Rochester City School District
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With the school year coming to a start, it was no secret that there is a bus driver shortage. This caused delays in the school year as the majority of the students from the Rochester City School District depend on bus transportation. Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small said that a total of nine additional drivers resigned […]
The school year is coming upon us and just days before the first bell, the Rochester City School District is scrambling to address a bus driver staffing shortage. The bus driver shortage will likely delay the start of the school year. On Friday, Superintendent Dr. Leslie Meyers-Small laid out her proposal to the School Board […]
Rochester City School District Superintendent Dr. Lesli Myers-Small said yesterday they are working with Walgreens Pharmacy to host COVID-19 vaccine. The Clinics will be on Wednesday June 2nd from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at both the Jefferson and Franklin campuses. Appointments are not needed, and the shots are open to anyone 12 years old and older. […]
Starting this Fall, the Rochester City School District will return to school five days a week for in-person learning following three feet of social distancing restrictions. These restrictions, issued last week by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), enable the District to move forward with plans that will allow more students to return […]
The Rochester City School District will soon receive about $87 million from the first COVID-19 relief bill that was passed in December of last year. The most recent COVID-19 relief package will bring in somewhere around $200 million. The total amount of federal aid will provide around 1/3 of the school’s budget for the year, […]
After completing a contract tracing protocol at School No. 29, Rochester City School Districts have announced that they will be reopening on Monday. The news comes after one of the 8 employees that tested positive for COIVD-19 passed away. According to the contract tracing results, the conclusions point to an on-campus transmission scenario that did […]
Yesterday, the Cinema Theater on South Clinton Ave. made an announcement on their website that said they’d be closing their doors for good: Hello friends, We (Audrey and Alex) have made the difficult decision to close the Cinema Theater. Our lease was up for renewal in January, and given the current climate, we couldn’t see […]
This week thousands of students in Pre-K through 6th grade in the Rochester City School District will be heading back to in-person learning two days a week. This is part of RCSD’s Phase 2 of its reopening plan. Phase 1, which started last month, involved about 300 students with special needs returning to in-person learning […]
Do you live in the city of Rochester but want an alternative to the Rochester City School District? Some parents turn to private or Charter Schools to educate their child, but what about enrolling in a suburban school district? If you have family members who live outside the city, you may be tempted to illegally […]
The Rochester City School District is about to finish its first fully remote semester and the parents are saying that they are looking forward to the hybrid learning model that’s just around the corner. WROC interview a parent named Maurice Haskins who has two children in the school district. He had some things to say […]