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Debating ‘Roe,’ yuppie saviors, the School Board, and Buddhism
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The great divide: behind the School Board anger
The Rochester School Board entered the new year with one of the deepest — and angriest — divisions in recent history. And while to outsiders the rancor may seem rooted in personality differences and power struggles, the division is more significant than that. All seven School Board members are Democrats, but some of them […]
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News Briefs 12.11.02
Buried Treasures Collaborators Richard Reisem and Frank Gillespie felt sympathy whenever they saw people trying to use their oversized picture book, Mount Hope: America’s First Municipal Victorian Cemetery, as a walking guide. To help visitors enjoy and understand the cemetery better, the author and photographer have teamed up again to produce Buried Treasures, a brand-new […]
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After Cliff Janey
Rochester schools will open next week as they always do, with teachers, administrators, and children full of enthusiasm and hope. But a huge black cloud is hanging over the district, and it may taint everything that happens in the coming months. This week, Cliff Janey’s tenure in the City School District comes to an […]
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‘We’re in big trouble’
Hundreds of people stood and cheered last Thursday when the School Board announced that Superintendent Clifford Janey will be leaving. Cheered? I just wanted to throw up. Should Janey leave? Probably. Is this the right time? I don’t know. One thing’s for sure, though: this isn’t the right way. It may have made some School […]
