEK AHEAD: SW Neighborhood meeting on School 16
Residents of the 19th Ward and nearby southwest neighborhoods are meeting on Wednesday, August 29, to discuss ways to become more engaged in School 16’s future and to better support area parents and students. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the SW Community Center, 275 Dr. Samuel McCree Way. It is open to the […]
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EDUCATION: School board ok’s closing School 16-but only temporarily
The Rochester school board voted 6 to 0 last night (with board member Cynthia Elliott absent) to close School 16 in the 19th Ward, but only for repairs. It will re-open after repairs are completed. In the interim, kindergarten through eighth-grade classes will be housed at Freddie Thomas High School in northeast Rochester, beginning this […]
