The Rochester school district’s growing challenges offer opportunities, but the community will have to take advantage of them.
Urban Suburban program
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Urban-Suburban: expansion and challenges
Adalis Santiago says that she’s happy to soon be graduating from West Irondequoit High School. But when the tall, poised teen first arrived at the school six years ago, she says it was a complete culture shock. “I was so scared,” Santiago says. “It was really hard at first.” Santiago, a Latina, came from a […]
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School integration is more than enrichment
I am betting that most parents in the Spencerport school district would welcome participation in the Urban-Suburban program, despite the few voices of opposition. For 50 years, the program has opened the door for minority children from Rochester to attend school in one of seven participating suburban districts. (Spencerport would be the 8th if the […]
